Camera work

Evidence : Controlled use of the camera

Throughout the construction of this trailer the use of camera work is extremely vital and important. It is an aspect which allows the audience to receive a clear message not only through applying conventions effectively but to also translate a message through skilled camera work. In the creation process of our trailer i took control of the majority of the camera work as I regarded this to be a strong point of mine, demonstrated through various projects, with this being said as a group we decided to focus on key angles and shots to assure effectiveness of our narrative.

Link to narrative:The link between narrative and camera work has strong correlation. I found that by understanding the narrative well it would lead to being able to assure the right message is being portrayed effectively. I found that in order to do to show/ implement any form of camera work it would take some research into professional standard work. I decided to look at my previous research on contemporary horror film to look at how I deconstructed there work and use this as a bases to apply effective camera work to professional standards

Evidence of previous work

In order to create an ambience for a specific shop we decided to use a phone light to gather a more shadowed effect shot. As we didn't have professional lighting equipment available we decide to use the technology we had available and exploit it to the best of its ability. Resulting in creating a gloomy dark atmosphere . The camera had be positioned at the top of the stairs over the balcony in order to appear as a high angle with the intention to allow the characters to appear more vulnerable to their situation. This use of the camera work not only sends out an effective horror nature towards the audience of vulnerability of the characters but it also links well with my research, suggesting we where able to meet conventions of camera work within a horror.Here is a photo showing the process of how we achieved this shot (the screen shot on the right).

As you can see we where able to effectively able to demonstrate the disruption of the equilibrium through this shot

Here we have one of my team members in front of the camera. Here we show her positioned in front of the Christmas tree where the shot will eventually show here being focused and the tree as an accessory

The overall impact of implementing this variety of camera work is to capture a variety of shots through range of angles, leaving our group in a fortunate situation where we have a range of shots to choose from.

As you can see there is a range of different forms of camera work being shown here.There is a range of angles included to assure Variety of shots and effectiveness being shown within this collage