Camera angle and position


Summary

The video delves into the impact of various camera angles and positions on storytelling. It discusses the effectiveness of filming from eye level, utilizing high angle shots to convey strength or weakness, and capturing faces instead of the top of heads when characters look down. Additionally, it explores perspectives like straight overhead and worm's-eye shots to provide an observer's viewpoint, and emphasizes the importance of maintaining continuity by following the axis of action and breaking the rule for a change in direction to add interest.


Camera Angles and Positions

Discussing how different camera angles and positions can help tell a story, including filming from eye level, using high angle shots to convey strength or weakness, and showing faces instead of the top of people's heads when they're looking down.

Observer's Point of View

Exploring perspectives like straight overhead and worm's-eye shots to show things from an observer's point of view, providing engagement with frontal and rear views to reveal emotions and actions.

Axis of Action

Understanding the axis of action, staying on one side of an imaginary line when characters are facing each other to maintain continuity, and breaking the rule for a change in direction in filming.

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