research and planning: the chase

This is a short horror trailer called 'the chase', in groups we created a short trailer to test our abilities for different areas, and as a practice for creating a trailor in the upcoming weeks.

Cinematography-
When creating a test trailer we used a variety of camera angles and type of shots. Majority being long shots of the characters to show there movement and actions, this was because the trailer consisted of action rather than emotion and dialogue. The beginning shot of the victim coming out of her house blends, long shots, a close up on her bag, and the a long shot front the other side of the door to show her movement. The other shots when she’s running to college uses a long shot and an establishing shot to show her surroundings, a pan movement is used to see her running past from the stalkers view. A shot I think works well is when the victim runs up the stairs, with the camera filming rom behind her, to move to a close up of her shoes running, ending in a shot from the top of the stairs. The film inside the college combines shots of long shots of her running to different areas away from the college. The final shot I a medium shot of the victim and the stalker looking at each other, this shows emotion and the worried face of the victim, all of the cinematography shows a development within the plot and the journey of both characters.
Editing-
We used editing throughout the trailer beginning with the fade effect when the character leaves her home, to her running up the street. From the running to college scene each shot I fast forwarded along with the adding of fast music, this makes it feel more like a chase. Each shot in-between the running shots and the final shot are fast forwarded but when entering the college and the victim acknowledges the stalker, the speed is slowed down, then slowed down further to slow motion when the stalker gets nearer to the victim, creating suspense the end shot fades to black which creates an atmosphere of fear, and being caught in the chase.
Sounds-
The sound on our trailer I feel doesn’t suit to the actual trailer, and makes it look less serious and more comical. We used non diegetic sound being the background music, which is fast and upbeat relating to the running, but a slow sound like the iconic suspension music from jaws would work better. If I was to improve this trailer I would change the music to give more of an atmosphere of mystery, suspense and fear. The diegetic sound we used only features at the beginning which include, the victim putting the bag on then saying “I’m going to be late’, then the slam of the door when leaving. Towards the end shot, when the stalker catches the victim and slowly walks down the corridor, there is a slight non diegetic sound of a heartbeat, which works well although it could be more noticeable.
Mise-en-scene-
We used the college to be the setting of the trailer because it was most convenient and worked well with the plot. The beginning door was actually at college but we focused on the door and character making it seem as though it was somebody’s home. The outside shots were also near college on Clarendon Road, and looks well as the looked like she was actually running to college. The end shots were shot in college, in the main hall and made the end of the trailer look good.