Final draft of Dead Silent

Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 2

This is my prezi presentation for question 2:

https://prezi.com/view/Mq8gLf6tUi172105qwH2/

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Questions 4 to 7

Question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

　

The audiences that we are trying to attracted for our horror opening are anyone over the age of 15. This is because we then have a larger audience range meaning we can earn more money and be able to seat more people in theatres to watch our film. Also this is a zombie horror film which would usually be for a wide audience as it is a genre linked to all older aged people as it is often rather gory and can be inappropriate for younger audiences because of how graphic it can be. We would like to have as many people enjoy our film as possible though so this is mostly calm.

　


Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?


We addressed audiences by making sure that the opening has various different aspects applied to it to make it stand out. The style of he title credits font has its own uniqueness about it and really represents a horror film well. The story line of the the film opening is unique in it's own way having different aspects that other films have not used for their products. For example the fact that we use a clown being lost in a forest when trying to get to somewhere is rather unique and has not been used before in other films. Of course the setting that we have used for the film is rather basic and simplistic being used for majority of zombie films, but we felt as though this would give us an advantage in a way because of the forest being often associated with zombie horror films. We could have reached our audience so far because of these reasons alone already, however we have reached our audiences by promotional tools such as facebook, twitter, instagram. Also the release is in many different formats making it even easier for the audience to be able to view the product at any time they would like on any device such as the computer, phone, tablet or TV. On top of this we put posters up around our local area to boost awareness.

　

Question 6:What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?


During the process of creating this product we have used minimal technologies for it's creation. For our filming we used a Cannon camera for the whole filming process as it was easier to use only one camera for filming than to use multiple different ones, this was obviously necessary to have as otherwise we would not have had a film at all! This camera really helped us to have good and clear shots that are nice to watch with helped us achieve a good quality in our production. Another technology we used was Premiere Pro. This was used so that we could edit the clips of the video together, add sound effects and the title credits in. We used this to make the film flow better together and become more scary with the added sounds within it, as well as using this to add in our company logo. Without Premiere Pro, we would not have succeeded in our product. If we had not used this technology to add in all the sound effects and to make the clips flow together the film would not have the same effect or be able to be scary at all so it definitely helped achieve our production.


I have learnt that without technologies of these times, we would definitely not have such amazing and advanced films today. So much more is done by technology to make media so much better we have no idea how much work goes into it. I definitely think that you could not make a title sequences without it, well at least not as good.

　

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?


Looking back on what skills I had when starting my preliminary task to now I feel as though I have massively improved within being able to produce a piece of media. I am more able to come up with ideas to contribute to the planning of the film as well as being capable of plotting out what order we are going to put the shots into by using a storyboard.

I have also since then learnt that how you produce a piece of film is essential to how the films quality will turn out as. For example, the setting is always key within a piece of film to indicate many different things to the viewer. Such as a flat can indicate to the audience the characters are poor, a mansion can suggest the characters are rich, or even characters living as maids in an underlay of such a big house. Which also links to something else that is important to mise-en-scene within production, costume. Costume can reveal much about a character, especially outfits that are commonly associated to different roles and jobs within society. Another aspect I have learnt can influence the viewer to feel different emotions towards media is lighting, as if a piece of media was dark they would expect something bad to be happening, for it to be night time or anything else that has the connotation of bad. Whereas if it was bright and sunny in the film then the audience will relate the media to positive or happy connotations such as something good is happening, everything is fine or it is day time.

Another thing I have learnt throughout the film experience is that camera skills are always highly important, and as an example I am going to use the 180 degree rule. During the filming process it was rather difficult to make sure we used the 180 degree rule accurately, as we had to be completely sure that the camera was at the exact opposite angle so that it looked right when filmed and put together. process

After the filming process we downloaded various sound files from the internet to add to our finished piece of film to create a different effect for the each shot of the film. Such as putting a scream sound effect when the clown is being eaten, or having ambient scary noises in the background. I feel like this is an important feature I have learnt as without these sound effects being in the film, the film would not be as effective or make it's audience feel as many emotions as the film would without added sound effects.

Though out this time I also found that the annoying credits that no one wants to see are actually extremely important to a film. Yes they drag on for a while but they feel like your own personal mark of 'I have achieved an amazing thing and I contributed to this film' and that is so important for other people to see as it is not only important to be thankful for people putting in so much effort to entertain you, but it is important for those people to be given as much credit for the work they have done as possible because otherwise anyone could say it was their work and steal it. Therefore during this time I have learnt the major importance of title credits and end credits.

Some skills that I have gained throughout this project include teamwork, decision making, collaborating with group members and taking control of my own learning. This is because while working in a group all these things are improved as we go along making sure everyone is happy with the decisions that are being made which in turn improves teamwork and working with each other. I got to take control of my own learning during this process by looking at the things I wanted to and know I needed to in order to understand the genre we was doing as well as understanding what content was needed to attract audiences, the different styles of font, sound effects and more. Being able to look at these things and find the information yourself gives you the opportunity to boarded the amount that you look into each individual aspect.

In conclusion I have in a nut shell learnt every basic thing I need to create a piece of film now that we have produced our final product since we first done our preliminary task. If I was asked to create another film I would feel capable of doing so.


　

Third draft of Dead Silent

Second draft of Dead Silent

First draft for Dead Silent

Health and Safety

Before filming our film intro we obviously had to check if there was any problems with the area we where filming in so that no one would get hurt. We did this when we got to the location. We made sure that the area we chose was as dry as possible so that no one got hurt falling over in the mud or anything. We also checked for even ground so that was okay too. Obviously anything like sticks being in the way we could just remove ourselves.

Previously, before actually filming we made sure that the actors as well as their families were aware of what was going to happen and what would be needed for the day. We also made sure that there was things such as plasters on hand in case of minor accidents.

Before filming we contacted all participants telling them of the conditions and to bring warm clothing as it was to be cold weather that day and we did not know if it would rain again during the day.

Nine Frame Analyse

Dawn of the Dead

"Dawn of the Dead's" opening starts off with basic style text that is coloured red, the red writing the changes into a scatter of blood which quick cuts to graphic images of what seem to be zombies, with bloody mouths or cells that are dividing/mutating. As well as mass chaos, buildings being on fire and being destroyed, people being attacked and of course these events being on the news.

The basic style of the text can suggest that the film is either something basic and simple or something scary depending on ones interpretation. However, with the text being a deep red and scattering off it multiple directions as if to represent blood it gives off a rather sinister vibe which would suggest danger, which does not correlate to basic at all.

These shots of the writing then change to quick cuts of graphic images of multiple things that are linked to disaster also gives off a sense of danger and a post-apocalyptic situation which links back to my sub-genre because as shown in previous research zombie horror persistently show destruction as well as people in everyday clothes being rather bloody and lifeless.

Watch the full opening here: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/dawn-of-the-dead/

The Return of the Living Dead

The opening for "The Return of the Living Dead" starts off mysteriously as two guys walk down some stairs which seem to lead to some kind of cellar. Though out these first few shots they flow between each other in various different angles of location at a mid-shot length in front of the characters to always display their facial features.

The camera then distracts away from the faces of the actors and shows what is written on the container that they are walking towards the the previous shot. This shot shows to the audience that its contents is something dangerous as it is property of the army. Then a birds eye view of what's inside makes the viewer understand why it is so dangerous. Not only this but this angle can show the view of the men when they are looking into the canister.

All the shots through out the whole of this opening all slowly flow into one another as to give time to the viewer to take in what is actually concurring, as well as fades into cuts when going though the vent system as they are of similar kind, this shows progression of the smoke moving, but does it in a shorter amount of time than following it all the way through.

The shots also show that the credits for the film has a bold text style in red which is all in capital letters to make it stand out and gives the connotation that the film is horror. The title of the film is in a blood splatter style which gives the impression that there is going to be a lot of blood involved with this film. The end of the opening consists of a long shot which shows a full body display of a dead body coming back to life as the smoke enters the room.

Watch the full opening here: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-return-of-the-living-dead/

The Shining

The opening title for "The Shining" is one which is portrayed as rather relaxed as the camera angles follow a car travelling though the mountains which makes it seem as if nothing horrible will happen. Most of the angles used are long shots, to show as much of the surroundings as possible. The whole title sequence is following this car making it extremely obvious that where they are heading is rather far out from the rest of civilisation. The last shot is of the place they are actually heading to which seems to be a rather sinister as it is all the same colour as the mountain. The writing of the titles are in bold which gives the impression of nothing good could be happening, however the text colour is light blue which does not give the view of being dangerous at all.

Watch the full opening here: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-shining/

Alterations Made Along The Way

Though we planned to use different things throughout the whole of our horror opening, there where many things we changed throughout the process of creating our final piece. Some of the things we decided not to have for our final piece are highly noticeable for not being there if we was to point them out to you.

The first main thing we cut out from our piece was the amount of zombies that we decided to have in our horror opening. We found it was rather unrealistic for us to physically be able to get a tone of people to partake in this as well as being able to do their make up. So we decided it would be wise to have only three instead of a large group of zombies for practicality.

The next factor we took out was having a dog in our piece. We realised that we could not possibly find a dog that would do everything that we would want it to do and would most likely be hard to handle whilst filming. We also thought it would be a challenge for the dog to disappear during on of the shots unless it ran away or something, and that didn't seem like a good idea as we didn't particularly want to loose anyone's dog.

Another thing we decided was that it would be easier for the clown to use a mask instead of face paint because of the amount of time we had to do everything in. We also could not find a clown wig so it was much easier to just use a mask.

One of the minor details we decided to get rid of was the balloon we had planned to give the clown. This idea changed a few times. Originally we wanted the clown to have it. We then felt that maybe it would be a good idea to have it stuck in a tree. Finally we decided not to use it as practically we had no idea where to get a helium filled balloon, we also didn't want to loose it and not be able to film after that so it was scrapped.

Analysis Of A Titles Construction

The title of "The Return of the Living Dead" is in capitals, red font that is in a blood splattered style (to have a sense of danger as an effect) over the shot of the long gone zombie from the previous film which is what creates the zombies for this film from smoke that comes out of the container when one of the characters who turn into zombies from this hits the tank that holds the zombies body. The title fades onto the screen after showing the full face of the zombie and then fades of to show its then melting face before the container breaks. This is to make the viewers to focus on the title and not the background as the zombie is already melting and if they was to watch it melt the whole time they would become uninterested in what is happening to it. From this you automatically presume it is going to be a zombie film.

The title for "The Conjuring" consists of the title being in capital letters in the centre of a background of a black and white photograph of the house where the activity happened in the original real life story. The photo as well as the writing, flick over the previous one as if the photos were actual images being flipped over in a book in front of you in a photo book. This is probably made to make viewers feel as though the story is as real as it is and that they are living within what actually happened.

For "The Evil Dead" again the letters are red and capitalised in order to show that something very dangerous is going to happen. The title comes onto the screen as if it is a blood reflection of water, so as if it is water itself and has that kind of movement. It is shown on a background that originally seems to be a blank dark white-ish and rather plain then becomes clear as to represent the fog/mist in the opening scene that is shown after the title fades away. This would be to link the both of them together and add a sense of mystery to the film.

The title for "The Shining" is one that seems to come across as a misconception of what the film is actually about. The text is of course capitalised which does suggest that there is a connotation of danger to what is going to happen within this film. However the text is in a bright blue colour which is associated to most things as a happy and safe colour to be used. Not only this but the backing for the title looks rather friendly and as if nothing particularly dangerous could actually happen within this film as there is a nice calming valley hillside with a lake. Hardly seems dangerous. This would then make the viewers confused and feel as if nothing bad will happen, which will then make them feel more scared later when something actually does happen.

Typical Horror Synopsis

As part of my research I am needed to look at a typical synopsis of a horror film that is from the genre that we are using for our own horror movie opening. I have decided to take a look at the synopsis of "Night of the Living Dead".

A group of people of different backgrounds take refuge in a old abandoned house when they find that corpses begin to leave their graves in the graveyard to search for fresh human bodies to consume. Ben (Duane Jones) sensibly tries to do his best to control the situation they are in, however is not very successful when the other survivors start to panic as the dead start to surround the house. As they being to loose any calmness they had over the situation the zombies begin to find ways inside of the building, making the living humans their prey one by one.

This is a typical synopsis as it gives a brief summary of what happens though out the film. It also adds some key points without giving away too much of what happens with in the film.

Location Shots

These are photos from our location shoot to show where we was filming for our film opening. The biggest problem we had with our location was that it rained the day before so the ground was extremely muddy which made it hard to run in.

Iconic Horror Movie Directors

Alfred Hitchcock
Summary
Born: 13th August 1899 in Leytonstone, Essex, England. Deceased.
Citizenship: U.K. (1899-1980) U.S (1955-1980)

Hitchcock was "the master of suspense" and was an English film director and producer. He created many elements of suspense as well as psychological thriller genres. Hitchcock was extremely successful in British Cinema, not only for silent films but also for the early 'talkies'  which made his renown as the best director in England. Alfred Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939 and then became a US citizen in 1955. He directed more than fifty feature films throughout his career which spans through six decades and is often considered as one of the most influential directors in the whole of cinematic history.

In 1925, Hitchcock created his very first film, which then led to him creating various thrillers at which he gained the attention of the whole world making everyone know him for his works. His film "Blackmail" is said the be the first British "talkie". He also directed classic suspense films such as The Man Who Knew Too Much made in 1934 and The 39 Steps which was created in 1935.


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock
For more please visit: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/alfred-hitchcock-changed-the-way-we-watch-films-yet-he-remains-a-complete-unknown-8480472.html


Successful Films

Psycho (1960)

 Psycho is a physiological horror that is based upon a book from 1959, the film centres around an encounter between a secretary Marion Crane who ends up in a secluded motel after she steals from her employer and ends up being chased about the motel by the disturbed manager and owner Norman Bates.




Something that made this film seem more interesting was the fact that it got mixed reviews, was created on such a low budget ($806.947) as well as being created in black and white picture, however even though this is the case, the film still gained a large box office return ($50 million). This made the critics soon change their minds and then nominate it for four academy awards, including best supporting actress for Leigh and best director for Hitchcock.

Hitchcock definitely changed the way movies are watched today just by this film alone. Before this film was in the theatre's people would just turn up to the picture house at whatever time and watch a film at any point it was playing at, however Hitchcock was the very first director to demand complete commitment to the story of the film which resulted in Psycho having it's own set viewing times. It was asked or even begged of the audiences who had watched it to not give away the ending of the film.


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)

Rear Window (1954)

Rear Window is a American technicolor mystery thriller film that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock but was written by John Michael Hayes based on the short story 'It Had To Be Murder' written by Cornell Woolrich written in 1942. This film is considered by many critics, filmmakers and  scholars as one of Hitchcock's best films as well as the best film to have ever been made.

This film is about a photographer called Jeff who breaks his leg when photographing a race car accident. He is then confined to a wheelchair in his apartment to recover. During a heatwave he watches his neighbours though his rear window as they all have their windows open to stay cool. One night Jeff hears Mrs Thorwald scream as well as glass smashing and is convinced her husband has killed her so he investigates.

This film's budget Just like Psycho this film has been nominated for four academy awards. 
Rear Window was added to the United States National Film Registry in the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" 


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window

George A. Romero

Born: 4th February 1940 The Bronx, New York, U.S. Currently 77.

Romero is a American-Canadian film maker and editor who is best known for his series of  terrifying horror films about an 'imagined zombie apocalypse' which began with the creation of 'Night Of The Living Dead' in 1968.

Romero was brought up in the Bronx, and would then often ride on a train into Manhattan to rent film reals to watch at his house when he got home. After graduating Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1960 he began his career, shooting short films and commercials (Romero's farther also worked as a commercial artist). In the late 1960's Romero and nine of his friends formed their own independent company called 'Image Ten Productions' and then proceeded to produce 'Night Of The Living Dead in 1968.


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Romero



successful films:

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

Even though this was the very first film Romero's company produced it was rather successful. The film was at a disadvantage with it's limited production budget, however managed to achieve $12 million domestically and $18 million internationally. Since then it has become a classic film to watch.

Night Of The Living Dead's story follows the character Ben, Barbra, and five others who are trapped in farmhouse which resides in the countryside in Western Pennsylvanian which is attacked by a large, ever growing group of the 'living dead'.

Though this film was judged upon the insane amount of gore it contained for it's time It eventually got selected by the Library Of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry and of course the film won this award in 1999.

This film is still a popular watch today if you're feeling like watching old style gory horror.


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead

For more awards please visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/awards

Dawn Of The Dead (1978)


After an ever increasing amount of zombies have arisen from death, two S.W.A.T. team members along with a traffic reporter and his girlfriend who is a television executive, seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall, but is it really safe?

The budget for this film is estimated to be about $650.000 and ended up with an income of over $5 million in just the USA alone, and gaining profit of $55 million worldwide! Which knocks it out of the park for making it a great film.

Dawn Of The Dead has been nominated for seventeen awards since it's release, unfortunately only winning one which was the Golden Trailer Award for best horror/thriller in 2004. Even though this film only won one award it is fairly obvious of it's greatness just for the fact that it was nominated for so many things.


For more please visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/

For more awards please visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/awards

Of Course Romero is still popular today as he has made resent films in 2014, would it really be a surprise to see his name again. Not to mention there are multiple versions, parodies and comedies about Dawn Of The Dead making it ever more popular in today's audiences.

James Wan

Born: 22nd February 1977, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (Currently 39)
Nationality: Australian

Even though Wan is a Malaysian-born Australian film director, screen writer and producer he lives in in U.S. in Los Angeles, California.

James Wan is mostly known for his work on Saw as he directed the film made in 2004, and wrote the story for Saw 3 in 2006. Of course everyone remembers the rather scary puppet that is used in the Saw films, well Billy the puppet was also created by Wan.
Wan is also well known for doing Insidious chapters one to four, Annabelle, lights out, The Conjuring one and two and furious seven.

James Wan has become closely associated with high quality horror films that has produced an extremely high profit when at the box office, which makes him one of the successful horror directors to recent.


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wan




Successful films:


The Conjuring (2013)

The Conjuring is a film based upon a true story from the 1970's. In 1971 the Perron family move to a run down Rhode Island farm house and soon start to face strange happenings. In fear of running into peril Carolyn Perron contacts paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. What's discovered next is the whole area is haunted by a satanic being which then follows the Perron Family no matter where they go.


The budget for this film was around $20 million and the box office profit was $318 million which meant it received it's budget almost sixteen times over.


As expected from such a successful director and a successful film The Conjuring has been nominated for twenty one awards and has won fourteen. Obviously that is a lot to list so here is a few.


For more please visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/

• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA, 2014 - Won the Saturn Award for best horror film.
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2014 - Nominated Critics Choice Awards for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film
• Empire Awards UK, 2014 - Won the Empire Award for Best Horror
• Hollywood Film Awards, 2013 - Nominated for a Hollywood Movie Award for James Wan

For more awards please visit:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/awards

Insidious (2010)

Insidious is a supernatural horror. The story revolves around a couple who's son suddenly; without explanation enters a coma and becomes a container for various ghosts who are in a "Astral Dimension" which want to occupy his body so that they may 'live' once more.

The film was created on a $1.5 million budget and made a box office amount of $97 million when released.

In fact Insidious was actually somewhat created in order for Wan to prove to others in his line of work that he can create a film that is not on the same level as the Saw films.


For more please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insidious_(film)






Along with the success came award nominations here are just a few examples:

• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA, 2012 - Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye)
• Empire Awards, UK, 2012 -  Nominated for the Empire Award for best horror
• Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, 2012 - Won the chainsaw award for: Best Supporting Actress (Lin Shaye), Best Wide-Release Film, Best Actress (Rose Byrne) as well as Best Score (Joseph Bishara) 

For more awards please visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591095/awards

Storyboard Animatic

Storyboards For Horror Movie Opening

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock

This documentary on Alfred Hitchcock suggests from the start that the films he created where ones that no other director had the courage to create. It also suggests that "he put his own deepest fears on the sliver screens" which is what made his films so popular. There is a point within this documentary where Hitchcock is asked why he always creates mysteries and murders and such and he simply replies with "Well life is a big mystery isn't it? it always has been." which gives almost a rear window view (no pun intended) of what he was thinking about when creating his pieces of cinema, it gives a view of what his, almost, inspiration was.

Hitchcock grew up near London and because of his background ended up as almost a complete outsider to the world everyone else was in. A particular question that stands out in this documentary is when Hitchcock is asked if he has ever been scared by anything and his response is that he was scared of a policeman when he was younger as he went to hand in this slip and got locked in a cell for about five minuets. Hitchcock then goes on to explain that he feels as if fears are almost imprinted in on us, no matter what happens. He says physiatrists will tell you when you have a fear that once you revisit that place everything will be fine after that, but Hitchcock doesn't seem to believe that at all considering he then says he is still scared of policemen.

From this documentary I have learnt that I can rather relate to Hitchcock as it is explained that he was the type of boy to sit back and observe and listen than to rather get into anything. Hitchcock Worked previously in a different job (engineering) until he heard an American movie company where coming to where he was, so he applied to create their titles.

Hitchcock taught himself the things he learned about the trade. He then had to make his way through the ranks to create the films that he did. Luckily he met the right people. One particularly being the man who took over the company that he was already working in, who recognised Hitchcock as a potential film maker.

Britain's first talkie was a film that had already been made as a silent film. Blackmail. This made Hitchcock a well known film maker, which led to him being able to marry the woman that he did. He counted on her for his work and always took her advise, always went with her judgment from the very beginning of their relationship. Even though this is the case, Hitchcock often felt grief for the passing of silent cinema as he felt it was the purest form of cinema there was and has been.

One thing that really sticks to my mind from this documentary is that it is believed that even if Hitchcock was alive to this day, he would still focus on movies about people, probably ignoring the use of effects. Perhaps this is why his films where so gripping and why he is the most popular director of all time because his films where about people, they could be related to, creating a connection with it's audiences. Hitchcock wanted to scare women more than he wanted to men as he said "80% of the people in the cinema are women" because of course even if it was half and half men would ask what the women would like to go and see.

Hitchcock became too large on the scale to even be contained by the England producers, he wanted to go all out, create large films, and of course it was thought that at this time the only way that this could be achieved was by moving out to Hollywood as America where seen as the only place to go to go large. This made him move up in the industry rather quickly.

Hitchcock worked with a high producer on Rebecca and they did not often see eye to eye on several things. Hitchcock saw films as things to be filmed and to have snippets taken form them to create an emotional piece of work, however the man he was working with was not accustomed to this. Yet Hitchcock knew he had to try and make it work somehow.

Hitchcock felt as if he knew so much about film that he would not need to follow a plan and described himself as a sort of  "conductor" when filming.
What he filmed was almost pieces of film to be connected rather than to be edited.

An important factor of Hitchcock is that he would often see the film he was creating in his mind before he had even filmed it. Which would then mean that he would often find filming rather dull and boring.

"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out" Shows that Hitchcock really did make films about people and that is what he focused on. However Hitchcock also played everything against reality, to create socking scenes that no one would expect.

Understanding Camera Shots And Angles

These are the basic lengths of shots that there are when filming something, each one can show different things for example a medium long shot could be just to show the woman is standing still and looking about, but a close up shows her expression and her emotions.

Here is some different angles and movements that are used too.

Horror Shooting Schedule

DAY / TIME	LOCATION	SHOT DESCRIPTION	PEOPLE NEEDED
Day to be arranged 10 am (shot one and two)	Exterior – meadow gate woods	Mid shot	Pair of people to walk through the woods
10:10 am (shot three)	Meadow gate woods	Visual shot of newspaper
10:15 (shot four)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on front of couple	The couple
10:18 (shot five)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on back of couple	The couple
10:20 (shot six)	Meadow gate woods	Over the shoulder shot from the front	The couple
10:25 (shot seven)	Meadow gate woods	Over the shoulder shot from the back	The couple and clown
10:30 (shot eight)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on legs	The couple
10:40 (shot nine)	Meadow gate woods	Long shot of clown	Clown
10:50 (shot ten)	Meadow gate woods	Double shot of male and female	Couple
10:55 (shot eleven)	Meadow gate woods	Mid shot of clown unfolding a map	Clown
11:00 (shot twelve)	Meadow gate woods	Mid shot of couple responding	Couple
11:05 (shot thirteen)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on Clown	Clown
11:10 (shot fourteen)	Meadow gate woods	Mid shot	Couple
11:15 (shot fifteen)	Meadow gate woods	Over shoulder tracking shot	Couple
11:20 (shot sixteen)	Meadow gate woods	Long shot	Clown and zombies
11:25 (shot seventeen)	Meadow gate woods	Tracking shot	Background Zombie noises and Clown getting murdered
11:30 (shot eighteen)	Meadow gate woods	Close up of female	Couple
11:35 (shot nineteen)	Meadow gate woods	Shot-reverse-shot	Couple
11:40 (shot twenty)	Meadow gate woods	Extreme close up	Female
11:45 (shot twenty one)	Meadow gate woods	P.O.V shot from perspective of male	Male
11:50 (shot twenty two)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on males foot	Male
11:55 (shot twenty three)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on zombie	Zombies
12:00 (shot twenty four)	Meadow gate woods	Long shot of male	Male
12:05 (shot twenty five)	Meadow gate woods	Tracking mid-shot	Couple
12:10 (shot twenty six)	Meadow gate woods	P.O.V shot/ Extreme long shot that pans	Couple and zombies
12:15 (shot twenty seven)	Meadow gate woods	Long shot	Couple and zombies
12:20 (shot twenty eight)	Meadow gate woods	High angle shot	Couple and zombies
12:25 (shot twenty nine)	Meadow gate woods	Unsteady P.O.V angle	Couple and zombies
12:30 (shot thirty)	Meadow gate woods	Over shoulder shot from front	Zombies and couple
12:35 (shot thirty one)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on feet moving	Couple
12:40 (shot thirty two)	Meadow gate woods	Close up on zombies faces	Zombies
12:45 (shot thirty three)	Meadow gate woods	Long shot	Couple
12:50 (shot thirty four)	Meadow gate woods	Mid shot	Couple
12:55 (shot thirty five)	Meadow gate woods	Close up, shot-reverse-shot	Couple
1:00 (shot thirty six)	Meadow gate woods	Shot- reverse-shot/ mid shot	Couple
1:05 (shot thirty seven)	Meadow gate woods	P.O.V	Female
1:10 (shot thirty eight)	Meadow gate woods	High angle shot	Female
1:15 (shot thirty nine)	Meadow gate woods	Long shot	Female
1:20 (shot forty)	Meadow gate woods	P.O.V shot/ Tracking shot of girl	Female, zombies