Camera Angles

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Camera Angles

• Digital Still Story

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Birds Eye

• Bird's-eye has a feeling of detachment, of being
  literally above it all. Functionally, they're
  invaluable for orienting viewers to complicated
  action because they function as maps of the
  shooting environment.

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High Angle

• In this shot the camera looks down on the
  subject, decreasing its importance. The subject
  looks smaller. It often gives the audience a
  sense of power, or makes the subject seem
  helpless.

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Neutral

• One of the most commonly used shots is the
  eye-level shot. Why? Because it's the perspective
  most familiar to us - we usually see things from
  our own eye-level. This angle also causes the
  least discomfort because we're used to it.

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Low Angle

• In this shot the camera looks up at the subject,
  making it seem important, powerful, or perhaps
  larger than it is to the viewer.

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Worms Eye

• Worms eye view approximates the points of view
  of smaller subjects like children and pets.

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Wide Shots/Close Shots

• Wide shots literally show us the big picture,
  revealing who and what is in it and the spatial
  relationships among them.
• Close shots tend to be intense. Moving in on a
  subject enhances its importance. The bigger a
  subject is in the frame, the closer viewers pay
  attention.