Camera Movement Research Pan Moving the camera from left to right/right to left from a fixed position. You can use a tripod to do this and keep the camera more stable. When the audience is watching, it appears like a ‘pass by’. For example it could be used to show a car driving past or from the point of view of someone shaking their head. Tilt Tilt is similar to the ‘pan’ camera movement however instead of panning side to side, the camera tilts up and down. For example it is used to show someone moving their neck to look up and down

Tracking The camera moves alongside the object being recorded. It is often used to follow a vehicle passing by, and makes it easy for the audience to follow it. The camera is often mounted on to a camera dolly, which is then put on to tracks. This means that the camera will be steadier and the footage will look a lot more professional.

Crab Camera movement where the camera operator walks sideways, as a crab would. Quite similar to the tracking movement, however is handheld.

Dolly The dolly camera movement is where the camera either moves in or moves out, whilst maintaining the zoom. Dolly-in is when the camera moves in towards the object. Dolly-out is when the camera moves away from the object.

Crane For this camera movement a crane is used to lift a camera and

sometimes a person to work the camera. This camera movement will be used to look down at something on ground level or to look at something at something high up at that object’s level.

Pedestal The pedestal camera movement is moving the camera up/down without changing its vertical/horizontal axis. The lens itself doesn’t tilt, the whole camera moves up and down. There are two different types of the pedestal camera movement: pedestal up is where the camera moves up and then pedestal down is where the camera is

moved down. An example could be that if used on a tripod, you would raise or lower the tripod head. This could be used to reveal a character from top to bottom and as a result build suspense for the audience. Here is an image that depicts the pedestal up movement. Pedestal down would just be the exact same, however with the camera moving down as a pose to up.

Steadicam The steadicam is a piece of media equipment that straps a camera to you and enables you to move around while filming. A steadicam will stabilise any footage that is recorded by removing all of the jerking around, which results in smoother footage.

Handheld Instead of using a tripod or steadicam, the camera is held in the hands of the camera operator. The purpose of using this technique is that it will provide the audience with a different point of view for different scenarios. Additionally, the action can be too fast paced or too unpredictable for the camera to be on a tripod, therefore causing for the camera to be handheld. The handheld technique can be used in conjunction with a few of the different

camera movements highlighted in this research piece. An example of where the handheld camera technique would be useful is if the camera is looking from the point of view of a character and supposedly looking from their eyes, the footage will be more realistic.

Zoom The zoom camera movement is one of the most commonly known camera movements. It is where the lens of a camera is altered to make the subject appear closer or further away. The majority of modern day cameras have built in zoom features. There are obviously two types of the zoom movement: zoom in where the subject become closer and zoom out where the subject becomes further away. An example of where the zoom camera movement could be used is to zoom in on a specific character’s face to show the audience their facial expression.