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Camera Movements - Without Tripod

Movement of Camera when Object is fixed

Pedestal shot: If camera fixed on pedestal and whole camera moves vertically i.e. up down with regards to object, then that shot is called as pedestal shot.

Follow Shot: the camera follows the subject or action. The movement of camera can be achieved by tracking or dollying. Steadicam also used for movement of the camera in case of follow shot.

Steadycam is the camera which can be fixed to the body of the cameraman. Steadycam shall be used to follow any movement of the object. Following are the steadycams.    

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Tracking Shot is a shot in which the camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks. In this tracking camera movement will be parallel to the action or at least at a constant distance

Trolley in or Track in : Camera moves towards the object

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Trolley out or Track out : Camera moves far from the object

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Trolley right or Trolley left: It is also called as Parallel trolley. Camera moves parallel to the object when object moves left or right

Crabbing Shot: Crabe Trolley will be used for this shot. Crabe Trolley will be like wheel chair for any movement. Tracking or trucking and dollying all are the Crabbing shots. Whenever camera moves “in and out” or “side to side at constant distance” regarding the subject, it is the crabbing shot.

Dolly shot or Round trolley shot: Whenever camera travels along the track, then that is the dolly shot. . A dolly shot is also called as tracking shot or trucking shot. Somebody defines, dolly as “in and out movement of the camera (closer/further away from the object),” and tracking as “side-to-side movement of the camera”. Generally Dollies are operated by a dolly grip. Whenever crane is mounted on dolly and camera is tracking and moving vertically, then that is a compound shot.

Dolly Zoom: Whenever camera moves closer or further from the object while simultaneously adjusting the zoom angle to keep the subject the same size in the frame, it is Dolly Zoom. Dolly Zoom is a cinematic technique in which results effect is that the subject appears stationary and the size of the background will be changed. This is called as perspective distortion. The effect results from Dolly zoom is an unnatural effect. While tracking, if the camera moves closer to the subject, the background will grow and dominates. If the camera is moving further away from the subject, the foreground of the subject will be dominated. This effect is emotional and it will be used to convey sudden realization and for reaction to a dramatic event.
Arc Shot: An arc shot is a camera movement in arc shape around the subject. It is like Tracking shot. An arc is a segment of the circumference of a circle. An arc shot will be taken by using arc shape track or arc shot results when camera tracking and dollying at the same time.

Crane shot is for any movement like pan, tilt, trolley. By using the crane, camera can move up and down that is the variation of the height of the camera. Total camera will move. The following image is the crane along with the trolley and weights fixed one side. Weights for easy “up and down” movement of the camera manually. Weights will be fixed as per the weight of the camera man and camera fixed on crane. Trolley fixed to the crane is for front and back movement of the crane.     

                   

Crossing the object (in)
Crossing or passing through the object (out)
Combination of movements track out and parallel trolley results as curved or semicircle trolley

When Fixed on Tripod | Object Movement | Combination Movement

 

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