Camera Angles

Camera Angles - 

-High angle - Used for establishing locations, or make subjects look small, diminished and weak. Or it is used for just looking down on things.

-Level angle - shot at eye level, can create empathy with a character. It is a neutral shot.

-Low angle - making people look tall, powerful, heroic, or intimidating. Just looking up at things also.

-Dutch/Canted - Making things look strange or weird, or confusing. Can be used to suggest insanity or intoxication, or just because they look cool.

-Top shot - looking straight down on a subject, but not taken from an aircraft.

-Ariel Shot - usually taken from an aircraft, usually helicopters but increasingly used by drones. shows the surrounding area or a location.

This example is both an ariel shot, and an establishing shot.

POV shot - showing what a character is looking at or creating empathy with a character. Subjective (first person) or objective (over shoulder).