low-angle shot

American  

[loh-ang-guhl] / ˈloʊˈæŋ gəl /

noun

1. a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.

---

Example Sentences

Another Scorsese favorite, Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard,” set in Sicily around 1860, provides the visual template for one of Daniel Day-Lewis’s entrances, a low-angle shot in which fireworks explode behind him.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2019

After Perry lost control of the puck, Rickard Rakell corralled it and converted a low-angle shot into an empty net for a 2-1 lead with 2:02 left in the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2015