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A Dutch Camera angle (a.k.a. "canted angle") is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side. The shot is composed with the Horizon not parallel with the bottom of the frame. The angles were widely used in German cinema of the 30's and 40's, hence its name. Montages of Dutch angles are structured in a way that the tilts are almost always horizontally opposite in each shot, for example, a right tilted shot will nearly always be followed with a left tilted shot, and so on. The 1949 film '' The Third Man '' makes extensive use of Dutch angle shots to emphasize the main character's alienation in a foreign environment. An anecdote of cinema lore alleges that once filming was completed, the crew presented director Carol Reed with a level to ironically encourage him to use more traditional shooting angles. Dutch Angles were used to great effect in the original TV series of Batman . Each villain had their own angle. They also were used in Tim Burton 's '' The Nightmare Before Christmas '' to help intensify Sally's (Sally is the ragdoll voiced by Catherine O'Hara ) lack of ''physical'' balance. In another of Tim Burton 's movies, '' Ed Wood '', there is a dutch angle used in the scene where Bela discusses suicidal intentions with Ed. Specifically, it was used when Bela stood up and said "You could come with me, Eddie..." A dutch angle was used in '' American Pie '' during the love scene between Kevin and Vicki, to highlight the awkwardness the characters felt as they lost their Virginity together. |
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