Understanding camera angles and shots is essential for anyone to learn photography, some of the techniques we learnt have been applied in our practical work.
Tasks to take pictures with different camera shots was assigned to us;
This is an extreme long shot, showing clearly the background and where a certain act is taking place with little focus on the characters itself.
This is a long shot which shows the background but also gives a specific idea of the character and where the action s going to take place.
This is a full shot that gives a complete view of the character and what it looks like and represents.
This is a mid-shot that shows the character from the waist-up.
This is a close up which focuses only on the characters face.
This is an Extreme close-up which focuses on a specific part of the characters face.
The camera angles are:
1) Birds- eye view: Angle that looks directly upon a scene.
2) High- Angle: camera angle that looks down upon a subject to make it look inferior and weak.
3) Low- Angle: Angle that looks up to the character to show that it is stronger and more powerful.
4) Eye- level angle: the audience is at equal footing with the character.
5) Dutch Angle: Is to demonstrate confusion of the character, it shows uneasiness of the situation.
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