From the clips shared in class, I think that camera movement is also an important part of film shooting. Therefore, I began to find a lot of materials about camera movement to learn. There is a lot of different type of camera movement, such as pan, tilt, tracking, dolly, and so on. Correct use of the appropriate camera movements can have a psychological and emotional impact on the audience, and make the film more immersive and attractive.

First of all, the pan can be said to be the most basic camera movement, it’s very common in movies. A pan is a horizontal turn of the camera to the left or right. The pan can be used to present new visual effects as well as new information to the viewer. It usually follows the movements of the characters. In addition, the director can also use the whip pan to create a chaotic feeling in the film picture. Moreover, tilts are vertical, with the camera shooting up or down. Tilts can be used very effectively in setting up the environment and showing the characters. In fact, pan and tilts are often used in combination during film shooting. Furthermore, tracking camera movement usually follows the movement of the characters. It is suitable to show the continuity of movement, expressions, and subtle changes of the characters. Finally, dolly camera movement can be divided into two different shooting techniques: push in and pull out. Push in is a shot in which the camera moves slowly or rapidly toward the character or an object under the condition that the position of the subject remains unchanged. Such a lens can make the main parts and local details in the picture gradually magnified. Its main function is to highlight the main content and focus the audience’s visual attention on the main content. On the other hand, the motion direction of pull out is opposite to that of push in, and the scope of the scene is enlarged from small to large, so as to open the distance between the shooting object and the audience. Its main function is to show the character’s surroundings. I think if I can master the camera movement during the shooting, it will be helpful when I have the task of shooting later.