Camera Angles

A sequence of different camera angles can help add pace, portray an emotion, in many cases they help to keep the audiences attentions. There are a variety of camera angles, not all pieces must include all of them but using different shots can help show the message that the producer wanted to convey, for examples you may use a close up of someones face to show their emotion, if you wanted to show that a character was upset a close up on their face forces the audience to concentrate solely on the emotion. So in a horror trailer this can be used show the fear of a character.

A fast change of shots add pace to piece, if you wanted a build up to and incident many small shots act as a crescendo. Alternatively a variation of fewer shots in a longer time period can be used to show depression and sadness as it gives the viewer time to feel empathy and really have time with the character.

A horror is driven by the pace of the shots and variety used. A combination between fast fast and slow edits of different shots allows the audience to get scared, as it helps to build tension.

Extreme close ups
Close ups
Head and shoulders
Medium shot
Long shot
Extreme long shot
Two shot
Over shoulder
Establishing