Shot Lists

For our opening two minutes we will be using a variety of shots; this will help enable the audience to get a clearer understanding for our film.The main shots are long shot, medium shot and close up. This is because long shots will help show the setting, providing an extended view around characters which in our case would be a  girl in a dark forest. This could build up suspense and create fear due to the low key lighting and frightening forest. Medium shots are effective as it shows the characters body language as well as their facial expressions which medium shots are not meant to focus on. Close ups create the biggest effect on the audience. This is because from a close up you can see the characters facial expressions and reactions to what is going on. This can create tension for the audience. In our film we will be using quick close up shots reversing from the antagonist to the victim enabling us to see the difference in facial expressions and making it clear who the good and bad are.

Long shot:                                                             










Medium shot:

Close up shot:

We will then be using more subtle shots that have a big impact on the audience such as extreme close up, over the shoulder shot and two shot. Extreme close up is used so the audience can focus on the character alone and not get distracted by any action in the background. Over the shoulder shot allows an insight of what the main character can see from his view adding realism to shot. Two shot is a medium shot where 2 characters are put in a frame. This is important in our film as we want to use this when the antagonist approaches the victim which will have a larger impact on the audience.

Extreme close up:

Over the shoulder shot:

Two shot: