Technical: Camera angles

 Eye level - a shot that is taken at a height of the person’s eyes being photographed. Films shot in a realistic mode would tend to use this shot...

 Canted angle -  A camera angle which is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease, disorientation, frantic or desperate action, intoxication, madness, etc.

High level angle - In film, a high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eyeline.

Low level angle - These increase height and give a sense of speeded motion. Low angles help give a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a scene.



















Reflective comments

For our film noir we will probably use eye level shots and high level shots. This is mostly because the man staring out of the window at the girl is considered the one in charge, with the most powerful position, because he is the one who killed the girl and so he's more powerful. Also we will use eye level perhaps to show the perspective of a person - such as the man in the window or one of the men playing poker.