Approaches to Cinema 1: Film Language and Form

Lecture Two: Camera Movement

Key functions of camera movement

• accompanies movement

• makes it easier to follow narrative

• draws attention to narrative details

• establishes a strong sense of point of view

• is dependent on technological change

Analysing different camera movements

can be distinguished through

their type of movement

the equipment used

Pan shot (panning)

horizontal movement

camera mounted on tripod

panoramic

Tilt shot (tilting)

vertical movement

camera mounted on tripod

Tracking shot (dolly shot)

physically accompaniesmovement

camera on tracks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUb5UPzHR6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEaR9aQZJwY&p=C610EE2E658ABBE0&playnext=1&index=43

Crane shot

flexible

omniscient point of view

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4

Steadicam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy7ztJ3NUMI

first used 1976, but first significantfilm was The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

Hand-held camera

first used late 1950s

creates a raw, documentaryaesthetic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z66RpatHajQ

Static camera

creates a tableau-like framing

the eye is free to roam