low-angle shot

[ loh-ang-guhl ]

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

At the tee of the par-4 seventh, Mickelson teed up his ball, walked to the front of the tee box and stepped twice on a tuft of tall grass, which he told a rules official afterward was potentially in his line as he planned a low-angle shot.

From Reuters

At the tee of the par-4 seventh, Mickelson teed up his ball, walked to the front of the tee box and stepped twice on a tuft of tall grass, which he told a rules official afterward was potentially in his line as he planned a low-angle shot.

From Reuters

He was captivated by what he called a “different and unique” low-angle shot of the famous Lady Liberty, without realizing that the photo had been taken at the corner of Las Vegas and Tropicana boulevards.

From Seattle Times

At 11:03, Lehtonen couldn’t stop Jagr’s low-angle shot over the goalie’s shoulder into the upper right corner of the net.

From Washington Times