Tuesday 17 September 2013

Camera Movement


There are six main camera movements in cinematography. Pan, crab track, zoom, ped up and tilt up.






































Panning

The camera swivels (in the same base position) to follow a moving subject. A space is left in front of the subject: the pan 'leads' rather than 'trails'. A pan usually begins and ends with a few seconds of still picture to give greater impact. The speed of a pan across a subject creates a particular mood as well as establishing the viewer's relationship with the subject. 'Hosepiping' is continually panning across from one person to another; it looks clumsy.

Crabbing

A term similar to truck which usually means for a handheld camera operator to walk sideways (like a crab). With the advent of stabilised camera mounts it's largely a directors choice whether to say truck or crab.
Tracking

Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.

Zooming

Technically this isn't a camera move, but a change in the lens focal length with gives the illusion of moving the camera closer or further away.

Pedestal

Moving the camera position vertically with respect to the subject

Tilt

Vertical movement of the camera angle, i.e. pointing the camera up and down (as opposed to moving the whole camera up and down).





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