Height of Camera

What do low vs. high angles mean in relation to each other?

Although you can use high and low angles to simply add visual interest, these angles are also able to amplify certain emotions and feelings to the audience. Low angles can make the subject appear larger and thus stronger or more dominant while high angles makes the subject appear smaller and weaker. This means that in a scene, you can use both to show a power imbalance between two characters. By having one character higher than the other—either by having one stand and the other sit or having one on higher ground—you can simply match their eye lines in the shot reverse shot to have each character be viewed from a low or high angle. This will make one character appear to be in charge and the one in control of the scene.