Camera angles are an important part of what makes a film work; the variety of angles; distances and the editing of the two contribute to making an interesting visual and emotional experience for the audience. Although I'm doing a photography book for my FMP the angles of the images I shoot will be an important part of the story telling. The inspiration for my FMP is largely taken from films and so being able to analyse them with a critical and appraising eye will be useful in the production process of my project.
So to start with I looked at the types of camera angles.
The most popular types of angles fall under three categories:
- Objective
- Subjective
- Subjective
- point-of-view
The Objective angle refers to the 'fly on the wall' viewpoint, where the audience is a spectator of the events unfolding yet feels comfortably removed, as if invisible.
The Subjective angle puts the audience in the scene along with the other actors as though there were other participants within the shot
And lastly the Point-of-view angle puts the audience into the head of one of the actors, so the audience sees what the particular actor is seeing; usually actors will look head on into the camera, creating the illusion of directly addressing you the audience.
