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 |