Whether portraying a character as small and weak or depicting a god-like bird’s-eye view, the high-angle shot is commonly used by filmmakers to create mood, tension, and emotion. A high-angle shot is ...
In Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller, a tense confrontation between Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) becomes all the more tense with the use of a medium long combined ...