angle shot


nounMovies, Photography.
  1. a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.

Origin of angle shot

1
First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby angle shot

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How to use angle shot in a sentence

  • We have the ones we took coming in; what we want is a wide-angle shot.

    Islands of Space | John W Campbell
  • Before it could fall, I had my Solar out and, with a wide-angle shot, burned the contract to ashes.

    The Repairman | Harry Harrison
  • The wide-angle shot dissipated the power, but it did include all of them.

    Evil Out of Onzar | Mark Ganes