Some relationships of camera angle to communicator credibility

Multimodality and Genre

“…Many of these suggested meanings have been the explicit focus of theory and experimentation: for example, the relation between camera angle and power is explored in Tiemens (1970), Mandell and Shaw (1973) and others, the effect of 'point-of-view' depictions of 'direct gaze' has been related to visual perception and its natural focus on where potential interactants are looking by Solso (1994, pp136-137), and the effects of apparent viewing distance on interpretations of social distance are examined in Meyrowitz (1986). A useful overview of these results is given by Messaris (1997, pp34-52), who also demonstrates that there is still considerable need for more detailed investigations of precisely how these dimensions of variation are to be interpreted in context; viewers' assumptions or knowledge about depicted scenes are already known to influence significantly the extent to which particular visual choices are available for taking on particular interpretations.…”

The Reflection of Cultural Parameters on Videostyles of Televised Political Spots in the US and Korea

“…As Tiemens (1970) pointed out, it is a commonly accepted principle in motion picture and television production that vertical camera angle influences the perceived dominance or superiority of the person being photographed. For example, low-angle shots (making it appear as if the viewer is looking up at the camera's subject) will make subjects appear stronger, more authoritative, more dominant, and more imposing, whereas high-angle shots (where the viewer is looking down on the camera's subject) make the subject look less dominant and give the viewer a sense of strength and superiority to the subjects (Kaid & Johnston, 2001;Tiemens, 1978).…”

Coaches, drama, and technology: Mediation of super bowl broadcasts from 1969 to 1997

“…In particular, this essay is concerned here with vertical camera angle. Vertical angles have been thoroughly analyzed (for example, see Tiemens, 1970;McCain, Chilberg, & Wakshlag, 1977;Eisenstein, 1949;Baggaley & Duck, 1975). The convention is that high camera angles make the subject look shorter, more diminutive, and, therefore, less powerful than eye-level angles while low angles have the opposite effect.…”