1. Camera shots and angles
The Lion King’s Camera
Camera shots and angles

2. Camera shots

3. Extreme long shot DETAILS RESULT Sunrise over a wide open landscape.
Establishes setting and scene
New dawn symbolises a new era with Simba’s birth

4. Long shot DETAILS RESULT
Pride rock with animals gathering below Mufasa.
RESULT
Setting and characters’ place within it established.

5. Full shot DETAILS RESULT Alert cheetah’s entire body shown.
The entire body of the alert animal indicates something big is happening.

6. Medium shot DETAILS RESULT Animals shown from the waste up.
Close enough for facial expressions.
Body language increases detail.

7. Close up shot DETAILS RESULT Mufasa shown above shoulders.
Details, like facial expressions, are very clear.

8. Extreme close up shot DETAILS RESULT
Rafiki’s face takes up most of screen.
RESULT
The focus on Rafiki’s eyes demonstrates intensity.

9. Camera angles

10. Overshot DETAILS RESULT Camera directly above the object or scene.
Objects look small, vulnerable or mechanical.
City streets can appear as a maze.

11. High angle shot DETAILS RESULT Looking down but not over head
Makes figures or pobject look small
Suggests insignificance, vulnerability of an object or figure.

12. Eye level shot DETAILS RESULT Normal eye level scene.
Suggests real life.
Equality.

13. Low angle shot DETAILS RESULT
Camera is below or looking up at an object or figure
RESULT
Makes the object seem large and/or powerful.
Suggests dominance and or power.

14. Under shot DETAILS RESULT
Camera is directly beneath the object or figure.
RESULT
Can suggest extreme power or danger. E.g. stampeding cattle.