camera movement details

1. Camera movement

2. • Fluid movement
• Head room
• Nose room
• Lead room
• Anticipatory movement
• Pan
• Tracking shot
• Tilt
• Dolly shot
• Crane shot
• Steadicam
• Reverse zoom

3. Fluid movement
Fluid motion is the ability to create
a smooth transitional shot from
one place to another. This
movement will help create a sense
of movement for the viewers and
allow them to have a steady
transition rather than a bumpy
wobbly one.

4. Head Room
Head room is the space between a
persons head and the top of the
frame. It is very important that the
head does not appear too much or
too little in the frame. Using the
rule of thirds should allow you to
perform this movement accurately
as the rule of third suggests the
characters eyes should be a third
of the way down from the top of
the frame.

5. Nose Room
Nose room is the space between
the side of the frame and a
subjects face. Nose room is used
to allow a good amount of space
between the characters face and
the side of the frame. Using the
rule of thirds the subjects head
should be in a third and the space
between the characters face and
the side should be two thirds.
Good
Nose
Room
Bad Nose
Room This
space needs
to be in front
of him.

6. Lead Room
Lead room is the amount of space
in front and in the direction of still
or moving subjects. To create a
good lead shot there should be
space in the direction of which the
subject is moving or facing. Lead
room is used to create good
spacing between the subject and
the area in front of him.

7. Anticipatory movement
Anticipatory movement is the
ability to predict where the subject
is going to move to. Moving the
camera to produce this camera
movement would require you to
have a steady fluid movement. To
create a good anticipatory
movement then the camera should
be positioned so that in all frames
there is good lead room and head
room.

8. Pan
A camera movement which
involves the camera moving from
left to right or right to left on a fixed
central axis. This movement is
usually used to show the entire
surroundings or to follow a object
or character. A pan movement is
usually at its best when mounted onto
a tripod so it has a steady central axis.
A pan can also be produced by the
camera crew sitting the camera on
their shoulder and panning the
camera, to do this the cameraman has
to make sure the pan is smooth and
following the same horizontal line.

9. Tracking shot
A tracking shot is usually used to
track an object or character. This
camera movement works by the
camera being parallel to the
action. This is camera movement
is usually created by the camera
being mounted onto a tripod and
then onto a moving object, more
complicated tracking shots use
more advanced technology.

10. Tilt
A camera tilt is created by tilting a
stationary camera. This camera
movement often creates a sense
of tension, unease or
disorientation for the character,
this will in turn create a sense of
suspense for the audience.

11. Dolly shot
To create a dolly shot the camera
has to be mounted onto a dolly
which will backwards and forwards
along tracks recording the relevant
action. The dolly moves along
tracks to make sure that it follows
a steady line.

12. Crane shot
A crane shot is created by
attaching the camera to a platform
and then attaching it to a
mechanical arm which allows the
camera to film footage from a
horizontal or vertical angle
depending on the required
footage. The equipment used for a
crane shot comes in many
different sizes which one you use
also depends on the footage you
wish to film.

13. Steadicam
A steadicam is a piece of
equipment which allows you to
strap the camera to yourself and
move around filming. The
steadicam will then stabiles the
recording removing all the jerking
around which would be present
without the stabilise allowing for
smooth footage to be filmed.

14. Reverse zoom
Reverse zoom is a camera
movement which is created by the
camera moving away from the
foreground to allow the
background to appear in a scene.
This will then help to see the
character in a wider camera shot.