1. To give your audience the sense of the size of something being very large
2. To show that one of your characters is looking at something in the distance
3. To show extreme detail of an object
4. To show a panoramic scene
5. To give your audience the feeling of looking down on something
6. To shoot an interview, and cause the audience to feel as though they are asking the questions
7. To shoot an interview for informational purposes, like on a news broadcast
8. To show a long hallway