1. Space in Cinema, Part Four
Dancing With The Stars
Edward Bowen
MTSU EMC 3000

2. Space
• The frame defines a two dimensional “slice” of cinematic space.

3. Space
• The frame defines a two dimensional “slice” of cinematic space.
• The frame can be a motionless stationary window to another
world.

4. Space
• The frame defines a two dimensional “slice” of cinematic space.
• The frame can be a motionless stationary window to another
world.
• Or, the frame can move you, the viewer, through the cinematic
space. This can be done through editing, instantaneous shifts of
perspective.

5. Space
• The frame defines a two dimensional “slice” of cinematic space.
• The frame can be a motionless stationary window to another
world.
• Or, the frame can move you, the viewer, through the cinematic
space. This can be done through editing, instantaneous shifts of
perspective.
• But it can pivot, pan, tilt, approach, retreat, follow, precede,
parallel, float and/or fly.
• This is CAMERA MOVEMENT.

6. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.

7. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.
“Cowboys and Aliens” (2011) Jon Favreau
Top 20 Cinematic Techniques http://youtu.be/O3EnnBDgMww

8. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.
“Barry Lyndon” (1975) Stanley Kubrick
http://youtu.be/qHCc4eMgIqQ

9. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.
“Jaws” (1975) Steven Spielberg
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Jaws Pan.mov

10. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.
• Tilt - Camera swivels vertically from a fixed axis.

11. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.
• Tilt - Camera swivels vertically from a fixed axis.
Weird Science (3/12) Movie CLIP - And Gary Created Woman (1985) HD http://youtu.be/-UJ9K8lMxPA

12. Space
Camera Movement
• Pan - Camera swivels horizontally from a fixed axis.
• Tilt - Camera swivels vertically from a fixed axis.
http://youtu.be/66TuSJo4dZM

13. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cyfnkyRavI

14. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa. “As The World Turns” (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn2IiRyD70Q

15. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa. “Barry Lyndon” (1975) Stanley Kubrick
http://youtu.be/aHCwzsFEJyw

16. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa. “Barry Lyndon” (1975) Stanley Kubrick
http://youtu.be/0QtmFGv67kw

17. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa. “The Shining” (1980) Stanley Kubrick
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Shining zoom.mp4

18. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom

19. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom

20. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa. “Shaun of the Dead” (2004) Edgar Wright
Top 20 Cinematic Techniques http://youtu.be/O3EnnBDgMww

21. Space
Camera Movement
• Zoom – Magnification or reduction of an image optically, without
moving the camera. Adjusting from wide to telephoto or visa
versa. “Limitless” (2011) Neil Burger
Trippy as scene from Limitless http://youtu.be/ZSTAbEKnN78

22. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. Camera moves forward or
backwards or to the side. Usually on wheels; often on track.

23. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “Casablanca” (1942) Michael
Curtiz
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Casablanca Dolly 1.mov

24. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “Jules and Jim” (1962)
Francois Truffaut
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=245567

25. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “Jules and Jim” (1962)
Francois Truffaut
http://youtu.be/lj0mHadxpVU

26. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “Stagecoach” (1939) John
Ford
http://youtu.be/7Pu9V85Njg8

27. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “The Searchers” (1956) John
Ford

28. Space
Camera Movement
Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “Jaws” (1975) Steven Spielberg
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Jaws Dolly.mov

29. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. “Sunrise” (1927) F.W. Murnau
• Commentary by Cinematographer John Bailey
• Commentary by John Bailey
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Sunrise Swamp Dolly.mov

30. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot.
Essay #3 redux http://youtu.be/hAMyG3Txxh8

31. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot. Various - Spike Lee
Spike Lee - The Dolly Shot http://youtu.be/Cu9-UymSApM

32. Space
Lenses
WIDETELEPHOTO

33. Space
Lenses
WIDETELEPHOTO

34. Space
Lenses
WIDETELEPHOTO

35. Space
Lenses
WIDETELEPHOTO

36. Space
Lenses
WIDETELEPHOTO

37. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot.
• Dolly/Zoom: Dollying and Zooming the lens at the same time.
• “La Haine” (1995) Mathieu Kassovitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv41W6iyyGs

38. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot.
• Dolly/Zoom (Vertigo Shot): Dollying and Zooming the lens at the
same time. “Jaws” (1975) Steven Spielberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svEPWBxpYjo

39. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot.
• Dolly/Zoom (Vertigo shot): Dollying and Zooming the lens at the
same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBYOIetRdw

40. Space
Camera Movement
• Dolly (Traveling of Tracking) shot.
• Dolly/Zoom (Vertigo Shot): Dollying and Zooming the lens at the
same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vm54QL8iZc

41. Space
Camera Movement
• Crane Shot: Shot taken from a mobile device that can move
forward and backward and up and down. “Intolerance” (1916)
D.W. Griffith
5. Intolerance (1916) Choreographer Ruth St. Denis Dir D.W. Griffith.mkv http://youtu.be/AV67tf4JYRI

42. Space
Camera Movement
• Crane Shot: Shot taken from a mobile device that can move
forward and backward and up and down. “Gone With The Wind”
(1939) Victor Fleming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWShydqVGfI

43. Space
Camera Movement
• Crane Shot: Shot taken from a mobile device that can move
forward and backward and up and down. “Notorious” (1946)
Alfred Hitchcock
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/HItchcocks-Notorious-Crane.mov

44. Space
Camera Movement
• Crane Shot: Shot taken from a mobile device that can move
forward and backward and up and down. “Singin’ in the Rain”
(1952) Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/SITR Beautiful Girl Crane.mov

45. Space
Camera Movement
• Crane Shot: Shot taken from a mobile device that can move
forward and backward and up and down. “High Noon” (1952)
Fred Zinnemann
High Noon Crane Shot http://youtu.be/3Aqk4I4zmG8

46. Space
Camera Movement
• Crane Shot: Shot taken from a mobile device that can move
forward and backward and up and down. “Touch of Evil” (1958)
Orson Welles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4

47. Space
Camera Movement
• Aerial Shot: Shot taken from a helicopter, airplane, or other
flying device. “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994) Frank
Darabont
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDifF2_Csk

48. Space
Camera Movement
• Hand-held – “Faces” (1968) John Cassavetes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9595kcSEc4A

49. Space
Camera Movement
• Hand-held – Friday Night Lights” (2004) Peter Berg
Friday Night Lights (8/10) Movie CLIP - Ivory's Pep Talk (2004) HD http://youtu.be/8CZ-ICxcEYg

50. Space
Camera Movement
• Hand-held – “Children of Men” (2006) Alfonso Cuaron
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Children of Men.mp4

51. Space
Camera Movement
• Hand-held – “Green Zone” (2009) Paul Greenglass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTpAYrLcOo

52. Space
Camera Movement
• Hand-held – “Cloverfield” (2008) Matt Reeves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufYF0f-zMgY

53. Space
Camera Movement
• Hand-held – “Chronicle” (2012) Josh Trank
The Discovery - Chronicle Film Clip http://youtu.be/MiiQoEm8wRM

54. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam
Garrett Brown On Rocky - Part 1 http://youtu.be/zK5gvuLuxlo

55. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam
Garrett Brown On Rocky - Part 1 http://youtu.be/zK5gvuLuxlo

56. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam “Raging Bull” (1980) Martin Scorsese
Great Movie Scenes-The Middleweight Championship from Raging http://youtu.be/s1jf7HM-k8g

57. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam “Goodfellas’ (1990) Martin Scorsese
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Goodfellas Steadicam.mp4

58. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam “Boogie Nights” (1997) Paul Thomas Anderson
Boogie Nights (HD) - Opening Steadicam Scene http://youtu.be/iiXtFyZqvQQ

59. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam “Hugo” (2011) Martin Scorsese
Incredible Steadicam shot Behind the Scenes of Hugo http://youtu.be/qVdD2WfmlFc

60. Space
Camera Movement
• Steadicam “Hugo” (2011) Martin Scorsese
Hugo - Behind the scenes with steadicam - last scene http://youtu.be/BzZun53Lefg

61. Space
Movement
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/Following.mov

62. Space
Blocking - Placement of the actors and determination of
their movements within the location or set and shot, in
relation to the frame and camera. “Citizen Kane” (1941)
Orson Welles
Citizen Kane – Low Angle Shot http://youtu.be/ReHAg29c-64

63. Space
Blocking - Placement of the actors and determination of
their movements within the location or set and shot, in
relation to the frame and camera. “Citizen Kane” (1941)
Orson Welles
Citizen-Kane---Blocking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yuR_HjCLcw

64. Space
Blocking - Placement of the actors and determination of
their movements within the location or set and shot, in
relation to the frame and camera. “The Searchers”
(1956) John Ford
http://mtmedia.mtsu.edu:8888/ebowen/DBJF 5 Blocking and Talking.mov

65. Space
Blocking - Placement of the actors and determination of
their movements within the location or set and shot, in
relation to the frame and camera. “Touch of Evil” (1958)
Orson Welles
http://www.anyclip.com/movies/touch-of-evil/planting-evidence/

66. Space
Blocking - Placement of the actors and determination of
their movements within the location or set and shot, in
relation to the frame and camera. “The Sound of Music”
Robert Wise (1965)
http://youtu.be/JVukjkot2go

67. Space
• Blocking - Placement of the actors and determination
of their movements within the location or set and
shot, in relation to the frame and camera. “Jaws”
Steven Spielberg (1975)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150301284860612