Camera Movements

Camera Movements

The camera moves to follow the artist or to show the performance of the artist. These movements include panning and tracking. A director may choose to move action a long by telling the story as a series of cuts, going from one shot to another, or they may decide to move the camera with the action. Some examples of camera movements are:

Pans - This is were the camera scans a scene horizontally. The camera is placed on a tripod, which operates as a stationary axis point as the camera is turned, often to follow a moving object which is kept in the middle of the frame.

Dolly/Tracking - This is were the camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks for a very smooth movement. Also known as tracking.