Excerpts from Jeff Goodman’s Book Action Camera Underwater Video Basics, Part 5 of 6: Filming Techniques – Eyeline, Camera Position and Angles

Excerpts from Jeff Goodman’s Book Action Camera Underwater Video Basics, Part 5 of 6: Filming Techniques – Eyeline, Camera Position and Angles

Whether you are filming animals or people, generally try to set the camera at the subject’s eye level. Avoid filming things from above if you can. Eye-level shots make the images far more personal and let audiences feel they are close and in touch with the subject, connecting with it. Whereas a shot from above will make the subject look smaller and out of reach. It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Looking an animal in the eye i…