• A carefully-chosen camera angle can heighten dramatic visualisation of the story. 
• A carelessly picked camera angle may distract or confuse the viewer and make the meaning of the scene difficult to comprehend 

Types of Camera Angles

• Films from a sideline viewpoint
• The audience views the events through the eyes of an unseen observer 
• Sometimes referred to as the audiences point of view
• Are impersonal, due to not being the viewpoint of anyone within the scene
• People appear unaware of the camera and can never look into the lens, otherwise the shot must be retaken

• Films from a personal viewpoint
• The audience participates within the movie as a personal experience
• The viewer is placed in the movie, either as their own character, or by trading places with someone within the scene and seeing it through their eyes
• Viewer can establish an eye-to-eye relationship with a character if they look into the lens
• It's use in dramatic movies should be limited to flash backs or special effects

• Record the scene from a particular player's point of view
• As close as an objective shot can approach a subjective shots, and still remain objective
• Sees the event from the player's viewpoint, as if standing next to them
• May be used to involve the viewer more closely with the event
• An over-the-shoulder close up prepares audience for a POV shot
• Over-the-shoulder shot sets up the relationship between the two characters
• Don't show a player looking off screen, then cut to what he sees
• Don't have a player point off screen, and then walk out in the same direction