camera angles/shots

• Camera Angles


  Used to perceive scenes
• Camera angles are used for effect
• low angles


  to show a character as powerful
• high angles


  to show characters as vulnerable
• dutch angle


  used to create unease, terror, and creates tension
• eye level


  natural scene, may be used to break the fourth wall
• hip level


  used in cowboy films to create effect when using guns
• extreme long shot


  establish location, usually beginning of scenes
• close up


  used to foreground specific characters
• SCALES


  s - setting/location

  c - costume (makeup & props)

  a - actors (faces & body language)

  l - lighting (dark / light / mood)

  e - editing

  s - sound