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Camera Angles: by Ella Wyllie
Camera Angles: by Ella Wyllie
By Ella Wyllie
High angle
A Viewpoint is the apparent distance and angle from which the camera views
and records the subject. They also include the eye-level camera angle and the
point of view shot. A high-angle shot (HA) is a shot in which the camera is
physically higher than the subject and is looking down upon the subject .
Low angle
a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the
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vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up
Birds eye view
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, with a
perspective as though the observer were a bird, often used in the making of
blueprints, floor plans ,and maps
Worms eye
A worm's-eye view is a view of an object from below, as though the
observer were a worm; the opposite of a bird's-eye view. ... A worm's eye
view commonly uses three-point perspective, with one vanishing point on
top, one on the left, and one on the right.