A camera movement is something that is done once you have positioned your camera or tri-pod in the position you want. A camera movement is the way in which you move the camera itself or how you move the tri-pod with the camera connected to it. There are numerous different names that define a certain camera movement. Some of these are the pan, tilt, crane and handheld, there are many more camera movements but I have chosen the most popular ones to take a look at. A camera angle is the way in which you position your camera when you are about to shoot some footage. So for example you may position your camera so that it is in a birds eye view shot before you press film, so when you press film your camera will be angled in a birds eye view shot. There are numerous different angles that can be done, some of these would be worms eye view, birds eye view, high angle, low angle etc.
The pan camera movements consists of the camera being moved from one side to another in a smooth movement, this can be done numerous different times back and fourth and would be considered a panning action.
The tilting camera movement is a simple up and down motion, you could say it is similar to a panning movement except a title is vertical and panning is horizontal. A tilt camera movement is probably one of the most basic out of all camera movements but can be hard to execute without any jolts. Individuals may find it hard to keep track of the action through the lense of screen with a lot of movement happening.
A crane camera movement is when a camera will be attached onto the end of a crane like object. This allows movement from high angles and also allows high angle shots. A crane is operated from the bottom in a small booth, depending on the size of the crane normally. The use of a crane means you have a lot of manoeuvrability as it is a smooth device that allows you to pan and tilt with it. However, you have to be cautious of how quickly you move the device as it is high up and you may hit someone. A crane is commonly used at the end of a film/programme when you zoom out from the character and gradually include some background in the shot. Cranes are also used at live music/talent shows to get good shots of the crowd and the live talent on stage at the same time. When a live show is taking place there will normally be more than one crane at a time as it is live footage and needs to be captured quickly. If there was only one crane it would be hard to move it to get all types of shots in a short space of time.
A handheld camera movement is when the camera has not been placed on any camera equipment like a crane/tri-pod. It is when the camera is simply held by the person filming. Handheld camera shots are commonly know for being shaky and non sturdy movements. In most cases if a handheld camera shot is done it will be a deliberate action because of a certain effect the director or camera operator is trying to achieve. A handheld camera movement will also be used in a documentary style programme purely because all of the footage needs to be filmed in action. In a documentary it would be to difficult to constantly set up a tripod to shoot on so a handheld movement is done instead. Depending on the camera operator that will normally determine how shaky the camera will be.
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