A high-angle shot is a photographic/cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets “swallowed up.” High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable; like you, the photographer is a giant. It is very effective when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects. It almost has a fish-eye effect due to the perspective – the head of a person in a high-angle portrait looks blown up and bigger than the rest of the body.
In cinematography/photography, a low–angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low; sometimes it is even directly below the subject’s feet or anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong, powerful and superior to the small character you’re playing as you look up at them. proportions can look strange in a low angle shot as the the upper half of the body can look out of proportion to the rest but can also pay off very well.
A canted angle, once again used in television or photography is a camera angle which is deliberately slanted to one side, sometimes used for dramatic effect to help portray unease or disorientation and could make the audience feel uncomfortable looking at it. A canted angle can be used to portray a discrete or disguised way to capture a scene in films for example. Canted angles are often used in street photography.
