Techniques of Movement

1. Techniques of Movement Ilan Bronwasser Josh Eisenberg Nick Leininger Luke Terranova

2. Character Dolly • Forward camera movement that focuses on one or more characters in a scene. • Known as “Push In” in screenplays http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqY2A1ZAEI

3. Discovery • Any shot that begins away from the action and then a camera movement that reveals a scene • Camera shot that starts out looking at nothing and then gradual movements reveals the action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ktm7IGr0fM

4. Pull Back Retraction • Camera faces a scene and moves backwards • Purpose is to distance the audience emotionally from the actions occurring onscreen.

5. Pull Back Reveal • Camera moves backwards to reveal the true extent of the scene.

6. Open Up • Cinematic form of “addition” • The camera starts out with one image and then moves to reveal additional information or details about the scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzhH2hlNSfs

7. Close Out • Cinematic form of “subtraction” • Starts with a larger image and then narrows down to the focus of the scene.

8. Draw In • Cinematic form of “compression” • The movement of one character towards another compresses the scene

9. Draw Out • Cinematic form of “stretching” • A scene starts close on two characters and the movement of the characters stretches the scene out.

10. Spin Around • Circling the camera around the scene in progress, creating a dizzying kinetic effect. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n97MVhboBus

11. Fly Over • Technique in which the camera is carried in a flying aircraft. • Shows entire landscapes • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSTHk0Qf_Gw

12. Depth Dolly • Camera movement that is perpendicular to a scene’s line of action, increasing the sense of depth.

13. Dolly Up and Dolly Down • Dolly up emphasizes the height and vastness of a character’s surroundings • Dolly down emphasizes the movement occurring in a cinematic event. • Example is the speed of a car as the road moves beneath it.

14. Spin Look • Camera spins around an actor to get a glimpse of what he is looking at.

15. Track Through Solid • Give the appearance of tracking through a solid object

16. Vertigo • Also known as a “Dolly Zoom” • Exaggerates perspective but keeps objects in the center of the frame at the same apparent size. • Creates effects of dizziness, confusion, ecstasy, boredom, or surprise.

17. Expand Dolly • Camera follows an actor who is moving away. • The actor walks faster than the camera, distancing the actor from the audience

18. Contract Dolly • Moves the camera forward as an actor walks towards the camera at the same time

19. Collapse Dolly • Three stages to an effective collapse dolly: • Camera moving backwards while facing the actor • Actor walks faster than the camera • Actor passes out of frame

20. Long Shot • Also known as Long Take • Camera re-frames and repositions itself as the actors move within a scene

21. Delayed Revelation • Camera starts on one specific detail of a scene, moves to reveal more information, and then moves again to reveal more characters, objects, etc.