Metropolis

In the movie Metropolis, the animator uses the three types of camera angles: worm's eye view, bird's eye view, and normal angle view. The use of worm's eye view within the crowd of people in the very beginning of the movie was used effectively because it makes you feel small in the midst of the larger crowd. Also in the same light, it illustrates the theme of Metropolis and the rise of the ziggurats. The animator also uses bird's eye view during the the same setting - immediately after he uses worm's eye view. The bird's eye view is an example of the rise of the ziggurats and how it will be towering over the people.

In the very beginning, just as the title appears, the animator pans out and just as it stops, a large vessel hovers over and drives into the screen. Panning in this scene was very cinematic because two opposite actions are occurring (in worm's eye view) - the screen panning outwards and the vessel driving inwards - giving you that feeling of smallness and inferiority that is reiterated throughout the movie. The opening scene reminds me of one of the scene's from the movie Independence Day, when the spaceship (U.F.O) is hovering over the White House and the rest of the East Coast.