PRE: Inspirational shots

We have all been watching horror films much more now that our production revolves around them and assessing the trailers and teaser trailers in order to see how representative they are and how they use their shots to represent what they want, here are just a few significant shots which we have found interesting and hope to use similarly:

This shot is taken from the film Silence of the Lambs. This shows a point of view shot which is using the effect of a nightvision camera. Not only has the effect been added, its also as if you are looking through binoculars. This could be used effectively within our teaser trailer although not 
using the nightvision effect. This also implicates the concept of male gaze, whereby the antagonist being male is watching the girl shown in the frame which again can suit our teaser trailer as there is a subtle hint considering its so obvious.

This is a shot taken from Dread the Movie. This here is showing probably the bloodiest scene throughout the whole film, which says alot about the film. It doesnt rely heavily on the amounts of blood to give a scary effect, and its even in black and white which means that from this single shot it's not particulary blood. This also shows a butchers knife which is our main weapon used within our teaser trailer.

Here is another scene from the film dread, Its a torture scene although its not what you would usually see. She is not forced to sit in a certain way and is not forced to actually do anything, she has just been left in a room with her worst fear. She seems normal but its probably the worst type of torture. There is a blue tinge to the camera lense and because of the positioning of the camera its as if the shot is a CCTV camera which is watching her constantly. The footage is an example of the type of setting intended for our teaser trailer. The dark and isolated setting links back to the different conventions of horror we researched during the holidays, and now have decided to use it for our teaser trailer. The position in which the character is in gives the impression of torture and anxiety. This is the type of connotation we intend to create in our teaser trailer.

Here is a still shot taken from The Hills have Eyes 2 teaser trailer, which is similar influential as we thought about using a shot tracking the feet to foreshadow something will be occurring, this shot is very messy and is in a very different setting although the shot is being tracked very well and it smooth which is what we hoped to achieve without having to use the track as it would be in shot.

This is a shot from 'Evil Dead' famous for its low angle shots which give the impressions that there are spirits within the trees making them tie up and rape the victims. This shot was very effective as it was almost following the spirit or even that it was the spirit which moved towards the shrubs in a quick move to focus on the ideal object. The shot seems hard to achieve at a good level, although we are thinking of using something similar.