Camera Angles & Film Techniques

 

This video is an example of an eye level shot, as it is positioned in the same place as the subject's line of sight. I stood directly in front of my subject, Cayley McCloskey and recorded the video to get a perfect view of her eyes in the sunlight. This shot was fairly easy to capture and understand, and turned out well.

This shot is a demonstration of a Close Up (CU). In the video I crouched down to focus the video on the tapping foot. By isolating the tapping foot as my subject, viewers are directly faced with an object they may not typically focus on. I thoroughly enjoyed filming this shot, and think it is a very useful angle that gives viewers a better understanding of a scene.

This video is an example of a two-shot in which the subjects, Loren and Cayley, are having a conversation with each-other. It is a medium shot that is wide enough to incorporate both people. When I took this shot, I had to crouch a little bit to film the video from a better angle of my friends sitting at the table. 

I took this video as a medium shot. I recorded the subject here, Cayley, from her knees up while she danced around a school hallway. This angle was very easy to shoot, and I think it is a very effective way of portraying the subject of the film.

This video demonstrates a point of view shot. I pointed the camera in the directions I was looking to make the audience see from my point of view. By placing my phone before of my face, the video was also taken from the same level as my height. 

 This is a tilt shot, because it moves up along a vertical axis. The vertical axis seen here is the stairs. An example of follow shot is also seen here following the boy climbing the steps. This shot incorporates two film styles, into one.

This video is an example of the Dolly Shot which is accomplished by moving the camera through a space, as if it were on tracks. We took this shot by taking a rolly chair and pushing it down our school hallway. It was a fairly easy process, and had a very professional looking outcome.

I recorded this video from the second floor balcony of nation square. It is a high angle shot depicting students being reminded to social distance. Although the angle is uncommon, it gives viewers a great sense of the space in a film scene. It was quite an easy angle, as I simply held my phone over the balcony and recorded the people below.

This video is a demonstration of a follow shot, in which I followed Cayley down the stairs. Although one may argue that this shot is over the shoulder, I would not categorize it as such, because it doesn't show the space from directly behind the subject's point of view, but rather a more distant and wide angle.

While being a high-angle shot, this video is also an extreme long shot from an aerial distance. The frame shows students eating lunch, and incorporates the entire outdoor space. It can also be described as an establishing shot, because it depicts the lunch period and it's mood. It was quite easy to film, as I just recorded from the second floor balcony outside.