Use of camera

The camera we used was a Cannon EOS100D with a lens of 18-55 and we found this very effective because the camera was very high quality meaning we could shot many close up shots to a high standard. As this is Lydia's camera that she uses for photography she was very familiar in the way the camera works making it very easy to film.
Throughout the trailer we used a majority of different for different effects, with them all combined it helped to show the trailer through several different view points building tension, these are some examples of shots that we used.
 
We used a long establishing shot as the first shot of our trailer, the establishing shot introduces the audience to the location and too two characters. Immediately the audience can see the woods is where the film is set acting as a genre indicator. As the woods is a very mysterious location and there is lots of trees around it makes the audience fear the unknown because they don't know what is hiding amongst the wooded area. The long shot allows the characters to also be in shot and they are clearly looking for something, this is an example of enigma code because the audience are left asking questions about who they are searching for and who these characters are. This helps to build tension because the audience are unsure about what's happening but the voice over give them an idea of what is to come. We used a tripod to film this shot as we wanted the camera to stay still and steady making it look more professional.

In the trailer we also used several close up to help pay attention to smaller details and focus the audiences attention. We used several close up to help show emotion, or lack of when filming the antagonist, but a close up we are particularly proud of is of one of our props. This close up was particularly successful because it looked as if the victim had dropped a personal belonging when running away from the antagonist, this also helps to add to the fear of the unknown because the audience don't know what has happened to the victim. As the shot shows that 'Claire' is calling it also helps portray emotion because someone is clearly upset looking for the missing girl, this helps  the audience form an emotional bond to the victim as they sympathise with the situation. We filmed this shot free hand so we could get a close up high angle shot as if the audience is looking down on the phone, this makes them more involved with the trailer because they can imagine being there discovering the phone.

We also incorporated some tracking shots which we filmed by placing the camera on the tripod and then rotating it as the character ran past. By using the tripod it allowed us to make sure that the camera stayed at eye level and prevent shaking the camera. These shots allowed us to fasten the pace building excitement as the antagonist goes after the victim. As the camera was shot from a third persons point of view it made the audience feel helpless watching the events unfold, again building tension. These tracking shots are conventional of horror films and were very successful part of our trailer because it allowed the thrill to continue as the chase unfolds.