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Camera movement.

Updated: Oct 10, 2022

There are two types of panning, the fast pan where the camera will turn around quickly mostly to let the audience see the opposite side of the set and there's the slow pan where we would see the landscape.

In this scene the camera turns around to show where that character is going.


The tilt reveals something to the audience, suddenly redirecting their attention.

In this shot we can see the camera tilting at the same time the plane is to show the effect of the plane tilting to the audience.


The zoom happens very quickly and is dramatic as it shows for example the villain being revealed.

In this shot we can see the camera zooming in on the car.


The dolly is a smooth movement from a track which moves the camera through a space creating a different type of visual experience than the zoom or pan.

In this scene we can see the camera moving at the same time as the train and car.


The first film to combine the Dolly and the Zoom at once is Vertigo from the year 1958 and was called the reverse dolly zoom which shows a character having an intense internal experience.


This shot is used to show someone's memory as they have died, and the characters would remember them.


Crabbing is the sideways movement of a camera which makes it like a crab.


In this shot we can see someone getting out of a car to show mystery to the audience for them to question "who is that person?"

A handheld shot is a shot taken with the camera being supported only by the operator's hands and shoulder and creates a shaky feel to the film like if there is an earthquake happening.

In this shot the camera is shaking at the same time the train is to create an effect.

Tracking shots often follow a traveling subject, though they can be used to simply show off the scene.

In this scene we can see the camera following the boy in the tricycle.


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