Talk:Dutch angle
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What are the origins of the expression? Why 'dutch'?
--Unclevortex 11:54, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Example, please!
It is in fact quite difficult to understand this article without a sample picture.
--Philopedia 12:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
This is a random example... http://www.thestar.com.my/archives/2004/4/24/features/f_pg02dutch.JPG
Maybe someone could take a photo like this and put it in public domain? I don't have a camera myself :(
--Unclevortex 01:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
I uploaded a photo I took. It's not perfect, a bit blurry, but it'll do for now.
--Unclevortex 23:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
There is another article on the same exact angle, under the name Dutch camera angle.
-- Anonymous 19:33, 5 March 2006
The angles were widely used in German cinema of the 30's and 40's, hence its name. - What? What do Germany and Holland have to do with each other? Or is it another case of mistranslated Deutsch, like with the Pensylvania Dutch?82.83.8.92 12:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Huh?
"A Dutch angle does not use the X, Y or Z axes, but rather an unconventional diagonal axis from which the camera shoots."
From a geometrical stand point, this is nonsense. What are the X, Y and Z axes? Left/right, up/down and forwards/backwards in a co-ordinate system defined by the orientation of the camera? If so, how can a camera "not use" them when filming at a Dutch angle? Perhaps this makes more sense:
"A Dutch angle is composed by an arbitrary rotation in the axis defined by the direction of the camera such that the horizon is no longer parallel with the top of the frame."
-- Anonymous 11:20, 6 June 2006 (GMT)
[edit] Spoiler?
Terry Gilliam has often used Dutch angles in his films, including The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, representing madness, disorientation from time travel, and drug psychosis respectively.
In the Twelve Monkeys you don't really know if it's disonrientarion from time travel or madness... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.5.136.36 (talk) 04:29, 20 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Batman TV show
The Batman (TV series) used tilted camera angles a lot, especially when they were fighting in the lair of one of the villians. AnonMoos 21:38, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
