We also learnt about some Camera Movements to help us with the making of the films we are set to do for our A Levels. Some of them will be:

• Pan- the camera is fixed to a tripod and it is rotated horizontally. This give the audience the impression that the character is scanning across the landscape.

• Tilt- the same as the above, the camera is set to a tripod, however it is rotated vertically.

• Tracking Shot- where the hole camera is mounted on a wheel base, so it can follow the movement of the subject in a continuous, smooth movement.

• Dolly- this is the wheel platform on which the tripod is put on for a tracking shot.

• Crane- this allows the entire camera to move in any direction up, down or sideways. The camera can also tilt and pan as it moves. And it can also go over a building.

• Hand Held- the camera is held by an operator. Inevitably the camera shakes and pitches with the motion of the operator, but this can give the scene of drama the feeling of involvement in the action. it can be used to mimic documentary or news style and film-making. It reminds the viewer that we are watching a film.

• Stead cam-this is a system of harness and counterbalance weights that allow a camera to be held by an operator but not shaking it like a handheld would do. The weights and balances mean that the small vibrations and movements by the operator are not transferred to the camera itself.

• Zoom- it is not really a camera movement as it is the change of the lens that makes it appears to the viewer that we are not moving closer to the subject. In facts the subject is being steadily magnified.

• Crash Zoom- is a technique of the digital editing to speed up a so that is extremely fast and we feel like we are whizzing towards the subject. WE stop very suddenly when the director feels we are close enough.