This document discusses different camera angles used in films and their effects, including eye-level shots that show a normal view, angled shots that provide an abnormal perspective, low-angle shots that force viewers to look up at subjects, high-angle shots that make viewers look down, and Dutch tilts that present an off-balance view. The context is important for understanding the intended impact of a particular camera angle.

1. Learn about
CAMERA ANGLESor die!

2. Eye-level shot = normal
The Great Train Robbery, 1903

3. Sherlock Jr., 1924

4. The camera
angle remains
at eye-level
when the
characters are
sitting.
Sherlock Jr., 1924

5. Angled shots = abnormal way of seeing?
The Shawshank Redemption, 1994

6. Viewers
identify with
the camera.

7. Force of Evil, 1948

8. A camera
placed at a
low angle
forces us to
look up at the
subject.

9. A high angle
forces us to
look down at
the subject.

10. Low-angle shot
Eye-level shot
The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928
High-angle shot

12. A Dutch tilt
or canted
angle
presents
the world
off-balance.

13. The effect of
a particular
camera angle
depends on
context.
The Shining, 1980

14. This low-angle shot
of Joan occurs
during the torture
montage, just
before she
collapses.