In this week’s study, our focus is on the movement of the camera. In class, we watched several examples of different types of camera movements. Moreover, through these examples and related reading materials, I found that camera movement is a film-making technology that causes changes in the frame or angle of view through camera movement. The camera movement allows the photographer and director to change the audience’s sight without disrupting the plot. Certain types of camera movements in movies could also have a psychological and emotional impact on the audience. These effects might make the movie more immersive and attractive. Besides, the lens of the sport is shooting by moving the camera position, changing the lens’s optical axis, or changing the lens’s focal length. Such as push in, pull out, pan, tracking comprehensive sports camera, etc.

In the class on Thursday, I shared the idea of my research project. I want to study a director and his shooting techniques and excellent Camera movement skills regarding this assignment. He is a very famous director in Hong Kong. His name is Tsui Hark. He is very good at shooting action movies, especially martial-arts films.  Moreover, I want to through study ​his films to analyze the action scenes in depth. Actually, action-themed movies involve many martial arts scenes, so the suitable Camera movement shots satisfy our desire for thrills. Secondly, in his movie The East Is Red (1993 film), the two protagonists’ battle fly from the ground to the sky. Again, the use of a pan shot is vivid, making the battle more intense. Moreover, the most used in this scene is the lens of the comprehensive movement, which perfectly combines various camera movement methods such as camera dolly, pan, track up, and trackback, making the martial arts lens more complicated. It also highlights the difficult duel between the two actors.