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Wed, Dec 9 2009

Director of Photography

Also tagged: Cinematography, core, Crew, crew members, Director of Photography, DoP, DP, Framing, shooting, writer, writing

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Sat, Nov 14 2009

Crane

Also tagged: bird's eye view, crane, fixed, flow, high, high angle, kinetic, Movement, moving, up, upwards

Like a boom shot, a crane shot involves the camera being placed up high but there is more freedom with a crane shot. It is what it says, you attach the camera to the end of a miniature crane that can move...

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Sat, Nov 14 2009

Boom

Also tagged: bird's eye view, boom, fixed, flow, high, high angle, kinetic, Movement, moving, up, upwards

A boom shot is simply where the camera is fixed at a high position to create either a high angle or a bird’s eye view shot. The camera is fixed at the base, unlike a crane shot where the camera can...

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Sat, Nov 14 2009

Stabilised Handheld

Also tagged: flow, freeform, hand, handheld, held, kinetic, Movement, moving, shake, stabilised, stable, steadi-cam, wobble

Yes! We’ve made up another one. Stabilised handheld? What on Earth is that you ask. It is like freeform Handheld but smoother. It is a handheld shot when the camera moves smoothly. That’s probably...

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Sat, Nov 14 2009

Freeform Handheld

Also tagged: flow, freeform, hand, handheld, held, kinetic, Movement, moving, shake, steadi-cam, wobble

Admittedly, we’ve made this name up, because there isn’t actually a proper name for this sort of shot. Everyone calls it something else. It is basically the shot when you see the camera wobble...

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Sat, Nov 14 2009

Pedestal

Also tagged: flow, kinetic, Movement, moving, pedestal, up and down

The pedestal shot is one that is not as common as the dolly, pan and tilt. However, if completed well, it can really set your film apart from the rest. It shows technical skills and technical awareness…...

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Fri, Nov 13 2009

Tilt

Also tagged: flow, kinetic, Movement, moving, tilt, tilting, up and down

The tilt is a pretty simple concept, the camera moves up and down at an angle. This means it does not move in a vertical movement but it fixed at one point but can pivot ‘vertically’ from this...

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Fri, Nov 13 2009

Pan

Also tagged: flow, kinetic, left to right, Movement, moving, pan, right to left, side to side

This has got to be one of the most well known camera moves on THE PLANET. Not only in the professional movie world, but right down to the normal amateur home movie maker. Moving the camera on a tripod...

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Fri, Nov 13 2009

The Dolly

Also tagged: dolly, flow, kinetic, left to right, Movement, moving, side, sidewards, slide

The dolly is often one the most regarded sorts of movements. Low budget movies yearn to get one or two into their movie. They add that smoothness to your movie that all movies should really have. Generally,...

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Sat, Nov 7 2009

The Bird’s Eye View Shot

Also tagged: angle, bird, bird's, Cinematography, eye, frame, shot, view

Classically used in a number of films, especially by Mr Hitchcock in the film ‘Birds’, the bird’s eye view shot is great if you get it right. But you need to be different. You need to...

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Sat, Nov 7 2009

The High Angle Shot

Also tagged: above, angle, Cinematography, downwards, frame, high, shot

A high angle shot is pretty much the opposite of a low angle shot, instead of it being taken from the ground looking upwards, this shot is taken from ‘the air’ and is looking downwards at the...

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Sat, Nov 7 2009

The Low Angle Shot

Also tagged: angle, below, Cinematography, frame, low, shot, upwards

A low angle shot. A shot taken from the ground looking upwards at a subject basically. There are a few great uses of low angle shots but they can be used to simply add that something extra to your movie....

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