Camera Angles 101 – What are they?
From the video you watched, what are the 3 reasons why camera Angles important in filming and why?
- It gives emotion
- So people have a different perspective each time
- So the video doesn’t feel plain
Types of Camera Angles | What does it look like? |
wide | Shows more of the surroundings of a place. |
long | Showing the surroundings of an object or person |
medium | Waist up as if you are talking to that person |
detail | Extreme close up on an item or person |
low | To make the object or person look bigger than normal |
cowboy | Mid thigh up of a person |
tight | Head and shoulders view |
pov | As if you were that person and you were seeing from their prospective |
Cut away | Is focusing on something but is interrupted by the subject |
dutch | Slightly tilted as if the world was tilting |
Over the shoulder | Is if two people were having a conversation and would show the other person’s face |