Camera Angles and Cinematography

While using a camera to create shots you often have to think of perspective and a hierarchy of how the character of scene shot works. With this comes many rules and multiple types of camera shots to learn and how they can be used effectively. Whether it's the low angle from a giant to a smaller character or a reverse tracking shot on a subject to exaggerate the expanse of their surroundings.

This image to the left really helps to give a simple understanding of the key terminology.

• Pan - Moving the camera along the X axis.
• Tilt - (Imagining the camera is on a fixed stand such as a tripod) Rotating the camera up and down from a fixed point.
• Dolly - Moving the camera as an object without zooming.
• Tracking -  Moving the camera left or right, like it was attached to a track.
• Crane - Having the camera attached to something off of the ground. 

Below is a link to show all the different camera shots available.

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/film-studies-101-camera-shots-styles/