The document discusses different camera angles used in filmmaking including bird's eye view, high angle, eye-level, low angle, and canted angle shots. Bird's eye views create an omniscient point of view, high angles make subjects look smaller and weaker, eye-level shots are most comfortable for audiences, low angles make subjects appear larger and more intimidating, and canted angles suggest imbalance and attract attention.

1. Camera
Angles
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2. Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
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3. Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
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4. Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
Eye-Level
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5. Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
Eye-Level
Low Angle
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6. Camera
Angles
Bird’s Eye
High Angle
Eye-Level
Low Angle
Canted Angle
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7. Bird’s Eye
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8. Bird’s Eye Shot from way above the
subject as if it’s the “Point of
View” of a bird
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9. “Beetlejuice” (1988)
Bird’s Eye Omniscient, God-
like POV
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10. Bird’s Eye
“Moulin Rouge” (Baz Luhrman)
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11. Bird’s Eye
“Edward Scissorhands” (1990)
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12. “The Big Lebowski” (Coen Brothers, 1990)
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13. “Beetlejuice” (Tim Burton, 1988)
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14. High Angle
Camera points down
to the action
“Beetlejuice” (Tim Burton, 1988)
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15. High Angle
“Edward Scissorhands” (1990)
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16. “The Big Lebowski” (Coen Brothers, 1990)
Makes subject look
small, weak, and vulnerable
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17. High Angle
“House of Flying Daggers” (2004)
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18. High Angle
Tim Burton Films
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19. Eye
Level
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20. “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
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21. “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
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22. “Edward Scissorhands” (1990)
Eye-Level Causes least discomfort
because it’s the perspective
most familiar to us
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23. Eye-Level
“Napolean Dynamite” (Jared Hess, 2004)
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24. Eye-Level
“The Big Lebowski” (Coen Brothers, 1990)
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25. “Beetlejuice” (1988)
Eye-Level
“Beetlejuice” (1988)
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26. “Beetlejuice” (1988)
Eye-Level
Shoot at
subject’s eye-
level, not yours
“Beetlejuice” (1988)
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27. “City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)
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28. “City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)
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29. “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Low-Angle
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30. “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
Low-Angle
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31. Low Angle
Camera points
up to the action
“Batman” (Tim Burton, 1989)
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32. “City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)
Makes the subject appear
larger and more intimidating
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33. Low Angle
Mostly all the shots of Arnold in the movie “The Terminator” were
slightly low angle shots to make him appear more intimidating
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34. “The Third Man” (1949)
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35. Low Angle
“Revolver” (2005)
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36. Canted
Angle
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37. “Evil Dead 2”
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38. “Evil Dead 2”
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39. Canted Angle Camera is tilted to suggest
imbalance, transition, or
instability
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40. “Snatch” (Guy Ritchie)
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41. “Snatch” (Guy Ritchie)
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42. “The Third Man” (1949)
Canted Angle Our eyes are used to seeing everything
straight up and down, so diagonals
resulting from a canted shot attract our
attention
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43. “Kill Bill Volume 2” (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
Canted Angle Technique most effective when
there exists strong horizontal
and vertical lines in the frame
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44. “City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)
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45. “City of God” (Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund, 2002)
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46. Summary
1) Bird’s eye shots are like ELS high-angle shots
that create an omniscient POV feel.
2) High angled shots look down at the subject
to make them look weaker and more
vulnerable.
3) Eye-level shots are the most comfortable
shots for audiences, shot at the subject’s
eye-level, not the camera person’s eye-level.
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47. Summary
4) Low angled shots look up at the subject and
make them appear stronger and more
intimidating.
5) Canted angles are used for dramatic impact
which can create feelings of instability,
transition, and imbalance.
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