camera shots & angles
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Camera Shots & Angles
10 types and definitions
Birds Eye View
• A birds eye view is an elevated view of an object from above, giving the viewer the eyes of a bird; relatively speaking of course.
Angle
• In photography, angles describe how the photo was taken. Ex: side angle, etc.
Eye Level
• Eye level refers to the height a viewers eyes are positioned at in relation to the ground.
Oblique
• An oblique camera angle is a type of camera shot where the camera is tilted off to one side so that the shot has vertical lines in it as well.
Tilts
• Tilts is the use of camera movements on small and medium format cameras, and can sometimes refer to the use of selective focus.
Close Up
• A close up shot does not show the objects surroundings, it’s usually just a shot of the object.
Extreme
• A shot in which the subject is tightly framed and shown at a relatively large scale
Long
• A long shot shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings
Medium
• A medium shot is a shot of the person from the knees up or the waist up.