CAMERA ANGLES

CAMERA ANGLES

the relationship between the camera and the object being photographed (ie THE ANGlE) gives emotional information to an audience and guides the judgement about the character or object in SHOT

THERE ARE BASICALY 5 ANGLES

1. The bird's eye view

2. Canted angles

3. The low angle

4. The eye level

5. The high level

1. THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW~

. This shows a scene from directly overhead a very unnatural and strange angle . Familier object viewed from this angle might seen totaly un recgnised at first ( umberallas i a crowd)

. The bird eye view is also very usual in sports documentaries etc

. The term arial view and aerial view point are also sometimes used synonymously with bird's eye view.The term can refer to any to any view from a great height even at a wide angle.

2. CANTED ANGLE~

. Some times the camera is tited (i.e is not placed horizontal to floor level ) to suggest imbalance , trasition ,and instability

. This technique is used to suggest point of view shots i.e when the camera becomes the eye of one particular character seeing what they see a hand held camera is often used for this.

3. THE LOW ANGEL
. This shows the subject from from below giving them the impression of being more powerful and dominent

. Action movies will use low level angel to show the hero or villon with an over bearing sense of power.

. The background of a low level angle shot will lend to be just sky or celling

4. THE EYE LEVEL~

. This is the most common view being the real world angle that we are all used to . It shows the subject as we would expect to see them in real life.

. The camera is positioned as through it is a human actually observing a scene.

5. THE HIGH LEVEL

. Not so extreme as a bird eye view the camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview . High angles make the object photographed seen smaller and less significant.

. The camera looks down making the subject look vulmerable or significant the angles gives the exact opposite feeling from a low angle.

by GAGANDEEP SINGH