Research: Camera Shots - Tilt Shot

the Tilt shot also known as the Dutch tilt, Dutch angle, oblique angle, German angle, canted angle, or Batman Angle are terms used for a cinematic tactic often used to portray the psychological tension in the subject being filmed. A tilt shot is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side so that the shot is composed with the horizon at an angle to the bottom of the frame. Many Dutch angles are static shots at an obscure angle, but in a moving tilt shot the camera can pivot, pan or track along the director established diagonal axis for the shot.