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SHOT TYPES
Women in Black
SHOT 1
This wide, establishing shot is showing three children during the late nineteenth century who are
simply playing together with dolls and the furniture. The impact of
this shot is that it shows the audience the innocence of the
children and the high key lighting gives the audience a sense of
security and safety. However, this contradicts horror conventions as stereotypically there tends to be a lot of low key lighting and a serious
lack of innocence. In horror, however, children are quite often
the victims as a result of their innocence which is emphasised by the fact that they are playing. The fact that all three of the characters are girls could also be significant as it stereotypically females are more
vulnerable.
This type of shot could be used in my film because it gives the audience quite a lot of context into what is
happening and the high key lighting which gives the audience a false
sense of security and so is even more surprising when something bad
happens.
SHOT 2
This shot type is that of a close up and it gives us more context into what is happening. It gives the
audience more specifics into what the children are doing. For example, this particular child is brushing her
dolls hair. This again makes the situation look quite safe and the
audience isn’t particularly on edge at the moment. The pale colours in the shot also emphasise the time
period as there wouldn’t have been much access to colourful resources
at the time and this is probably what the director was thinking about
when he added in the shot because it gives the audience a sense of
realism and historical context to the film. The use of the doll also adds to the affect because it’s quite, in my
opinion, a creepy doll which emphasises that this is a scary,
horror movie.
This close up, depending on the story line, is something that I could use in my film opening. It could be altered,
however, to a characters face perhaps, rather than an object. This
could emphasise a characters emotion and cause empathy amongst
the audience.
SHOT 3
This next shot is quite a loose frame and is at a slightly high
angle. It shows all of the children looking at something off-camera
with facial expressions that aren’t particularly happy, immediately
causing the audience to immediately become tense,
especially seeing as the audience is still not sure as to what is
happening. This can put them on edge put also intrigue them to carry on watching to find out
exactly what is happening. This shot is a lot wider than the first and so it also, to some extend,
gives us more context as to where the children are. Whereas before, we could only see that they were
playing in a room, indicated by the bed, we now know that it is a
bedroom.
Again, it is possible that this could be used in my film. But with all the
children looking at the camera, this is something that is very specific to the plot and storyline of woman in black.
SHOT 4
This fourth shot shows a close up of one of the children, as she makes her
way towards the window breaking things in her path. This could
represent the disruption of innocence of the children. The effect this could have on the audience could be that
they feel tense as to what is going to happen next and it also can make them feel quite curious and urge
them to continue watching the film. Again, referring to the previous shot, it can make them wonder what was behind them that urged them to get
up and start walking. In terms of using this in my film opening, a close
up could be good because it quite often shows what a character is thinking and how they feel about something. This therefore could influence the way the audience
shapes their opinion on that character. However, this close
up is of a doll being crushed and again is very specific to the storyline. However, a close up on an object may
also be a good idea. This is also a strong contrast to how innocent was saw them in previous shots as they
are now destructive.
SHOT 5
This last shot is a wide shot of the three children about to jump out of
a window. By this point, the audience are no especially curious as to what happened off camera previously. This can have a huge
impact on the audience because by this point all innocence has be
wiped from these children and the audience look at them in a different light from how they were viewed at the beginning of the film. In terms of using this in my film, the wide
shot can be very useful because it allows the audience to get a wider
perspective on the situation at hand. For example, this shot allows
us to see that the children are stood on a window ledge, whereas if it were a close up we wouldn’t be
able to see what is going on.