Camera Shots in the trailer for Porject X

Brief Synopsis

There is a 16 year old boy Thomas and its his 17th birthday, his friend kooks persuades him to have a 'small' party as his parents go out for the weekend but this party turns out to be a huge that gets out of control and it ends up that his house burns down with his parents finding out.

There are loads of different angles in this trailer as they are trying to get a view of everything that is going on in the shot, the means a lot of bird eye view and high angle shots. this empathizes on what is going on and really makes you feel like you are there.



Camera Shots used and why

The most commonly used camera shots in the tralier for Project X is high angle shots and panning because it helps explain the story line and help capture the audiences attention in what is going on. Because there is so much going on all the time they have about 10 cameras dotted around the location to capture loads of footage and then edit it all together.

To watch the tralier click the link below:
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/project-x/trailer

Camera Shots and Angles

Camera Shots:

Extreme Long Shot

- An extreme long shot is normally used for setting a scene in the opening scene to help the audience to get the full impact of the location and maybe help them see where it is located/time period. 

Long Shot

- A long shot is used to make actors or props look life size in proportion and distance from the audiences perspective.

Medium Shot

- This is when you just focus on an actor/actress or an object, you leave very little background so your full attention is the main focus. This is used to empathize  an emotion or something important that the audience should know. 

Extreme Close up

- This magnifies some detail that the naked eye would normally pick up, this could be used in certain films for clues about a mystery or to reveal certain emotions from the mouth or eyes. 

Over The Shoulder

- This is when there are two people standing and one is looking over maybe having a conversation, this portrays a different view from someone else's eyes. This shot is normally head shots and a close up to empathize any emotions.

Camera Angles

High Angle Shot

- A high angle shot is always placed above the scene to increase suspense and to elevate action scenes.

Low Angle Shot

- This is placed usually on the ground tilted upwards making the characters or objects bigger than normal, showing power. This is also useful in horrors as it empathizes the monster/bad guy. 

Camera Movements

Pan

- This is when the camera is placed on something with wheels as it follows the scene horizontally. This is used when people are meeting or fighting. 

Tilts

- This is used to create high and low angle shots, you use a tripod to move the camera up and down to create different moods and different ways to portray the scene. 

The Orphanage Opening Scene

The Orphanage

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Screen writer: Sergio G. Sánchez

We watched the opening scene of The Orphange, we watched it for the first time and tried to pick out bits on Charater, Location, Gerne and Relationships. The first time we saw this we only saw the basics like how many children were there, what the scene looked like and then how it changed when the shot changed to inside the house.




The second time we watched it we payed more attention to every detail and picked up on alot more like tone and scenary and body language.

To watch the tralier of The Orphanage click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ2xXpQ3EgM 

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