A Bird's Eye View is a camera angle positioned directly overhead, looking straight down at the subject or scene below. It gives the audience an omniscient, god-like perspective that removes the viewer entirely from the action and presents the world as a flat, map-like plane.

This angle is used in filmmaking to convey vulnerability, isolation, or the insignificance of a character within their environment. It is also used to reveal spatial relationships between characters or objects that would not be visible from ground level. In dance films, sports coverage, and action sequences, bird's eye views provide clarity of movement and geography that other angles cannot achieve.

In AI video and image generation, specifying a bird's eye view in a prompt gives the model clear direction on camera placement and helps avoid ambiguous compositions. It is particularly effective for scene-setting shots, overhead maps, and any content where spatial layout or scale needs to be communicated from above.