Angles and Movements

Angles and Movements

ANGLES 

High Angle -A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up." High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or chicken when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects. 

Low Angle - in cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. ... Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.




Canted angle - a type of camera shot where the camera is set at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame, or so that the horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame. 

Movement

Panning - In cinematography, panning refers to rotating or pivoting a motion picture or video camera horizontally from a fixed position 

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Tilt - a vertical camera movement in which the camera points up or down from a stationary location. ... The tilt should not be confused with the Dutch Tilt which means a deliberately slanted camera angle.

Tracking Shot - A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a track or dolly.

Crane shot - a shot taken by a camera on a crane or jib. The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up and away from them, a common way of ending a movie. Camera cranes go back to the dawn of movie-making, and were frequently used in silent films to enhance the epic nature of large sets and massive crowds.

 Steadicam - a brand of camera stabilizer mount for motion picture cameras that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement. It allows for a smooth shot, even when moving quickly over an uneven surface.

Handheld - The technique of shooting a scene without the use of an artificial mechanism for camera support; holding a camera by hand or with a harness when shooting.

Zoom - Common in television commercials, but also in film noir. Zoom. A shot using a lens whose focal length is adjusted during the shot. Zooms are sometimes used in place of tracking shots, but the differences between the two are significant.

Reversed Zoom -  a cinematic technique in which the camera moves closer or further from the subject while simultaneously adjusting the zoom angle to keep the subject the same size in the frame. The effect is that the subject appears stationary while the background size changes