This document discusses various cinematography techniques including panning, tilting, canting, and zooming. It explains that panning involves turning the camera horizontally left or right, tilting moves the camera lens up or down, canting tilts the camera sideways to create a slanted effect, and zooming changes the focal length of the lens while keeping the camera stationary. The purpose is to demonstrate these techniques to students.

1. Camera Movements
Interactive Notebook Page 34
TEKS 11Diii – the student is expected to
demonstrate various cinematography techniques by
demonstrating camera and tripod movements.

2. Video
 Using a tripod to stabilize your shots.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKv
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3. Pan
 Pan means turn the camera
horizontally, from left to right or
from right to left.
 When the director tells you to “pan
right” which means point the lens and
the camera to the right, you push the
panning handles to the left.
 To “pan left” the camera lens moves to
the left.

4. Tilt
 Tilt means point the camera up or
down.
 When you “tilt up” you make the
camera point up gradually.
 When you “tilt down” you make the
camera point down gradually.

5. Cant
 Cant means tilting the shoulder-mounted
or handheld camera
sideways.
 The result, called a canting effect, is a
slanted horizontal line, which puts the
scene on a tilt. Through the skewed
horizontal line, you can achieve a highly
dynamic scene.

6. Zoom
 Zoom means change the focal
length of the lens through the use
of a zoom control while the camera
remains stationary.