hii so i just have a super quick question... do horror films typically use lots of camera movements in shots or should i stick to mostly just shots using the 30 degree rule? thank youu
#shot types
burnt yew
gentle vigil
The 30-degree angle?
Only heard anything about 30 degrees when talking about minimum changes from shot to shot
it really depends on your style
you can make a horror with locked off cameras,
or you can make horror with handheld all of the time
you can make horror with nothing but dolly shots
you can make horror with a healthy mix of shot types
the thing about horror is to hold the shots for longer than usual in the edit
so as to make viewers anxious
In horror, it's way more about lighting and music than shot type
implications and subtext arre your firiends
burnt yew
The 30-degree angle?
oops sorry type i meant rule 😭
thank you so much kip! helps a lot
burnt yew
Shot reverse shot with 180 deree rule
yeah i’m pretty sure that’s similar to what i mean
in school the 30° rule is like moving 30° to change how close you are to the subject of that makes sense?
gentle vigil
2x in 2x out
30° to the side minimum
safe swan
Note: Unless you're making a double take or a jumpcut.... in those case you WANT to mess with the rules.
The 30° and 2x rules, are designed to give naturalistic editing connections between the shots; the 180° rule is to help the audience create situational/environmental awareness, and to (again) naturalistically connect the shots, to lessen the jarringness.... now... if it's jarringness you WANT, then you would "break" the rules.
In "breaking" the rules, you have to understand that you're intentionally creating a visual disconnect, causing a sense of jarringness. Since it could (depending on how you treat them) take the audience out of the scene (acting/action etc), you better have a damn good reason for breaking them, narratively or tonally (or other reasons).
TL;DR: Learning the rules are fine, but rules are meant to be broken (once in a while), so you must have a firm grasp of the rules and "WHY THOSE RULES EXIST, WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO DO/PREVENT", before breaking them.
burnt yew
thank you!!
floral phoenix
The thing with horror is that it changes through the decades, the language of it. A good bit of education for yourself making a modern horror is to watch the first Saw movie. It’s the last time there was a significant shift in how horror was made. It also has the benefit of being low budget and shot in a very short amount of time (18 days).