Camera Angles

These are used extensively to communicate meaning emotion about characters.
Low angle shot: Looking up at a character or object, often to instil fear or awe on the audience.
Straigh angle shot: Looking at an eye level angle to a character or object, giving a sense of equality between subject and audience.
High angle shot: Looking down on a character often to show vulnerability or waekness.
Canted or Oblique: The camera isw tilted to show the scene at an angle. This is used extensively in the horror and science fixtion genre. The audience will often not consciously realize the change. This is most often refeferred to as a Dutch tilt or going Dutch.
The most obvious and frequentyl refferenced use of this technique is found in the "Batman" TV show and original movie (When the villians were on screen the camera would show at a canted angle.)

Shot Angles
Low
Eye Level
High
Worms eye
Canted
Bird's eye

Extreme close up : Really close to the face.

 

Head and shoulders/close up: Above shoulders shot.

 

Mid shot: Above thigh area to atleast the head.

 

3/4 shot: 3/4 shot of the body.

Medium long shot: Almost long shot.

Long shot: Whole person.

Extra long shot: Further away (Establishing shot).

Two shot: Shot involving two people.

Over the shoulder: A shot over the shoulder.