worm's eye view
Looking up from below
A worm's eye view is the perspective from ground level looking up, as if seen by a worm.
In photography and film, it describes shots taken from below the subject, making figures or buildings loom dramatically overhead.
The phrase contrasts with bird's eye view, which looks down from above: The director shot the climax from a worm's eye view to make the villain seem more imposing.
Toward a higher position
- underneathIn position below
- looking upImproving or skyward gazing
- skywardToward the firmament
- bottom-upStarting from fundamentals
from below · vertical · towering · looming · soaring · ascending · overhead · above
Position of the lens
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- foregroundNearest visual plane
- depthDistance below surface
dramatic · cinematography · lens · wide-angle · distortion · exaggeration · scale · proportion
Ground matter for planting
- grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
- dirtLoose dry earth
- pavementHard road covering
- pebbleWater-smoothed small rock
gravel · mud · moss · leaf · twig · puddle · groundcover · earthworm
Made or became smaller
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- belittledMade to seem insignificant
- inferiorOf lower rank
- vulnerableOpen to attack
small · insignificant · subordinate · powerless · dwarfed · overshadowed · dominated · intimidated
upward
Toward a higher position
- underneathIn position below
- looking upImproving or skyward gazing
- skywardToward the firmament
from below · bottom-up · vertical · towering · looming · soaring · ascending · overhead · above · ceiling
camera angle
Position of the lens
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- foregroundNearest visual plane
depth · dramatic · cinematography · lens · wide-angle · distortion · exaggeration · scale · proportion · Citizen Kane
soil
Ground matter for planting
pebble · gravel · mud · moss · leaf · twig · puddle · groundcover · earthworm · ant
diminished
Made or became smaller
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- belittledMade to seem insignificant
- inferiorOf lower rank
vulnerable · small · insignificant · subordinate · powerless · dwarfed · overshadowed · dominated · intimidated · awed
- perspectivesviewpoints, viewpoint, POV, opinions, opinion
- cinematographycamera, lens, shot, shots, lighting
- camera angleshigh angle, low angle, eye level, overhead, top down
- camera shotsclose-up, close up, helicopter shot, medium shot, crane shot
- perspectivelinear perspective, one-point perspective, three-point perspective, vanishing point, horizon line
- perspective typesone-point perspective, three-point perspective, linear perspective
worm's eye viewbird's eye view
Elevated vantage point
aerial view · overhead view · top-down view · helicopter view · satellite view
worm's eye viewbird's eye view
Elevated vantage point
big picture · overview · macro view · panoramic view · helicopter view
worm, view, worms, views, wormy, wormed, worming, eyeing, viewed