Camera Angles Research Paper

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Both camera angles and camera distances allow for and create different film image perspectives, meanings, and effects. The camera angle of a film shot can be defined as the perspective that the viewer sees, while the camera distance, a.k.a. camera framing, of a film shot can be defined as how far away the video camera is from the subject or object as seen and measured from the front of the frame image. In order to describe the measurements and determine the camera distance for each film shot, the terms extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close-up, and extreme close-up are used. An extreme long shot is a film shot in which there is hardly any detail that is visible and that is used at either at the very beginning period of a film shot …show more content…

If there are more than three objects or subjects visible in the film shot, then the camera distance is a regular long shot, but if there are three or less objects or subjects visible within the frame image, then the camera distance is a medium camera shot. A close-up is the opposite of a long shot. A close-up shows the object's or subject's full detailed face. This particular camera distance shows very little background detail and the background detail that is visible is just a very hard-to-see blur. Similarly, an extreme close-up shows the object's or subject's full detailed face, but at an even more extreme level that is beyond what is visible to the human eye in actual life. This camera distance is also different from a regular close-up in the fact that a regular close-up has at least some sort of a blurry background even if it is hardly visible, while an extreme close-up shows absolutely no background detail at all. Rather, an extreme close-up focuses in on a particular part of one subject's face, such as the dilation of one's eyes or a freckle on one's …show more content…

There are four different descriptions of an angle of a camera based on the frame image: a bird's eye angle, a high angle, an eye level angle, and a slanted angle. The bird's eye camera angle and the slanted angle will most likely be the most common camera angle descriptions for each frame shot. A birds eye camera angle is an angle of the action directly overhead and looks down slightly upon the objects/subjects and the action. An eye level camera angle is a camera angle by which the film camera is located high above the objects/subjects and the action. It differs from the bird's eye camera angle in the fact that in a high angle, the camera is pointed directly down upon the actions and objects. An eye level camera angle, most commonly known as the most basic camera angle, is a camera angle in which the film camera is positioned at the same height as if a human were observing the action in person. The shot is taken five to six feet above ground level, which is approximately the average height of a human. The last camera angle is the slanted, or oblique, angle. This angle refers to an angle in which the film camera is not placed at a 90 degree angle horizontal to the ground and looks tilted. Although this angle can look unique and awkward at times, this angle more often than not creates a better perspective for

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