/ Eye –Level Camera Angles The relationship between the camera and the object being photographed is what we know as a CAMERA ANGLE. It gives emotional information to an audience, and guides their judgment about the character or object in shot. The more extreme the angle, the further away it is from eye left, the more symbolic and heavily-loaded the shot.

Birds Eye This shows a scene from directly overhead, a very unnatural and strange angle. Familiar objects viewed from this angle might seem totally unrecognizable at first (umbrellas in a crowd etc). This shot does, however, put the audience in a godlike position, looking down on the action. People can be made to look insignificant, ant-like, part of a wider scheme of things. In Film, Hitchcock is fond of this style of shot. A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans, and maps. It can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing.

A cameraman, raised above the action, gets a high angle shot Not so extreme as a bird's eye view. The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview. High angles make the object photographed seem smaller, and less significant (or scary). The object or character often gets swallowed up by their setting - they become part of a wider picture. A cameraman, raised above the action, gets a high angle shot A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up." High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects (in film).

Eye Level A fairly neutral shot; the camera is positioned as though it is a human actually observing a scene, so that subject is positioned at a level with focus. The camera will be placed approximately five to six feet from the ground in this case in perspective with the height of an adult. A Viewpoint is the apparent distance and angle from which the camera views captures/records the subject. They also include the eye-level camera angle and the point of view shot.

Low Angle + Worm’s Eye View These increase height and gives a sense of speeded motion. In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angleshot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful. The background of a low angle shot will tend to be just sky or ceiling, the lack of detail about the setting adding to the disorientation of the viewer. The added height of the object may make it inspire fear and insecurity in the viewer, who is psychologically dominated by the figure on the screen. In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet. ANGLE FROM DIRECT FROM GROUND: A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the observer were a worm; the opposite of a bird's-eye view. As you can see the image on the far left would be considered an Worm’s-Eye View.

Oblique/Canted Sometimes the camera is tilted (ie is not placed horizontal to floor level), to suggest imbalance, transition and instability (very popular in horror movies). This technique is used to suggest POINT-OF-View shots (ie when the camera becomes the 'eyes' of one particular character, seeing what they see — a hand held camera is often used for this. Camera shot where the camera is set at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame, or so that the horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame. This produces a viewpoint akin to tilting one's head to the side

OKAY STUDENTS! NOW LETS PUT WHAT YOU LEARNED INTO PRACTICE YOUR TURN!  GUESS WHAT TYPE OF ANGLE IS THE FOLLOWING IMAGE…..