CAMERA ANGLES

AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF

HIGH SHOT
SOMEONE LOOKING
DOWN ON A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE
SITTING OR STANDING
USED TO MAKE SUBJECT LOOK SMALL, INSIGNIFICANT OR WEAK
IN FRONT
 LOW ANGLE SHOT
IF A DIRECTOR USES AN EXTREMELY LOW-ANGLE
SHOT, THEY WILL LOWER THE CAMERA FAR
BELOW THE EYELINE

USED TO MAKE A CHARACATER LOOK BIG OR MORE POWERFUL,

FORCES YOU TO LOOK UP AT CHARACTER
WIDE SHOT

CAMERA ANGLE THAT SHOWS THE ENTIRE

OBJECT OR PERSON AND THEIR RELATION
TO WHAT SURROUNDS THEM.

USED TO SHOW CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT, MAKE THE SUBJECT LOOK

SMALL
 DUTCH SHOT
USED TO PORTRAY PSYCHOLOGICAL UNEASINESS OR
TENSION IN THE SUBJECT BEING FILMED.

GIVES A CHILLING DIZZY FEELIG TO THE VEIWER

CLOSE UP
A TYPE OF CAMERA ANGLE, FOCUS,
AND DESIGN THAT FRAMES AN
ACTOR'S FACE

ENABLES THE VEIWER TO

UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT’S
EMOTIONS
OVER THE SHOULDER

TYPICALLY USED DURING A

CONVERSATION, CAPTURES THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE SUBJECT WHOSE
SHOULDER THE CAMERA IS PLACED
BEHIND
EYE SHOT

THE CINEMATOGRAPHER POSITIONS

THE CAMERA ANGLE DIRECTLY AT THE
EYE LEVEL OF THE CHARACTER

SHOWS THE EMOTION IN THE SUBJECT, WITHOUT SHOWING THE

FULL CHARACTER