Q1 - How does your media text adapt conventions of typical media texts? - Camera shots

Please note that the clips below are before being edited into my trailer and are therefore not cropped/edited. They are simply present to illustrate my points.

Pan:
I have used pan shots during my trailer, one near the start establishing the location and one nearer the end, in a dark torch-lit forest. Pan shots are conventional to the horror genre and, as demonstrated in my trailer, build suspense, keep audience members of the edge of their seat and add mystery as to what is coming next.

When filming, I carefully planned this pan shot so that the camera would film from one point to another and when reaching the initial point again, a character would appear looking possessed, as if to have appeared out of no where. This is conventional of typical horror texts as the sudden appearance of a character can be unnerving and evoke the fear and shock intended within audience members. When editing, I also speeded up the shot to intensify the intended feeling that I wanted to evoke. This is conventional in Horror trailers as the action is condensed and fast paced.

Above is the shot I panned of the location of the action, this shot appears near the beggining of the trailer and is only present for a few seconds. It is conventional of horror movies and their trailers, when establishing a location, to use a pan shot. I have abided to this convention as the effect in doing so is exempt on audience members. It demonstrates where the action is set, yet the use of a pan sets the uncertian, freaky and suggestive feeling that all is not as it seems and almost prepares the audience that action and strange happenings will soon be commencing.

Handheld:

The hand held shot is conventional to not only horror media texts but appears in many media texts due to how impacting the shots can be. As my text features many elements of appeared 'home-footage', the use of a handheld shot compliments these, abiding to the fake documentary theme within the horror genre. Handheld shots are used most commonly, and in the case of my trailer, to convey a sense of reality which in effect, becomes more frightening for audience members. I endured conventional trembling and shaking when holding the camera, and ran when filming to give the impression that the character was being chased.

Incremental zoom:

I have used a small section of an incremental zoom, a conventional shot used within horror and many other genres and media texts. I have selected this shot to use, as zooming into written text is a dramatic way of telling the audience members to read and focus on what is written, in this case 'You are being watched'. Text like this is conventional to media texts, especially horror as it gives the audience a sense of confirmation, confirming that their, and the characters fears are reality, again, enhancing their involvement with the characters and the film.