Camera Movement Types

Now that I have researched camera angle and shot types and understand the reasons for each one, I am now moving on to researching camera movement types as this is also a very important aspect to know in film. A director may decide to move the camera with the action. There are six basic methods:

Pans

This is where you move your camera horizontally, left to right or right to left whilst it is fix based to a certain point. You do not actually move the position of the camera itself, this stays, you are moving the direction it faces. This can be used to follow the action or get a sense of location in your story perhaps.

Tilts
Tilting is when you move the camera vertically, opposite to pan. Tilt is up to down or down to up - shown in the example video. Again, like panning, this move typically involves the use of tripod where the camera is stayed stationary but you move the angle it points to. The tilt is used typically when introducing a character and to show them off, what they are wearing and how superior they are.


Zoom
Zooming is the most popular movement without a doubt, being the most overused. This is typically used when the director is not sure what camera movement to use to simply add more interest in a shot. Zooming in a shot adds energy to a fast-paced piece, especially a quick zoom. You can zoom in which brings you closer to the subject or zoom out which makes us further away. 

Dolly
Dolly shot is when you move the entire camera forwards and backwards on a sort of track or motorized vehicle. This makes the movement flow very beautiful and smooth which looks very pleasing to us. They are known as trucking or tracking shots sometimes and moves alongside the action following an object or figure. It is a very good way of portraying movement or moving from a long shot to a close-up, gradually focusing the audience to a particular object or character gving suspense.


Crane Shots
Crane shots is basically dolly shots however in the air. A crane, also known as a jib, is a large heavy piece of equipment which is very useful for moving a camera. It looks like a crane with a human on the end of it and a large camera. It is very useful as it can hold the wight of them both. It can move in a lot of directions such as up, down, left, right, which swoops in action or moving diagonally out of it.

The Aerial shot
The aerial shot is practically a varian of a crane shot but is more freely and a larger height. It is taken from a helicopter but now more known for being taken by a drone like shown in my example on the right. It is mainly used at the beginning of the film to establish the setting or when the film changes to another location. A crane and helicopter is a lot more flexible than a crane and you can get a lot more shots where you couldn't on the crane.

Now knowing these movement shots, as well as my previous post of shots and angles, I am aware of the reasons for using each and the effects they give. Researching them has helped me deeply, so I can now use them for my short film and make my film more exciting and correct with the right shots, angles and movements.