Camera Movements
Videography
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Camera movements make a film/video more interesting by showing the scene in different ways. It can also effect the way transitions between scenes happen and the mood or emphasis of that scene.
Camera Movements
Static shots are where you film a scene without moving the camera. All the movements happen without moving the camera.
Static Shot
Tilt shots are where you move the camera along the Horizontal axis. This can be going from the left to the right or right to left. This is a common transition between scenes or to reviel something. It can also be following a focal point.
Pan Shot
Tilt shots are where you move the camera along the vertical axis. This can be going up from the subject or going down. This is not a good option when the subject is doing something interesting!
Tilt Shot
Moving the camera towards or away from the subject without the use of the cameras zoom feature. This effects the proportion of items around the subject and mimics a oerson walking closer to someone else.
Dolly Shot
In this shot the camera does not move you use the zoom feature on the camera to get closer to the focal point of the scene.
Zoom Shot
This is the type of shot where the camera is following a moving object keeping usually the same distance between the two. In this shot it is moving on the horizontal axis not up and down.
Truck Shot
This is moving the camera around the scene for a extended amount of time. Unlike Dolly or Truck this movement can go in any direction often following a focal point in the frame.
Tracking
This is where the camera is above the focal point looking down. While the camera can move it is common to be static.
Arial Shot
This is where the camera is moveing up or down while it is facing forward. This is used to capture large vertical items such as buildings, trees, and statues.
Pedistal Shot
As you are filming your own videos you will use a range of camera movements some of which where not talked about in this presentation.
There are many more camera movements however these are the most popular and most common.