Thursday, 14 November 2013

Task 4 part 2 - camera movements


Short camera movement video.

 

Working in a group we made a video showing different camera movements and uploaded it to you tube, this included Panning shot, Zoom in, Track in, and Tilt. Here is a brief explanation of what each of these terms mean:

 

Panning

Panning is ultimately the action you do when you move your head from left to right or right to left. To create a panning movement you need to move the camera lens from left to right or right to left.

 

Zoom in/out

The process of zooming is ultimately altering the focal length of the lens on a camera and is widely and commonly used throughout video production, zooming in magnifies the subject making them appear closer in the frame ( or giving a closer view) and zooming out is the opposite altering the focal length to make the subject appear further away in the frame ( or giving a wider view).

 

 

Track in / out

Tracking is similar to zooming, however this movement does not involve altering the focal length on the camera lens but instead the camera operator physically moves the camera. Track in is when the camera person moves the camera towards the subject (this can be walking while holding the camera, or having the camera on a rail mechanism to provide a smoother movement). Track out is the same, but opposite. When the camera person moves the camera away from the subject (this can be walking while holding the camera, or having the camera on a rail mechanism to provide a smoother movement)

 

 

Tilt

Tilting is ultimately the action you do when nodding your head up and down. To create a camera tilt movement you need to move the camera lens up and down while keeping its horizontal axis the same.

 

Here is a video we made showing some of these movements:
 







 

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