Camera movement is a wonderful tool to use in the making of a film, it adds emotion and empasizes a scene. However its a double edged sword as it can take away or cancel out the emotion you are trying to convey.
Types of Camera Movement -Track - This is where the camera moves closer or further from a subject.
Pan - This is where the camera is in a fixed point and is simply rotating from one side to the other.
Pan and Track - A mix of the above where the camera is gliding forward to focus on a character or subject and panning to follow their movement.
Contra Zoom - This is a interesting effect caused when a camera zooms out with the lens and is moved forward at the same time, the background comes closer and the subject will stay the same, this can be reversed by moving away with the camera and zooming in with the lens.
Hand Held - This is the simple act of holding the camera in your hand, since we cannot keep the camera perfectly steady you get unstable footage.
Steady Cam - This is a rig that helps stabilise the camera and make a handheld shot steady, this gives a smooth gliding motion.
In the workshop I tried out using a jib to get a tilt shot whilst the camera was tracking in a downwards motion. I also tried out different movements such as handheld, panning and a track from left to right, the card I stored my footage on was broken when I forgot it was in my laptop in my bag.
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