Cinematography

 

Low angle: From Dusk till Dawn (1996)

Eye level: Superman (2025)

Low hight: Harry Potter and the Sorcercer's Stone (2001)

Far distance: 2001: A space Odyssey (1968)

High Angle: My father below me while im elavated on the staircase to achieve a sence of weakness.

Eye level: My sisters dull face at viewer eye level adds confusion and sadness.

 

Height: The height of the camera compared to my sisters height makes her seem shorter and less important.

Distance: The far distance of my sister mixed with the walking motion allows for tension and mystery. What will happen next?

    While taking the pictures shown above, one of the most significant problems I faced was finding the difference between height and levels. To really understand how to go about this, you must understand the different types of levels. These include eye-level, shoulder-level hip-level, and knee-level. Each one has a different purpose. For example, my use of eye-level created a connection between the subject and the audience. This differs from the use of height because it now depends on where the subjects are positioned in the frame. An example of this is how I positioned my sister in the frame. Since the height of the camera is significantly higher than she is, it makes her seem short and less impactful. Another challenge I faced was taking the angle photo and it actually having purpose behind it. In my previous attempts, my father was simply just standing there, looking down, and doing nothing!!! So first I got closer to him, then I had him turn to the side, but something was still missing so I put a red hat on him. I did this because I needed an extra factor to draw in the viewers attention