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Critical Viewing. Vocabulary List 3 Camera Movements. Pan. the horizontal movement of a camera head on the axis of its tripod. Click on Videos to Play. Tilt. the vertical movement of the camera head on the axis of its tripod. Click on Videos to Play. Boom or Crane.
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Critical Viewing Vocabulary List 3 Camera Movements
Pan • the horizontal movement of a camera head on the axis of its tripod. Click on Videos to Play
Tilt • the vertical movement of the camera head on the axis of its tripod. Click on Videos to Play
Boom or Crane • a pole-like device for holding the microphone in the air, out of camera range
Zoom • a lens of variable focal length, normally used for swiftly magnifying a distant object or for moving rapidly away from a close object. Hitchcock Zoom aka Dolly Zoom - See notes Click on Videos to Play
Establishing Shot • the opening shot of a sequence which creates the context of setting or location. Shawshank Redemption Click on Video to Play
Insert Shot • a close-up image inserted into a scene, usually to give the audience a closerlook at what the character on screen is seeing, such as a letter or photo.
Two-Shot • a medium or close-up shot of two people, often in dialogue with each other, to provide contrast between the two characters.
Reaction Shot • a close-up or medium shot that focuses on a particular character’s reactionto the events in a film.
Arc Shot • a shot in which the subject is photographed by an encircling or moving camera.
Tracking or Trucking Shot • the movement or a camera on a dolly: forward, backwards, or to one side, also called a “dolly shot” Kill Bill Goodfellas Click on Videos to Play
Rack Focus • to adjust the lens during a shot so that the subject is in focus, switching focusfrom the foreground to the background and vice versa. Click on Video to Play
Dolly • a trolley on which a camera can be horizontally moved about on tracks during shooting. Boogie Nights Click on Video to Play
Running Shot • a shot in which a moving camera keeps pace with a moving subject. See clip in Steadicam for example
Steadicam • a hand-held, camera with a special mechanical harness that allows the camera operator to take relatively smooth and steady shots while moving along with the action; the resulting images are comparable to normal tracking shots on a wheeled dolly. Example on next slide
Steadicam Example Rocky Click on Video to Play
180-Degree Rule • a rule that camera operators must follow -- an imaginary line on one side of the axis of action which the camera must not cross; otherwise, there is a distressing visual disorientation. Rear Window Click on Video to Play
Depth of Field • the depth of composition of a shot where there are several planes: foreground, middle-ground, and background in which the elements captured in a camera image appear in sharp or acceptable focus.