Camera angles: High Angle

This shot is a less detailed birds eye view, not quite the same shot but close. The camera is placed above the action to give a 'general overview'. Obviously, high angles make the actual image and whats in it look much smaller than what is actually is, for istantance a high view of a city would make the people and shops look a lot smaller. This also makes the object seem less significant or somehow scary in some cases.



A cameraman raised above the action, getting a high angle shot: