Camera Angles - Angle of a Shot

The angle of a camera shot helps the audience to make their judgements about the person or object in shot.

Different angles:

• The Birds Eye View shot is take from high up and looks down on what is normally the next scene. From such a high angle objects from below seem unrecognisable and insignificant.
• A High Angle is taken when a camera is elevated above the scene and action. There is a lot of background detail as well as making the scene less intimidating.
• Eye Level shots are the most common type of shot used in film (depending on the genre). This shot is fairly natural compared to the others as we see the scene as if a human is observing it.
• Low Angle shots are used to increase the size of both objects and characters.These shots create a sense of confusion for the audience. The background of this shot is likely to be the ceiling or sky.
• Canted Angle shot (otherwise known as oblique) is created when the camera is tilted. This is done to show an imbalance as well as being used to show a characters point of view.