This document provides an overview of various camera framing and movement techniques seen in films. It discusses zooming and handheld camera work in Barry Lyndon and Blair Witch Project. Techniques covered include handheld camera, Steadicam, tracking and dolly shots, panning and tilting, trombone shots, crane shots, and different camera angles. Common shot types like extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close-up, and extreme close-up are also defined based on how much of the background is shown relative to the subject. Examples of these techniques in films like Goodfellas, The Third Man, and Citizen Kane are provided.

1. 5
Camera Framing
& Movement

2. Video Study 1: Zooming and Handheld Camera

3. •Barry Lyndon – Zoom
•Handheld 1 – Blair witch hunt
•Golden Rule – Camera should be on a tripod unless there is a reason
for it not to be
•Editing – Great Expectations

4. Video Study 2: Goodfellas in production

5. Slomo
Freezeframe
Handheld camera
Some improvisation around script
Epic steadicam tracking shot (Entrance to nightclub)
Slow motion tracking shot (Jimmy Conway decides to murder)
Jump-cutting at wedding
Panning at wedding
Creating drug-induced confusion

6. Video Study 3: The Trombone Shot (dolly zoom)

7. •Zooming in from a distance will ‘flatten’ the field of view
•Zooming while tracking will keep the foreground subject a uniform size
while the background subject will appear to grow

8. Video Study 4:
Camera Framing
Camera Movement
Tracking
Crane Shot

9. Camera framing in The Third Man
Camera Movement in The Untouchables (Panning|Crane)
Tracking Shot (Klute)
Crane Shot/God Shot (Citizen Kane|Halloween|Raising Arizona|
Highlander|Origins)

10. Video Study 5: The Steadicam

11. Summary: camera & movement
Techniques
•Handheld camera
•Steadicam
•Tracking & Dolly Shot
•Panning & tilting
•Trombone shot (dolly zoom)
•Crane shot (God Shot)
•Low angle/high angle
•Arc shot & bullet time
•Framing Terminology: POV, OTS, ECU, ELS, Establishing Shot, etc
•Depth of field
•180 degree rule

12. Framing
Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
A very wide field of view in which the camera takes in the entire viewing area. The subject or subjects are small in relation to the
background and tend to compete with the surroundings for the viewer's attention. The ELS is often used early in a scene as an
"establishing shot". An establishing shot is used to show the audience where the action is taking place.
Long Shot (LS) or Wide Shot (WS)
A slightly closer field of view than the extreme long shot, but the subject remains dominated by the much larger background area.

13. Medium Shot (MS)
The subject becomes larger and more dominant. The background is still important but now shares space with the subject.
Close-up (CU)
The subject becomes the primary focus within the shot. Only a small portion of the background is visible.

14. Extreme Close-up (ECU)
The subject fills the screen and is clearly the central focus of the shot.