Camera Shots

The shot that we were thinking of using is this "wipe" shot. This is a shot that passes through an object (for example, a wall or celling). This makes it a bit different as it changes location and character through camera shots and angles. In this scene below me, the camera travels up through ceiling of the bus to go to another character on top of the bus. It passes through at a reasonably and steady pace. 

In this scene the camera is still but preparing to move for the Wipe shot.

Here the camera is moving up the environment to the next shot.

In this shot the camera is right in the middle of the environment that it is passing through.

It is now coming up through to the next character and showing a different environment on top of the bus.

And now here is the the new character and the new place that the camera as moved to.

This camera shot creates a really nice transition between scenes or the audience to look at and can easily change between two environment or sets with minimal complications. 

I was thinking that there would be a fair amount of long shots and close ups so that there are a massive amount of contrasts in the shots. These close ups would be used to show the facial expressions that the characters are pulling or extreme close-ups to show specific parts of the body (for example a blood shot eye) an example of this would be from The Blair Witch Project. Extreme close-ups could also zoom in on significant objects that have high relevance to the films

Another example of where extreme close-ups are  used in horror film openings is in the film "seven". This film  uses mostly close- ups in the opening credits of the films to show different objects and words that might occur in the film. For example in this shot on the left it shows someone writing something over some words on a page, and although this may look like a fairly simple and pointless shot and can relate back to the film. 

Another place where seven uses its extreme close-ups to an advantage is is this shot on the right. it has a close-up of two props that are related to the film. These props are scissors and some film tape that is being cut by them. The advantage of this shot is that it can make the audience think about what these objects have to do with the film and how significant they could be to different scenario's in different scenes.

Another form of shot that can be used in the opening of films is the establishing shot. This shot shows the audience where the film or scene of the film could be set. An example of where an establishing shot is used is in the film "The Dead Zone". At the beginning of this opening sequence, it comes up with a shot of a house to show the audience where the whole/part of this film will be set. I think that an establishing shot at the beginning of a film is a brilliant idea because it shows where the film is being set and gives the audience a head start on their knowledge of the location.