Camerawork media product analysis.

       

In the trailer for the woman in black, shot types such as an establishing shot are used to establish the location and iconography within the film, for example an establishing shot is used between 0.21-0.32 to establish the‘haunted’ mansion in the film, it shows the main character walking towards this mansion, facing it head on, this connotes that the mansion will be challenging for the main character to deal with, secondly an insert shot is used between 0.52-0.53 of a doll being crushed by a little girl walking over it, this use of inset shot helps connote to the audience that the little girl's characters are challenging to a stereotypical young girl as they're being violent and not caring about dolls, this conventional to horror films as it makes the girls seem 'demonic', a shot reverse shot has been used between 0.11-0.14 to show a conversation between local man and the main character (Daniel Radcliffe), this shot type helps set the narrative and connote that the main character Daniel is in for a surprise when he tries to sell the mansion as the local man says "you're not going to find a local buyer", connoting that the whole town is familiar with the place and wants nothing to do with it, this makes the audience want to know why therefore creating effects such as disequilibrium and mystery. A point of view shot is also denoted between 0.57-0.59 of a boy rising from his grave, this shot type is conventional to horror films as it allows the audience to see the scenario though the main characters eyes, this is done to reinforce the emotion of fear as we only feel this emotion for the main character, therefore by letting the audience see though his eyes it emphasises the fear we feel as it makes us feel as though we are in his situation.

Angles such as a high angle shots are denoted within the trailer, for example a high angle shot is used between 0.23-0.26 when Daniel Radcliffe enters the ancient mansion, this connotes to the audience that the supernatural elements in the mansion have the most dominance / power at this point as Daniel  Radcliffe is denoted being lower down and smaller than her, making him seem weak and able to defeat, this is conventional to horror films due to the fact that it gives the protagonist / evil character the higher ground at to create as sense of fear for the audience which is relevant as we associate this emotion with horror. A dutch angle is denoted 1:25, this angle connotes that there is a problem as the angle isn't straight / in a perfect position, connoting that something in the scene isn't right / perfect either, this is conventional to horror films as disequilibrium always occurs and this angle helps establish that. 

Camera movements are used within the trailer to create effects, for example a crane shot is denoted whilst panning backwards to establish more of the location, which helps connote that they're in an isolated place (a small road across a sea with no surroundings), this type of camera movement is conventional to horrors film as we don't know what will be revealed as the camera slowly pans out, creating the fear of the unknown and tension. Between 0.46-0.48 there is a denoted building on fire accompanied with crying, injured people, the camera movement used to film this scene is hand held, therefore the camera is shaking and unsteady as no equipment is supporting it, this movement helps connote enigma as the unsteadiness of the camera reflects the emotion of fear due to it's shakiness, therefore this camera movement is conventional to horror films as fear is a main element that horror films try to portray and make the audience feel, between 1.00 - 1.02 the camera is rising upwards whilst spiralling, this movement is used once Daniel Radcliffe has just escaped from a supernatural element that was chasing him, the movement signifies that there is a problem as the twisting motion connotes that things aren't stable. 

Different depth of field is used thought out the trailer to create effects, for example at 1.33 a higher f-number is used in the aperture due to the fact that the scene was filmed in a dark room, this use of depth of field is conventional to horror films as a low-key lighting creates the fear of the unknown and fright however we wouldn't be able to use dark lighting if the camera didn't allow more light into the lense. Rack focus is also used at 0.44 as the camera focuses on Daniel Radcliffe whilst the 'woman' is blurry in the background, this creates creates fear as it signifies that the woman is so terrifying even the camera doesn't want to focus on her, therefore reinforcing the fear surrounding the supernatural which is conventional to horror films.