Camera Angles

There are many 'Technical Codes' in media which all manipulate how the audience sees the film to help convey what the directors of films want the audience to be thinking at moments throughout their texts. Camera angles is a main 'Technical Code' which film producers use to show what they are trying to portrait in the way they want it to be shown, to convey certain emotions and feelings about characters and the narrative in the film. A prime example of this would be if a character is shot from a high angle or a low angle, a high angle looking down on the character suggesting little power or importance within the film and a low angle conveying power and status over others in the film.

Here are some camera angles which filmers uses for certain meaning within production:

Aerial Movement/shot: Follows subject from a high view

Tracking Shot: The camera moves to follow the movement of a character or object

Tilt Shot: The camera is stationary but tilts up or down

Pan Shot: Camera stationary but moves left or right

Extreme Close Up: Emotion, intiment, detail

Extreme Long Shot: Setting fills frame, where things are set

Long Shot: Subject in relation to their surrounding

Medium Long Shot: Setting and subject= equal proportion

Medium Shot: Subject cut off at waist, costume and some emotion shown

Over The Shoulder Shot:  Audience involved in the film

High Angle: Makes subject appear weak

Low Angle: Makes subject look powerful