helicopter shot

helicopter shot
 n.— «Take that shot with the camera held high above the head, so common on MySpace that some members refer to it as “the helicopter shot.”» —“Mirror images of the masses” by Alex Williams Taipei Times (Taiwan) Feb. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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