Texas Chainsaw Massacre Shots

In the scenes around twelve minutes into the Texas Chainsaw Massacre,the director uses close ups at the beginning to show a gruesome scene from a few angles, adding to the horror before a quick cut to a close up of a character's reaction of disgust. A close up of the back of the van as it drives off adds dark humor as a round about way of proving the characters statement that she would never go back into the van wrong, because it does not show her, but it assumed she is in the van. Finally a medium shot is used as the whole group of main characters are shown in the van, displaying the tension and disgust they are all feeling. As a character speaks the camera cuts closer to other characters faces than his, because he is saying something which they don't like, so their reactions are currently more important. Long shots are later used to show that they are in the middle of nowhere and also to set the scene of the beat up old shop that they pull in to. This really sets up the feel of desolation which is aided by the lighting, color scheme, and attitude of the characters. Mid shots are used to display the actions of the characters, while close ups are used to show reactions and emotions.