Analysing the camera angles in Incinerate

Analysing 'Incinerate' camera angles

Throughout our film opening, we tried to include a large variety of camera angles, as this is a common convention in the psychological horror genre.

Close up shots-

We used close up shots in the film opening to show some details that are quite important for sowing the storyline and to compliment the genre. For example, this close up shot of the main character touching the wall at the point of the satanic symbol and the words 'hail Satan!' This is a good addition to the representation of the psychological horror genre. Making it a close up shot gives it more of a purpose and shows the detail really well.

Another example is of the shot stepping on and over the newspaper, which is laying on the floor. The purpose of this shot is to show the text on the paper and this gives the audience more of an insight to the plot and storyline of the film opening. It shows the audience that there's a girl who was caught in a fire accident that is now on a murderous rampage. If the audience are struggling to understand the concept then they can relate themselves back to this shot to gain a further insight.        

Extreme long shot-

This shot of the setting of the film opening is quite important and is gives the audience a proper feel for the setting. The setting we chose, we thought, is an idealistic location for a murderer/villain's lair. It was isolated and very on it's own. The shack itself is very run down, covered in dirt and completely broken. The way the sun rays hit the camera and shine through the trees make the shot very effective and suit the genre nicely.

Over the shoulder shot-

Over the shoulder shots are usually used to show what the character is looking and or what could be behind the character. The first example of an over the shoulder shot that we used was this one of the main character leaning down and picking up the murderer's match box filled with the matches. This shot is just an interesting way to show the audience the character finding the matches. It also creates a sense that the villain is right behind her and watching her every move. The shot being over the shoulder lasts until the main character is fully stood up and has view of everything around her, which makes the villain 'seen' and less secretive, so the camera angle changes to a different one.
 

The second example of an over the shoulder shot is of the main character bending down to investigate the situation with the dead burnt person in the back building. This shot also gives a sense of the murderer watching her, especially as it's also on CCTV. It creates a sense of the main character being unknowingly vulnerable. This is also just anpther interesting shot to show the audience what the main character is looking at.



Extreme long shot- 

This extreme close up shot is of the murderer striking the match. We made this shot an extreme close up as we knew it was the key point of the whole film opening. We also know that in order for the shot to be effective and for the audience to actually be able to see the match lighting, it would have to be very close.

Evaluation-
I personally feel that throughout the film opening, we managed to include a good amount of varieties of shots. However, to make the film opening have an outstanding variety of shots, we should've included many more. We could have easily included different angles such as high and low angle, birds-eye view of canted angles. We could've included different camera movements too, including pans, tilts and aerial shots. Including a wider variety of angles and shots will have made the film opening more unique and more interesting for the viewer to watch.