Camera Angles Throughout the Trailer

When filming for our trailer we decided that we needed to use a variety of different camera angles as lots of different thriller trailers that we have watched have lots of different angles throughout. The shot above shows an over the shoulder shot of one of our main characters. This was used to show which character was in the cut, but also to show the scene and where she was at the time. We decided to include this shot because we thought it was a good shot to show the character and setting at the same time.



This next shot was a shot of just the characters feet. We decided to use this camera angle because it just shows the characters feet walking along. This was a good shot when used in the trailer because you can see the pace she is walking at to show her emotions. For example if she was running you would know she is obviously running away from something. In this shot it shows our character just walking at a normal pace. This also shows that the day it happened was a wet rainy day.

This shot of one of the main characters in the film is called a worms eye view. We used this camera angle because it shows the main character from far back and makes her look like she's up really high. This could suggest that she's a main character and much bigger and braver than the other characters shown in the trailer. We decided to use this angle because you can see her whole body and see exactly what she is doing, also it shows her high up so you know straight away she is standing on a bridge.

This shot of our other main character is a mid shot. This shot shows the character from the waist upwards. We decided to use this shot because she is just coming through the door which meant that not much is happening so we didn't need to include her whole body, also you can tell and read her body language just from seeing a mid shot. I think this works well because she has just come through the door so its only a quick cut but you can tell she's annoyed and upset straight away.

This shot of the car is a long shot, we decided to use this shot because it shows the setting/location in the background and it also shows the whole car. This was a useful shot because you can see straight away that they are driving somewhere but you cant see any of the characters emotions so you don't know what's happening exactly. I think this is a good shot because it establishes the setting and what's going on at the same time.

I think if I was to redo the filming, I would add in more camera angles to widen the variety and also try and film in more locations to make it look like its across the whole day, for example include some shots from the evening etc.