Alice Media Studies

 Using Camera Angles 

Don’t settle for one view of the screen, use different camera angles and positions. There are many other ways to take pictures and shoot videos other than at eye level. Their are many different ways to catch different angle like the camera horizontal, shooting with it pointing up or down, below the subject, above your head, or from a high angle like on a ladder. You can also shoot from different positions around the subject. Camera angles includes angles and views such as the low angle, high angle, establishing spot, Birdseye, worms eyes shots. Camera positions include the frontal, three-quarter, side view, and back view.

     Camera angles

Low angle- Camera points upwards from below, make people and things look bigger, more courageous and important.

High angle- From above usually make people or thugs look weaker and less powerful.

Establishing shot- A high angle shot can also be used to give an overview of the scene.

Birdseye shot- From directly above, gives another way to show how things in the scene relate to each other.

Worms eye shot- from below, can be useful if the scene above is interesting.

     Camera positions

Frontal- makes us feel really engaged with the subject.

Three quarter shot- we are a bit less involved.

Side view- we are watching the subject as an observer.

Back view-a view tot the character back displaying what he is doing.