Techniques of Movement

Ilan BronwasserJosh EisenbergNick LeiningerLuke Terranova

Forward camera

movement that focuses on one or more characters in a scene.

Known as “Push In” in screenplays

Character Dolly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqY2A1ZAEI

Any shot that

begins away from the action and then a camera movement that reveals a scene

Camera shot that starts out looking at nothing and then gradual movements reveals the action

Discovery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ktm7IGr0fM

Camera faces a scene

and moves backwards Purpose is to distance

the audience emotionally from the actions occurring onscreen.

Pull Back Retraction

Camera moves

backwards to reveal the true extent of the scene.

Pull Back Reveal

Cinematic form of

“addition” The camera starts

out with one image and then moves to reveal additional information or details about the scene

Open Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzhH2hlNSfs

Cinematic form of

“subtraction” Starts with a larger

image and then narrows down to the focus of the scene.

Close Out

Cinematic form of

“compression” The movement of

one character towards another compresses the scene

Draw In

Cinematic form of

“stretching” A scene starts

close on two characters and the movement of the characters stretches the scene out.

Draw Out

Circling the camera

around the scene in progress, creating a dizzying kinetic effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n97MVhboBus

Spin Around

Technique in

which the camera is carried in a flying aircraft.

Shows entire landscapes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSTHk0Qf_Gw

Fly Over

Camera

movement that is perpendicular to a scene’s line of action, increasing the sense of depth.

Depth Dolly

Dolly up emphasizes the height and

vastness of a character’s surroundings Dolly down emphasizes the

movement occurring in a cinematic event. Example is the speed of a car as the

road moves beneath it.

Dolly Up and Dolly Down

Camera spins around

an actor to get a glimpse of what he is looking at.

Spin Look

Give the

appearance of tracking through a solid object

Track Through Solid

Also known as a “Dolly Zoom” Exaggerates perspective but keeps objects in

the center of the frame at the same apparent size.

Creates effects of dizziness, confusion, ecstasy, boredom, or surprise.

Vertigo

Camera follows an

actor who is moving away.

The actor walks faster than the camera, distancing the actor from the audience

Expand Dolly

Moves the camera

forward as an actor walks towards the camera at the same time

Contract Dolly

Three stages to an

effective collapse dolly: Camera moving

backwards while facing the actor

Actor walks faster than the camera

Actor passes out of frame

Collapse Dolly

Also known as Long

Take Camera re-frames

and repositions itself as the actors move within a scene

Long Shot

Camera starts on

one specific detail of a scene, moves to reveal more information, and then moves again to reveal more characters, objects, etc.

Delayed Revelation