Camera Angles Practice

Camera Angles!

Extreme Close-up - This shows emotion in someone and clearly expresses their face to tell the audience what they are feeling without words.

Close-up - this reveals some of the body to show gesture that supports their facial expression which is still clearly visible to reveal emotion of a character.

Birds-eye view - this can set a scene and reveal the whole character. It also suggests a presence of something greater than them, as if what we are seeing, is a perspective of another person.

Long Shot - This reveals the setting or scene to inform the reader of the whereabouts of the subject so it can gain better understanding of the narrative.

Medium close-up - this reveals the whole body of the subject to reveal gesture and emotion that can tell a lot about the character to the audience.

Worms-eye shot - This suggests vulnerability and clearly demonstrates and emotion from another angle. It can also show power of the person as the perspective (angle of camera) is smaller than the subject.

 Over the shoulder - This explains to the audience who the subject is focused on, but shows it from behind so it reveals more so we can understand and follow the story.