Low angle cinematography

We've compiled the best creative examples of the low angle shot and some practical uses, plus some other camera movements & camera angles.

I love this shot of Sherlock stirring his tea. He is looking down on it with such disdain even though he likes it. It's how I imagine he feels about certain people in his life; "I like you, but I'm appalled that I do." It's like he wants to have so little emotional attachment to anything that when he finds he likes something against his own will his only recourse is to at least *appear* disdainful.

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Seven (1995)

Raising Arizona

The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) - a low angle shot is used to make a character appear superior and intimidating.

All six-and-a-half of you unfortunate souls who stumbled across this blog probably already know that Kill Bill is chock full of references to other works. For the most part, these have been covered by a lot of other blogs, most of them much better and more popular than my pathetic netrag, which means that this post is pretty trite and outdated by now. However, I think I stumbled across a reference that I haven't seen on any other places on the interwebs yet: Does this seem like a bit of a…

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American Hustle (2013) Director: David O. Russell Cinematography: Linus Sandgren Production Design: Judy Becker