BLOG QUESTION: CAMERA MOVEMENT

Movement in film can be used in a variety of ways. What are some that you noticed are mentioned in this film? In what ways are they used? What are some films that you like that you could go home this weekend and study for their movement? What aspects of their camera movement interest you? Please explain.

The guy in the video talks about how there are different ways to pan if you're following actions, and depending on how you want the audience to feel during the scene, you can choose different ways. For example, if you're trying to show two guys walking and having a conversation, you can follow them on a dolly to simply show the scene, but if you want to imply that there's someone watching or that there's a secret being exchanged, you can set the camera up on a tripod and pan to follow the two characters. You could also track the characters by hand-holding the camera instead of using a dolly to make the conversation seem more tense or leading up to something. In order to know what camera movement you want to use, it's important to consider the context of the shots, the emotions you're trying to convey, and all the options of movement that are available to you. The first movie I thought of that had interesting camera movement is "Now you see me", a movie about magic tricks. I know they utilize a lot of camera movement to show how each magic trick is performed, and I think it'd be interesting to see how they were able to keep track of all those shots.