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A Dutch angle is a cinematic tactic often used to portray the psychological uneasiness of the subject being filmed. A Dutch angle does not use the X, Y or Z axes, but rather an unconventional diagonal axis from which the camera shoots. Many Dutch angles are static shots at an obscure angle, but in a moving Dutch angle shot the camera can pivot, pan or track along the director/cinematographer's established diagonal axis for the shot.

The 1949 film The Third Man
makes extensive use of Dutch angle shots to emphasize the main character's alienation in a foreign environment. An anecdote of cinema lore alleges that once filming was completed, the crew presented director Carol Reed with a level to ironically encourage him to use more traditional shooting angles.

Dutch Angles were used to great effect in the original TV series of Batman. Each villain had their own angle. They also were used in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
to help intensify Sally's (Sally is the ragdoll voiced by Catherine O'Hara) lack of physical balance. In another of Tim Burton's movies, Ed Wood, there is a dutch angle used in the scene where Bela discusses suicidal intentions with Ed. Specifically, it was used when Bela stood up and said "You could come with me, Eddie..."

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