Dutch angle
The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tilt, canted angle, oblique angle or German angle, is a
type of camera shot where the camera is tilted off to one side so that the shot is composed with
vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame.
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Dutch angle
The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tilt, canted angle, oblique angle or German angle, is a
type of camera shot where the camera is tilted off to one side so that the shot is composed with
vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame.
In cinematography, the Dutch angle is one of many cinematic techniques often used to portray
the psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. Many Dutch angles are static
shots, but in a moving Dutch angle shot the camera can pivot, pan or track along the established
diagonal axis for the shot.[1] A Dutch angle differs from a high-angle shot and low-angle shot in
that those refer to placement of the camera in height relative to the subject, which for human
subjects is mostly defined by a person’s eye-line. A special type of Dutch angle is the Bavarian
angle, where the angle is changed by 90° from the common angle where horizontal lines become
vertical.
In static photography, a jaunty angle can add a new variance to
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