High Angle

In this high-angle camera shot of Elijah Wood's character Frodo, it shows him submitting to the power of the ring that is about to fall on his finger. Typically a high-angle camera shot is used to depict the subject as vulnurable, powerless, and weak.

Truffaut's The 400 Blows

I enjoyed Francois Truffaut’s 1959 French New Wave film, The 400 Blows. I haven’t watch many black and white films, but I really enjoyed the fact that I could use my imagination to guess what the film would have looked like in color. In the semi-autobiographical film that reflects events of Truffaut's and his friends' lives we follow the life of Antoine Doinel, a young schoolboy who has a troubled home life. Truffaut uses camera angles to add drama to his black and white film showing Antoine getting in trouble by his teacher for vandalizing the wall at school setting the tone for the film. After getting yelled at by his parents and his teacher Antoine streak of running away, skipping class, and stealing starts.