How Camera Movement Makes Horror Terrifying

MUSIC I USE: EDITING SOFTWARE I USE: STOCK FOOTAGE: How exactly are filmmakers able to leverage our own psychology against us and induce feelings of deep terror just by showing us a projection of 2D images in a cinema? In this video I’ll breakdown how camera movement and framing create scary images by going over the three stages of horror and analysing some terrifying techniques used by cinematographers to create deep psychological dread. PATREON: 2ND CHANNEL: WEBSITE: INSTAGRAM: DISCORD: List Of Films Featured: Shutter (2004) It Follows (2014) The Wailing (2016) Us (2019) The Invisible Man (2020) 0:00 Introduction 0:52 The Three Stages Of Horror 2:23 POV Push In 3:45 Open Space 5:10 The Unseen Threat 7:43 Conclusion Music: Quincas Moreira - ‘Hostile Planet’ Jesse Gallagher - ‘Mer-Ka-Ba’ Jesse Gallagher - ‘Maestro Tlakaelel’ Jesse Gallagher - ‘The Inner Sound’