Low-angle shot

Low-angle shot being filmed for Citizen Kane, in which a hole was cut in floor of the studio to achieve the perspective desired for the scene.
A low-angle shot from Big Buck Bunny
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer photographed from a low angle looks more imposing.

In cinematography, a low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up.[1] Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.

  1. ^ "Low angle shot." Dictionary.com. 2014. 9 December 2014.