Camera Movements
1: Pan
How: Move the camera horizontally left or right. ideally, you should use a tripod for a smooth effect. the be a great planner, practice the shot several times at several speeds before you are confident that it looks right
Why: To follow a subject or show the distance between two objects. Pan shots also work great for panoramic views such as a shot from a mountaintop to the valley below.
Why: To follow a subject or show the distance between two objects. Pan shots also work great for panoramic views such as a shot from a mountaintop to the valley below.
2. Tilt
How: Moving the camera up or down with raising its position.
Why: Like panning, to follow a subject or show the top and bottom of a stationary object. With a tilt, you can also show how high something is. For example, a slow tilt up a skyscraper building shows its grandness and enormity.
In general, when you tilt up and shoot an object or a person they look larger and thicker. The subject looks smaller and thinner when you tilt down.
Rule: Always start on a still shot, begin the tilt, and finish on a still shot.
3. Pedestal
How: Moving the camera up or down with raising its position.
Why: Like panning, to follow a subject or show the top and bottom of a stationary object. With a tilt, you can also show how high something is. For example, a slow tilt up a skyscraper building shows its grandness and enormity.
In general, when you tilt up and shoot an object or a person they look larger and thicker. The subject looks smaller and thinner when you tilt down.
Rule: Always start on a still shot, begin the tilt, and finish on a still shot.
3. Pedestal
How: Not tilting, but physically moving the height of the camera up or down, usually on a tripod.
Why: You pedestal the camera up or down to get the proper height you prefer. if you want to get eye-to-eye with a six-foot-six basketball player, you would pedestal up. while shooting a flower or small child, you would pedestal down to their level.
How: Not tilting, but physically moving the height of the camera up or down, usually on a tripod.
Why: You pedestal the camera up or down to get the proper height you prefer. if you want to get eye-to-eye with a six-foot-six basketball player, you would pedestal up. while shooting a flower or small child, you would pedestal down to their level.
4. Dolly
How: The camera is set on tracks or wheels and moved towards or back from a subject.
Why: To follow an object smoothly to get a unique perspective.
4. Dolly
5. Floating Stabiliser Device
How: The device straps to the photographer and the camera is mounted by a series of metal joints controlled by gyroscopes.
Why: To follow an object through twists and turns. Although the dolly is great, its movements are limited. With the stabilizer, you can follow someone through hallways, doors and around rooms.
5. Floating Stabiliser Device
6. Crane Or Boom
How: This works and looks similar to a construction crane. It is used for high sweeping shots or to follow the action of your subject.
Why: Gives a bird's eye view. It looks as if the camera is swooping down from above. Movie directors use this for street scenes so they can shoot from above the crowd and the traffic, and then move down to eye level.
7. Handheld
6. Crane Or Boom
How: This works and looks similar to a construction crane. It is used for high sweeping shots or to follow the action of your subject.
Why: Gives a bird's eye view. It looks as if the camera is swooping down from above. Movie directors use this for street scenes so they can shoot from above the crowd and the traffic, and then move down to eye level.
7. Handheld
How: You hold the camera without a tripod, monopod or other devices. Professional cameras are large and rest on the user's shoulders. This balances the camera and keeps shaking to a minimum. Because of their size, most consumer cameras can't rest on your shoulder, so you'll need a few tips to shoot steady well-executed handheld shots.
Why: Due to the spontaneity of the action, many news crews and most documentaries use hand-held shooting techniques. Sometimes, it is used in TV shows and movies. Notice that in horror or action movies they often use hand-held shots when something bad is about to happen.
Rule: When shooting handheld, do not zoom in! The more you zoom in, the shakier the shot gets. It is better to move closer to your subject and shoot with as wide of a setting as you can. Handheld is best when you are shooting something that is moving as you can follow it. It looks very bad when shooting landscapes, buildings or stationary objects.
Why: Due to the spontaneity of the action, many news crews and most documentaries use hand-held shooting techniques. Sometimes, it is used in TV shows and movies. Notice that in horror or action movies they often use hand-held shots when something bad is about to happen.
Rule: When shooting handheld, do not zoom in! The more you zoom in, the shakier the shot gets. It is better to move closer to your subject and shoot with as wide of a setting as you can. Handheld is best when you are shooting something that is moving as you can follow it. It looks very bad when shooting landscapes, buildings or stationary objects.
8. Zoom
How: You press a lever or rocker to zoom in or out. This lever controls the lens mechanism inside the camera. Usually, the harder you press on the lever the quicker the zoom. Some camcorders have only one zoom speed whereas other allow you to zoom manually by turning a ring on the lens.
Why: To bring objects at a distance closer to the lens, or to show size and perspective.
Rule: Continuous zooming in and out is annoying to the viewers. Don't zoo whilst shooting unless the scene calls for it. Use a tripod if you zoom. Start on a still shot, then zoom smoothly, and end your zoom on a still shot.
8. Zoom
9. Rack Focus
How: Focus on one object, like an actors face, and have everything else behind him out of focus.Then adjust the focus so his face becomes blurred and the actress behind him becomes clear. In this movement, you are changing the focal length so that one subject will go out of focus while the other comes into focus.
Why: You are actually making a transition similar to an edit by constructing two distinct shots. You often see the rack focus in dramas and soap operas, changing focus from one actor's face to another during their conversation or tense moments.
Rule: Use a tripod. A rack focus looks bad if the camera is shaky.
9. Rack Focus
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