CAMERA MOVEMENTS In this class we are going to be learning about the different types of camera movements that cameramen could use when filming a film. PAN This is when the camera moves from one side to another horizontally, used normally to show the people in the scene. TILT This is when the camera moves vertically up and down while fixed onto a base and is usually used to show the full length of a subject or object TRACK This is also called dolly/tracking shot and is when a camera is placed on a base or dolly and travels on tracks. They make dolly in or out on the subject to create more emphasis on the action or dolly by moving beside the subject. CRANE this is when the camera (sometimes can include the camera man) moves up and down on a crane, allowing the camera to get better establishing shots from a better height and can be mounted on a dolly (sometimes). STEADICAM This is a camera that is strapped ...
The camera angle is the place at which the camera is placed to take a shot, and can give a different experience and/or emotion. HIGH ANGLE : This is when the camera is elevated over the action that is occurring or person in the scene and gives the sense of the focus point getting "swallowed up" or that something is really tall. It also gives the sense of inferiority and insignificance of the people looking up. LOW ANGLE : this is the opposite of a high angle. The scene is filmed looking up at someone and creates a sense of something being really small or that the person the camera is looking up at to having superiority. CANTED ANGLE : This is when the camera is tilted to the side and it's an angle that is used commonly in horror movies to create suspense and as if something were about to happen. THE BIRD'S-EYE VIEW : This is when a scene is shown directly overhead. Objects and characters are unrecognisable from this angle, but puts the audie...
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