Camera angle

A viewpoint is the apparent distance and angle from which the camera views and records the subject.

Some POV shots use hand-held cameras to create the illusion that the viewer is seeing through the subject's eyes.

A bird's-eye view[3] shot is taken directly above the scene to establish the landscape and the actors relationship to it.

The unnatural angle evokes a feeling that the world is out of balance or psychological unrest in the viewer.

Extreme longs shots are used mainly to open the scene or narrative and show the viewer the setting.

Then, there is the medium long shot which makes the subject and the setting have equal importance and has the two about 50/50 in the frame.

[2] During production and post-production, it is necessary to give a unique alphanumeric identity to each camera angle, labeled as "scenes.