Using Camera Angles!

 Welcome back! Today we will be focusing on Camera Angles.

Pictures that I took that are different examples of camera angles are what I'll be demonstrating for you guys on today's blog! A variety of camera angles can enhance the message being sent to the audience and increase their level of engagement. The main 3 camera angles that will be utilized in my Media Studies course are low angle, high angle, and canted angle. These angles each have their own impact on conveying meaning and perspective in photographs or films.

First we'll start with some picture demonstrations of Low Angles:

Low Angles are pics that are taken with the camera angled upward and anyplace below the eye line. In these two pictures that I took, the audience is forced to look up which highlights the locations in the pictures at my school.

 Next, we'll show off a demonstration of a High Angle Picture:

When the camera looks down on the figure or subject from a high vantage point, it is called a High Angle Picture. This is typically accomplished by raising the camera above the subject and then angling it to capture them from below, which is what I'm doing here as I took a picture of my best friend tying her shoe! This picture really just gives a different perspective and outlook of the action that she is performing.

Lastly, we will get into demonstrations of our Canted Angle!

I attempted to capture tilted angles of the scenery of my house. A Canted Angle/Dutch Angle, is an angle in which a camera shot was tilted on the roll axis. This skewed vision is intended to unsettle people who are viewing. This angle is usually used to convey that something is off, unsettling, or disorienting. I kind of feel like these pictures that I took gives off a spooky/unsettling vibe. I'm not sure what it is, but the mood of the pictures just seems gloomy, maybe the trees and the upcoming darkness of the sky surrounding it makes it give off that vibe.