actually, when involved with sex, the brain makes us idiots:
http://youtu.be/jE6ve14MIk4
(point at 4.15 min)
but then again, if we are creators, we take a step back & work the easel some more.
so character:
i would look at the result being an image of a scene with a character, therefore everything that composes the image will suggest meaning & interpretation - techniques we're feed by movies & tv shows (part of the media vocabulary)
The Dark Knight (directed by Christopher Nolan): Nolan uses extremely low angle shots to give the Joker a more powerful image in The Dark Knight, especially during the scene where the truck he was driving is flipped over and he gets out and starts shooting at Batman. In this scene, the angle actually goes from a normal medium close up and slowly moves into a low angle shot.