Camera Angles and Movement

Angles:

High angle - The camera is elevated above the action using a crane to give a general overview. High angles make the object photographed seem smaller, and less significant (or scary). The object or character often gets swallowed up by their setting - they become part of a wider picture.
Canted angle - Sometimes the camera is tilted (ie is not placed horizontal to floor level). This technique is used to suggest POV shots.
Low angle - These increase the height of the object or person and give a sense of speeded motion. The background of a low angle shot will tend to be just sky or ceiling. The added height of the object may make it inspire fear and insecurity in the viewer, who is psychologically dominated by the figure on the screen.

Movement:

Pan - A movement which scans a scene horizontally. The camera is placed on a tripod, which operates as a stationary axis point as the camera is turned, often to follow a moving object which is kept in the middle of the frame.
Tilt - A movement which scans a scene vertically, otherwise similar to a pan.
Track – A path for a camera to follow.
Dolly (equipment) – A piece of equipment that allows you to place the camera on a moving vehicle such as a car or plane so the camera can move along with the action.
Crane – This is essentially a dolly shot in the air, where the camera is suspended from a crane and the crane is then controlled to achieve different angles and shots.
Steadicam – A special harness worn by a technician to allow smooth movement in long shots or where a dolly would not work.
Handheld – The camera is held by hand without any other equipment.
Zoom – This refers to changing the focal length of a camera while the camera is moving to zoom into an object or person
Reverse Zoom – This is where the camera’s focal length is changed to zoom out of an object or person