shot types

The trailer for 'The Mummy 3' has a variety of different shot types creating many different effects. Starting off with a medium close up to introduce the characters, gives the audience a sense of the surroundings/location and costume aswell as making them familiar with the characters' faces. Then the camera switches to a close up of the object the character was holding in the previous shot. The close up creates impact as makes the audience feel involved in the shot as if they are looking through the characters eyes. An extreme close up of the map makes the audience further empathise with the character, continued by a crane over the desert which is an establishing shot, showing the audience where the scene has taken place. At 55seconds in, there is an over the shoulder shot. This allows the audience to see through the perspective of the character. Showing how close the character is to the object, aswell as his actions is a clever way to show the audience what is happening in the shot. This is followed by a low angle shot of the sand coming in through the door, (at 59 seconds into the shot). The low angle makes the door seem eerie and controlling as it allows the sand to enter through the key hole. Again, it puts us into the shot and makes us feel vulnerable as if we are getting trapped. At 1.28 there is a medium long shot of the main characters changing to a high angle shot making them seem small and vulnerable as they fall in to the sea.