Three reasons on why different camera angles are important in a film.
- To make your films look realistic
- To entertain the audience
- Have Fun
| Types of Camera Angles | What does it look like? |
| Wide | Usually used to establish an setting or to remove someone from the scene |
| Long | Also to show a location and to show mostly your full character. This could happen when taking a photo from far away. |
| Medium | This shot is mostly from the waist up to show what your character is doing. |
| cowboy | Is usually taken from the tigh up from its popularity in cowboy films. |
| tight | A tight shot is the head and shoulder its usually to tell the watcher to pay a close attention to this particular moment. 50 – 100 mm |
| detail | I usually used to show importance or mysterious to draw the watcher in |
| low | A low shot is to make your character look bigger, or confuse your character. It could sometimes establish dominos over power. |
| high | A high shot is the exact opposite of a low shot; it makes your character punny. |
| Dutch | A dutch shot is a shot that is tilted off angle that could be used to display feeling to your character. |
| Over the shoulder | An over the shoulder shot is a shot that is taken from over the shoulder of one character to make it look like someone is benign talking to. |
| Pov | Pov shot is a shot that is taken from the character point of view. It allows the watcher to watch what the character point of |
Task Description: In this task you could see here it is a table of different types of camera angles and each angle has there own propose to it
E.c.t:
Low shot makes you character look more powerful and stronger while dutch shot is taken on its side to make it look like the worlds in chaos.
There are so many camera shots to choose from just remember to pick the right one for the right time.
Kia ora Daniel,
I hope you have enjoyed the limited time we have had to learn about all the different types of camera angles just as much as I have. A question I have for you is what is your favourite camera angle you like to use in movie makings? It was a really good opportunity to be learning about camera angles just to be ready for the future if you want to become a camera man for movies. Love the hard work you put into your learning. Keep up the great work!