CAMERA

MOVEMENTS
RECAP

• Tuesday session WS? ECU?

THE PAN
AND THE
WHIP
PAN
T H E PA N , C H E C K
OUT WES ANDERSON
OR EDGAR WRIGHT https://youtu.be/IiyBo-qLDeM?t=195
THE TILT

• Check out the Tilt

Used to Illustrate size, big or small to
give power, dominance or vulnerability
Used to reveal information, character,
setting or scale
https://youtu.be/IiyBo-qLDeM?t=311
PUSH IN & PULL OUT
PUSH IN
• A camera movement into a character or object
• Used to direct our attention to a specific detail
• Used to build tension/supsense
• Used to illustrate the thought process
• PULL OUT
• Opposite to push in and de-
emphasizes the subject
• Suggests to the viewer to disconnect
from the scene
• Used to reveal what's going on around
• Used to create a negative mood
• https://youtu.be/IiyBo-qLDeM?t=431
CRASH ZOOM

• https://vimeo.com/141729555
• Snap forwards or backwards, abruptly, before
settling on our target.
• An old film technique, shown here as
Tarantino has attempted to make it cool
again (Wes Anderson also uses this
technique every now and again, and as does
Edgar Wright ). It’s used mostly to shock,
reveal a piece of action suddenly, or as a
reveal.

• Additional reading, Edgar Wright’s signature

style https://youtu.be/auslPBcTEUA
CAMERA ROLL

• The rotation of the camera

• Used to create an unsettling
feeling as it creates an
uncomfortable motion.
• Can reverse a theme,
literally turning it upside
down or vice versa
• https://youtu.be/IiyBo-
qLDeM?t=937
THE HANDHELD
TRACKING
SHOT
• Follows the subject as it
moves
• Used to make the viewer
curios about where the
subject is moving to and
what is about to occur?
• Can be used to build tension
• https://youtu.be/IiyBo-
qLDeM?t=1064
COMBINATIONS

• Watch this clip and see the

varying techniques used.
• Note: we haven’t covered all
movements… yet!
• https://youtu.be/IiyBo-
qLDeM?t=1592
 TODAY’S SHOOTING TASK
Shoot the following short clips – use the same ritual as previous task to build more footage
1. A PAN – Use this to reveal something or a person at the end of the pan movement (e.g.
someone ready to make the tea)
2. A TILT – Use this to emphasise a space or size of a person or object (e.g. the height of
the fridge)
3. TRACKING SHOT – Follow someone from behind to reveal where they are heading to
(going into the kitchen to make the tea)
4. PUSH IN– Slowly move your camera close to either the object used or a persons face to
build tension
5. CRASH ZOOM – Experiment with your camera or phone to see what zoom speed
works best, try zooming into an extreme close up, person or object (e.g. someone
drinking the tea)
6. CAMERA ROLL – Use this to shoot the finished ritual (the completed sandwich, the
ready cup of tea etc.)

Don’t worry about camera shake, this is experimenting, and it takes practice to get it right…
Enjoy