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Here’s yet another tutorial on how to use different camera angles such as the high and low angle, the eye level angle and the bird’s-eye view angle. All of these shots are used to connect directly to the viewers. It’s important to understand that what the camera sees is effectively the same point of view as the audience. This way, you can use these angles to your advantage while filming to influence your audience’s emotions as they watch.
The bird’s-eye view angle is shot from above the action, giving the audience an almost “god-like” feel while watching the scene. This happens at the beginning of many movies during the opening credits to set the location of the story. It can also be used to track a character’s journey from a distance to show how far they’ve come and how far they still need to go.
It’s also common to use the bird’s-eye view in battle sequences to emphasize the incredible size of the armies. Here’s a good example of how this angle works:
The high angle shot is when you film slightly above the character. In this case, the character is almost looking up into the shot. This is used to make the character seem small and vulnerable.
The low angle shot, as you would guess, is the opposite of the high angle shot. The low angle shot is when the camera is looking up at the character. This often makes the character seem powerful and superior.
Both of these shots can be exemplified in this clip: The eye-level view is perhaps the most common because of its neutrality. Unlike the high and low angle shot, the eye-level shot does not try to exaggerate the qualities of a character. Instead, the camera is placed at eye-level with the subject so the audience feels like they are on equal footing with them.
Here’s an example of the eye-level shot, which also will be a nice teaser until next Friday’s lesson on Stop Motion — so get excited!
See you next week — same Bat-time, same Bat-channel (Friday at 7 p.m.)!
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