Hi, this is Jay P Morgan and I'm Mair. Today on the slanted lens
We're gonna talk about low angles putting your camera in the dirt or on the pavement or concrete sidewalk. Or wherever we may be
Putting it there, very interesting angles when you get that camera blow and looking up. There's several ways
You can use that we're going to show them we're gonna talk about it. Just see what we can do today
So getting your camera in the dirt
Low angles are anything that really is below eye level
It doesn't have to be all the way on the dirt
Even though I love that look a lot
the number one reason to use a low angle is because it makes your
Subject look like a hero. They look strong. They look in charge. They feel formidable
It's a great look for women to get slightly low. That's really the key to having longer looking legs
You don't want to look down on legs because it's going to shorten them
You want to get down lower and that low angle really accentuates the legs make them look longer
Let me give you a quick demonstration here as the camera comes in and gets closer
And to her closer to her face
Then the camera needs to climb up and become higher above her face as the camera comes away from her
It will come down slightly at eye level as you get to waist
And then as you go to below waist
You're gonna want to drop and see her entire legs and it's gonna come lower
So you don't want to shoot up high like this in a full body as much because it just doesn't look as flattering you want
to get slightly below eye level and
Elongate the leg so that lower angle and just a great way to accentuate the leg
So in tight up high on the face as you come out to mid body. It's
my level and
Down below eye level as you come into a full body. That's just a general rule of thumb if you're shooting a figure
so other than Orson Welles most every filmmaker is going to use that low hero angle or that low kind of strange angle because you
Never saw the psycho house shot in a high angle. It's just it would never work
It's that low angle force perspective looking away from you
That was always the interesting angle what made that look really kind of weird and strange
So either makes you look like a hero or it can make you seem kind of distant or kind of strange
So there's that low angle. Let's look at some other reasons why you should put our camera the dirt
I love a low angle inside of something. It's inside of a case inside of a suitcase
I shot that before where you open up the suitcase. So the person looks in and sprays around in the suitcase spray for bedbugs
I've done it where it's inside of a box. Someone's opened up the box and wants to look in at the object inside
They're all excited about it. So the cameras looking out of the box at the person
I love these kind of low angles with the faces coming over and looking into the camera or into the case
cut the backs other cases get the camera lower or the
Platypi to get it as deep in the case as you can to put as wide a lens as you can on then you allow
The person to open the case open the door and that reveals the person as they look in. It's a great look
another reason I get the camera down low on the ground is that if I get up I
See all of this stuff in the background back here and even though I can put it out of focus
It's just more busy and more not near as interesting when I come down lower on her
I don't have to go a long ways. But as I get lower down here, I push her into the blue sky
Especially if I'm working with strobes I can make her a little brighter
Which means I can make the background a little darker and in that way. It makes a more graphic image
I don't have so much busyness going on. I've kind of put her on a nice blue background. It looks very nice
We did a lot of this up in the grass
we were shooting there unless we shot with Maher a couple of weeks ago just was very interesting because I get down low and
That added another really interesting element as I'd get down low. I now pick up foreground elements. Sometimes I'll get right on the ground
In fact, I do this all the time when I've seen downtown I lay on my back and shoot away. I love this look
Another good reason to get down the dirt is because those low angles will simplify your background. Make your image
Look more graphic and add some interesting foreground
Another great reason to get your count down the dirt is when you're using it as the POV of the person
so put it on a platter pot and it straight up it becomes a great POV shot of the
model or the actor or the
patient I've used these in Doc's aisle pieces where I use it as a look at the dentist as a dentist leans over and his
Lube splash into the lens. There are a lot of great ways to do this or waking up a child in the morning like what?
You know, so you get that looking long going wake up, you know
This becomes a great b-roll kind of shot or a great storytelling shot
That low-angle looking straight up and people leaning in looking straight in the camera. It's a great POV shot using your doc stuff
Another great angle that I love is to get the camera on the ground
I use this when I'm doing b-roll for a lot of my documentary things
I used to have the person run by and step over top of the camera
You step over it as they go away from you. They can step over as they come to you
It's just a really interesting piece of b-roll
They don't have to run they can be walking by
They can be riding a bike by they can be walking their dog. Just get that camera down low
So as they come by you see their foot step into the frame. It looks really interesting as they walk on by
It's just a really good piece of b-roll that gives you depth to your video piece
So get that camera in the dirt get a really low angle. B-roll. It's a fabulous look
Another great b-roll shot that I love is putting the camera on the ground and letting the car drive by or even better the car
Drives over top of it. I love that shot
It gives us just a really interesting piece to work with in our video
You can use that for a documentary dentists leave in the office. You can use that in a any kind of narrative piece
It's just a great b-roll shot that adds interest another great shot get that camera in the dirt
So there are several great reasons to get the camera down the dirt great foreground like the grass we have right here
Put your camera on a plateau pod get it down low. You've got a ball head on there
so you can adjust it makes it very simple to be able to get the camera low and to Justin you may have to put
a monitor on the top of the camera plug it in turn that monitor around so you can see to adjust your camera or you
Can tether it, you know, it's a very easy way to work as well
I find the monitors a little quicker a little faster to work, but get it down low so you can get interesting backgrounds
So you can simplify your background so you get that hero angle
So you get that POV of your actor looking up into the faces of your other actor you get that POV of the actor looking
Down into a suitcase or an empty box. There's just so many reasons to get down low and get that interesting angle
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So I'll get over to the salon ones calm don't be afraid to put your camera in the dirt. Yeah, it's a great look