02 Camera Angles

Camera
Angles

Friday, April 29, 2011

Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye


Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle


Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
Eye-Level


Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
Eye-Level
Low Angle


Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
Eye-Level
Low Angle
Canted Angle


Bird’s Eye

Bird’s Eye Shot from way above the
subject as if it’s the “Point of
View” of a bird

“Beetlejuice” (1988)

Bird’s Eye Omniscient, God-
like POV

Bird’s Eye

“Moulin Rouge” (Baz Luhrman)


Bird’s Eye

“Edward Scissorhands” (1990)


“The Big Lebowski” (Coen Brothers, 1990)


“Beetlejuice” (Tim Burton, 1988)


High Angle

Camera points down
to the action

“Beetlejuice” (Tim Burton, 1988)


High Angle




Makes subject look
small, weak, and vulnerable

High Angle

“House of Flying Daggers” (2004)


High Angle

Tim Burton Films


Eye
Level

“The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)



Eye-Level Causes least discomfort
because it’s the perspective
most familiar to us

Eye-Level

“Napolean Dynamite” (Jared Hess, 2004)


Eye-Level




Eye-Level

Shoot at
subject’s eye-
level, not yours



“City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)


“The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

Low-Angle

Low Angle
Camera points
up to the action

“Batman” (Tim Burton, 1989)


“City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)

Makes the subject appear
larger and more intimidating

Low Angle

Mostly all the shots of Arnold in the movie “The Terminator” were
slightly low angle shots to make him appear more intimidating

“The Third Man” (1949)


Low Angle

“Revolver” (2005)


Canted
Angle

“Evil Dead 2”


Canted Angle Camera is tilted to suggest
imbalance, transition, or
instability

“Snatch” (Guy Ritchie)

“The Third Man” (1949)

Canted Angle Our eyes are used to seeing everything
straight up and down, so diagonals
resulting from a canted shot attract our
attention


“Kill Bill Volume 2” (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)

Canted Angle Technique most effective when
there exists strong horizontal
and vertical lines in the frame


Summary
1) Bird’s eye shots are like ELS high-angle shots
that create an omniscient POV feel.
2) High angled shots look down at the subject
to make them look weaker and more
vulnerable.
3) Eye-level shots are the most comfortable
shots for audiences, shot at the subject’s
eye-level, not the camera person’s eye-level.


Summary
4) Low angled shots look up at the subject and
make them appear stronger and more
intimidating.
5) Canted angles are used for dramatic impact
which can create feelings of instability,
transition, and imbalance.


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