in media studies (study of media, what ever takes your fancy), camera angles are really important as they convey the directors ideas and information about the setting or character to the audience, hence it creates drama through visual conventions (ooooh how very technical), camera angles are a key talking point for your exam and should not be ignored, you can really go to town with describing a certain camera angle and how it portrays the character, links to the narrative and affects the audience.
There are about 13 main camera angles you need to remember, so to help me remember I have created a 'Media Bible', it will almost act as my bible throughout the course, I have only just started making it, so it's not completely perfected. Basically I write key terms and definitions inside it (the notebook I mean, nothing fancy like the matrix or something), I have started with camera angles as they are not only important but I want to learn them off by heart (this is beginning to sound like something I would do for a language exam revision, but hopefully not as painful). To help me remember the angles I have stuck images of angles from some of my favourite films; such as Harry Potter, The Dark Night and Star Trek, next to the definitions. Here are some of them (can I just say, my handwriting is awful so I apologise)
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