14/11/2010

Camera Movements

Pan - pan is a horizontal camera movement in which the camera moves left and right about a central axis.




Tilt - tilt is a vertical camera movement in which the camera points up or down from a stationary location.




Dolly - A dolly is a cart which travels along tracks. The camera is mounted on the dolly and records the shot as it moves. It is quite similar to a tracking shot but is often defined as moving closer or further away from the action

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Tracking - As I said this shot and the dolly shot are very similar with the main difference being that the tracking shot is generally defined as being movement parallel to the action





Here is an iconic tracking shot from a scene in the movie 'Goodfellas'




(This was one of the only clips on YouTube of this great scene from 'Goodfellas' that would allow me to embed it, so sorry about it being in German!)


Zoom - Technically this is not a camera movement as the camera itself does not move but instead the lens zooms in or out. It can be combined with a dolly shot though to create an effective dolly zoom


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