Thursday 10 December 2009

Cinematography

Pan: when panning the camera you can alternate the direction of movement to left or right. Keeping the tripod and pedestal in the same position, pivoting the camera horizontally.

Tilt: when tilting the camera you are angling the camera up or down. An example of a tilt shot; tilting the camera up you would capture the characters head in the lower half of the frame.

Crab: when crabbing the camera, you are moving the camera right or left. Whereas panning the camera entitles you to alternate the different angles to get a variety of shots. Crabbing is simply moving the camera or pedestal either right or left.

Track: tracking the camera is very similar to crabbing however instead of moving the camera right or left, you are tracking the camera forwards of backwards.

In order to know when its you're turn to shoot, the red “tally light” appears on the top of the camera.

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