What camera angle should I film myself at?
Eye level is the default — it reads as equal footing. Raise or lower the camera only when you want the power dynamic to shift.
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Camera height is a statement about the relationship between you and the viewer, so pick the statement on purpose. Eye level is the default for a reason: a century of film language trained audiences to read it as equal footing — conversation, trust, peer-to-peer. Shooting from slightly below makes you read as larger than life: authority, confidence, occasionally arrogance if you overdo it. Shooting from above diminishes the subject — useful for vulnerability or self-deprecating comedy, quietly undermining for anything where you're the expert. Then distance sets the emotional volume: arm's length converses; closer confides. The practical setup: lens at your eye line (stack books under the tripod if you have to), framed close enough to feel personal without invading, and only break eye level when the moment calls for a different power dynamic — deliberately, not because the phone was leaning on a mug.
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