Our original idea for our coursework was to use hand held camera's so the audience could feel very connected to the main character, i therefore decided to watch films and trailers that use these techniques.
I started by watching Cloverfield, this used alot of hand held techniques but didn't hold the suspense of the audience very well and therefore i didn't rate it very well. However, it did give me some good ideas, such as a diary like approach to the production, this could give the audience a first person perspective on the final text. However, after writing up our story board me and my group decided that it would look more professional to use tri-pod's and planned angles rather than hand held shots.
The next film i watched was Blair witch project, this again used hand held shots it also did something that cloverfield didn't, it kept an element of surprise and this carried the suspense within the audience and therefore was a better horror and gave me alot more idea's than Cloverfield. I gave me the idea of linking an object with the ghost rather than showing the actual ghost it's self. For example in Blair witch you see the witch's belongings but you never get to see the witch itself. We adapted this into our trailer and had the first scary scene as the babysitter answering the door to no body, this builds fear in the audience and allows them to expect something.
