Dutch angle

Full motion specification

How the movement works

To express unease, tension or the feeling that something is wrong.

1. 01Camera: position fixed (height 1.5 m); roll only, 0 → 0.36 rad (about 21°); the whole picture turns around the frame centre
2. 02Timing: 0.6 s to 2.2 s (1.6 s), cubic ease-in-out (about cubic-bezier(0.65,0,0.35,1))
3. 03Subject: a person stands still 7 m ahead; horizon, buildings and person all tilt by the same angle
4. 04Hold: stays tilted from 2.2 s to 4.2 s (time to read the tilted composition itself)
5. 05Return: cross-fade back to the level start over the last 0.5 s (one pass = 4.7 s)
6. 06Top-right readout shows the angle (∠ 0° → ∠ 21°)