The document discusses camera distances and angles used in filmmaking. It defines various camera distances from extreme long shots, which show the entire environment, to extreme close-ups, which isolate small details. It also identifies different camera angles like eye level, low-angle, and high-angle shots. The purpose is to understand how camera distance and angle can be used to achieve different expressive effects in shots.

1. Camera Distances
and Angles

2. Subject-
Camera
Distance
in Days of Heaven

3. The human body is the measure of subject-
camera distance.
What matters: The expressive results of
(apparent) camera distance on screen.

4. Extreme Long Shot (environment dominates)

5. Extreme Long Shot

6. Long Shot (figure can be seen in context)

7. Medium Long Shot (knees to head)

8. Medium Long Shot

9. Medium Shot (waist to head)

10. Medium Close-up (shoulders and head)

11. Close-up (the face)

12. Close-up

13. Extreme Close-up (isolates a small detail)

14. Camera
Angle
and Height
in Days of Heaven
14

15. Eye Level

16. Low-Angle

17. High-Angle

18. Bird’s-Eye View

20. Dutch Angle / Dutch Tilt / Canted Angle

21. Point of view

22. Notorious Quiz
Identify the subject-camera distance and
camera angle. What is the expressive effect
of camera distance and angle in each shot?