Camera Movements

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Camera Movements

Camera movement when fixed on Tripod

Trucking Shot/Trucking is basically the same as tracking or dollying. Although it means slightly different things to different people, it generally refers to side-to-side camera movement with respect to the action.

PAN: Left or right Horizontal movement of the camera is called as PAN. PAN right regarding camera and PAN left regarding camera are the two kinds in PAN. This PAN is for establishing distance between two objects, relationship and for showing number of people and particular object movement.

Viz Pan: Sudden panning between two objects is the Viz Pan

Object pan left or right i.e. PAN of the Camera when object moves left or right.

Follow pan – Camera follows the object by PAN when the object is moving

Cross pan is the panning of camera to follow the object movement when movement of both camera and object is reverse.

Tilt: Vertical movement (Up or Down) of the camera is called as Tilt. Tilt up regarding camera and Tilt down regarding camera are the two kinds in Tilt. This tilt will be used for showing height, climbing up & down of the object.

Diagonal movement: It is the combination of PAN and Tilt. Camera moving horizontally and vertically at the same time results the diagonal movement. It will be used for showing height and distance of the object.

Zoom: Creating illusion of moving closer or further away from the action by varying/changing the focal length. Zoom In and Zoom out are the two types in Zoom. These two are for showing relationship between the object and the area. Zooming is an easy-to-use but hard-to-get-right feature of most cameras.

Zoom out is to establish the place of the object

Zoom in feels like object moves close to camera and is to establish the place of object in between so many objects.

Without Tripod | Object Movement | Combination Movement

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