Camera Angles

Question 1

Low angle shot

Answer 1

• When the camera is placed below the characters eye-line, looking up.

• Typically used to show a subject as being powerful and dominant

Question 2

High angle shot

Answer 2

• When the camera is ABOVE the characters eye-line, looking down.

• Can be used to examine power dynamics and diminish the characters being examined. Helps to elicit a viewers emotional response

Question 3

Overhead shot

Answer 3

• Works similarly to a Birds Eye view.

• Directly above a subject to show physical movement or possibly even an interaction with the divine

Question 4

The Dutch angle

Answer 4

•Skews the horizontal axis and tilts the shot. Can make a viewer feel uneasy or confused

Question 5

Eye level angle

Answer 5

Sits at a neutral angle. Doesn’t impose judgment on a character

Question 6

Eye level angle

Answer 6

Sits at a neutral angle. Doesn’t impose judgment on a character