The document discusses various camera angles that can be used in filmmaking and their effects, including establishing shots, hand-held shots, low and high angles, point-of-view shots, close-ups, and more. Different camera angles like low angles can make characters seem powerful while high angles make them seem vulnerable. The angles discussed could be used to both establish conventions and subvert expectations in a thriller film.

1. Camera Angles…..
{ These are the camera angles I will think about using depending on
the effect they have when used. Also if they seem best used for
betraying the conventions of a thriller.

2.  Used at the start of a film or at the start of a
new scene to establish the relationship between
the set/location and the characters and to show
the whole view.
Establishing Shot

3. Paranormal Activity
 Filmed with the camera not on a tripod but
instead held by the camera person. Often
whilst walking which makes the shots look
quite shaky. This can make the audience feel
the scene is more realistic, or can make us feel
like we are part of the action.
Hand-held Shot

4.  When the camera is a long way from the
subjects being filmed. A long shot can be
effective as an establishing shot that sets the
scene for the action.
Long Shot
Boy in the striped Pyjamas

5.  Camera approaches a subject from
below eye level. Which would add
Slumdog Millionaire
emphasis on the size of the object being
filmed. It can make the character
shown seem big and powerful and it
can make us or the character we are
seeing through, seem small and weak.
Low Angle

6.  View from above the subject (s), often making
the subject look vulnerable, isolated or
powerless.
Psycho
High Angle

7.  Shot taken from the position of the subjects,
used to enhance a sense of realism and
audience involvement in the action.
Point of View Shot (POV)

8.  Camera movement that involves moving the
camera vertically up and down from a fixed
position.
Tilt Shot

9. The Transformers
 This is sometimes used as a establishing shot of
a set, location or to show a large crowd of
people. They can also emphasize the isolation
of a single figure.
Wide Shot

10.  Involving gently moving the camera 180 across
the subject matter in a horizontal plane.
Pan Shot

11.  Used to draw the viewer closer and to involve
them in what is happening. This would help to
observe reactions and emotions, also tension.
These shots often used to privilege the
protagonist over other characters and position
the audience with him or her.
Close Up Shot
The shining

12.  Extreme close up shots are used to show
precise detail in a film or scene. An example
would be filming the characters eye when
crying so the viewers focus becomes the
characters emotions. This would be good to use
in a thriller movie to show grow the suspense
of what may come next.
Harry Potter
Extreme Close-Up

13.  Medium shots are the main shot that is used in
films. Medium shots are used to show the
whole subject of a scene from facial expressions
to environment. Medium shots are good to use
when shooting a conversation between
charters. Additionally medium shots are from
waist up.
Medium Shot