To plan my trailer, I completed a couple of storyboards. I continued to add to these whilst filming using different angles and shot types to see what would be most effective in post-production, before completing a final storyboard.
Before filming, I knew roughly what shots I wanted to include and how I wanted the trailer to look overall, however, whilst filming on location, I was able to improve some of these shots. The weather and the amount of space I had were also factors to consider when looking at filming. For example, I had to re-think the jump cuts to the antagonist slightly by making the shots closer together as we had less room to film than I had anticipated.
One moment that I am particularly proud of in terms of camera use is the chase scene. I feel that I have used a variety of camera angles and editing techniques to enhance this scene and conform to the horror genre. In this scene, I used a combination of close-up shots, medium shots and long shots to show a range of techniques. The use of three narratives creates variety in my trailer and is further used to entice the audience. I used my storyboard to carefully plan what shots I would use and in which order they would look most effective.
The storyboard helped me to film the shots in the way that I wanted so that my trailer ended up looking how I imagined it to. As well as the camera angles, using a storyboard helped me to plan out how I was going to incorporate different editing techniques, such as fades, and where I could use different sound motifs, such as twig snaps and 'boom' sounds.
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