Camera
Description Main use or intention
movements
They are captured by locking
the camera to a tripod in a fixed
Static shots
position.
It is captured when the camera
Pan rotates horizontally while
remaining in a fixed location
It is the same of a Pan but it is
Whip pan
done quickly.
It is made directing a camera
Tilt upward and downward in
vertical movement.
This shot moves the camera
Push – in
towards a subject.
It is the opposite of the push-in,
it is a smooth movement that
Pull – out
moves the camera further away
a subject.
This shot changes the focal
length of a camera lens to
Zoom
either zoom in or out the size of
a subject in the frame.
It is a Zoom movement but
Crash zoom
faster.
It utilizes both a dolly
Dolly zoom movement and lens zoom to
create the vertigo effect.
This type of shot rotates the
Camera roll camera over its side on its long
axis.
It physically moves the camera
Tracking through a scene following a
subject.
It is a type of tracking shot that
Trucking
moves laterally left or right.
It is a camera movement that
Arc orbit around a subject, making
typically a horizontal arc.
It moves a camera up or down,
Boom utilizing a crane, jib or pedestal.
This type of shot is defined by
Random camera shake, incidental
movement zooms, or any movement that
happens on the fly.
This type of shot is great for dialogue, precise
painterly compositions, scenes that allow
actor’s performance to shine, or to trap a
character and suggest helpless.
It is useful to follow a character’s actions, or to
reveal information.
Whip pan creates relationship between
characters, it can also add energy to a shot.
It can be used to give a character dominance
un a hot or to reveal new information.
It is used to emphasize a moment, a text or an
image. Or specific details.
It is used to reveal setting and characters, but
also it can highlight a character’s isolation or
loneliness.
It is usually used to reveal the context around
the subject, but it also can be used to create
an artificial or unnatural movement.
It can be used as a dramatic or comedy effect.
It is used to portrait conflict in a scene, internal
or external, or to establish relationship
between the subject and the background.
It can be used to disorient the audience or
create uneasiness.
It is used to immerse the audience directly into
a scene, to draw audience’s attention into a
specific action, or to build tension.
It is used to establish the world and the
characters.
It adds dynamism to a scene, it keeps our
audience’s focus centralized on a subject.
Small boom movements are used to reveal
information while large boom movements can
be used to follow characters in movement.
It can be used to heighten the intensity of a
scene or to establish subjectivity for the
audience, creating the illusion that the events
are happening in real time.