Today in class we were taught about different aspects of shooting a video, with different lights and camera angles. I learned the process of capturing moving images with our DSLR camera. In order for us to shoot our 5-6 minutes short film, to know about these concepts is really important.
Here's my understanding of these concepts.
Camera movements are the creation of motion picture images. They can involve the use of film or digital imagery, usually with a movie camera.
Camera movements are of two types; Stationary and Travelling.
Stationary moves are when the camera is fixed on a tripod. These also include Pan, Tilt, Zoom and Boom e.t.c. Travelling include movements like for e.g. on a horizontal pathway like dolly, craning, tracking e.t.c.
Dolly Zoom: A technique in which the camera moves closer or further from the subject while simultaneously adjusting the zoom angle to keep the subject the same size in the frame.
Follow: The camera physically follows the subject at a more or less constant distance.
Pan: Horizontal movement, left and right.
Pedestal (Ped): Moving the camera position vertically with respect to the subject.
Tilt: Vertical movement of the camera angle, i.e. pointing the camera up and down (as opposed to moving the whole camera up and down).
Track: Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.
Truck: Another term for tracking or dollying.
Zoom: Technically this isn't a camera move, but a change in the lens' focal length which gives the illusion of moving the camera closer or further away.
Here's a link which greatly helped me with understanding different types of camera angles http://vimeo.com/13362257
Here's my understanding of these concepts.
Camera movements are the creation of motion picture images. They can involve the use of film or digital imagery, usually with a movie camera.
Camera movements are of two types; Stationary and Travelling.
Stationary moves are when the camera is fixed on a tripod. These also include Pan, Tilt, Zoom and Boom e.t.c. Travelling include movements like for e.g. on a horizontal pathway like dolly, craning, tracking e.t.c.
The standard types of camera movement in film and video are as follows :
Dolly: The camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks for a very smooth movement. Also known as a tracking shot or trucking shot.Dolly Zoom: A technique in which the camera moves closer or further from the subject while simultaneously adjusting the zoom angle to keep the subject the same size in the frame.
Follow: The camera physically follows the subject at a more or less constant distance.
Pan: Horizontal movement, left and right.
Pedestal (Ped): Moving the camera position vertically with respect to the subject.
Tilt: Vertical movement of the camera angle, i.e. pointing the camera up and down (as opposed to moving the whole camera up and down).
Track: Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.
Truck: Another term for tracking or dollying.
Zoom: Technically this isn't a camera move, but a change in the lens' focal length which gives the illusion of moving the camera closer or further away.
Here's a link which greatly helped me with understanding different types of camera angles http://vimeo.com/13362257
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