Preliminary Exercise: Camera Angles

      Camera angles make the specific location at which the movie camera or video camera is places to take a shot. The eight camera angle shots are the high angle shot, low angle shot, eye level shot, dutch/canted shot, overhead shot, cowboy/hip shot, knee level shot, and ground level shot.

      Two camera angle shots are the high angle shot and the low angle shot. A high angle shot is when the camera is looking down at the subject from above. This angle can beat a character down and used to diminish a character making them appear weak or vulnerable and it usually creates a feeling of inferiority. A low angle shot is any shot that finds it self below a subject's eye line, looking up at them. They're used to make a subject look more powerful and a camera angle for signaling superiority or to elicit feelings of fear and dread.

      Micah G. and I did the camera angle shots. He did the first 2 and I did the other 6 shots. Micah G. and I did most of the work at home. The pictures we used were at taken at school, except one that was taken at home. We used laptops at school and at home to do the powerpoint.