Angled Camera Shots

"The point of view here is significant since the alteration between low and high angle accentuates the power struggle between the two protagonists." (3)

I didn't get much from this article. Both the vocabulary used and the fact that I haven't seen all of Taymor's film makes it hard to connect the article to film to text. However, both scenes we watched in class utilize high and low angle shots. Immediately after Lavinia is raped, she stands on a tree stump; her position of height allows all to see her. She has become an object, "a freak show" as Marti would say, for all the world to dissect with their eyes. Angled camera work is used differently in Aaron's account of his deeds. His climbing of the ladder while he recounts his heinous crimes expresses his power; the viewer, who is given Lucius's perspective and must look up to see Aaron, is in awe of Aaron. Although sentenced to death, the Moor can not be subdued. His only regret in death is that he does not live to perform more evil. For different reasons, angled shots in these two scenes succeed.