Camera Movement

Tracking Shot
This is also known as a dolly shot. This shot is when a camera is mounted on a cart that travels along a track to capture every moving image e.g. actor or moving vehicle. This is mostly known for parallel camera movement to the action. Dolly shot is more often known for the cameras moving closer or further away from the action.

Zoom
Zooming is not technically a camera movement because it doesn't actually require the camera to move. Zooming is making the camera lens move closer in to something to give the idea of something becoming magnified. When zooming in to something it makes the background change and things start to change in the image. Zooming can be difficult to master as it can be jolted and not zoom in smoothly enough for it to look natural.

Arc Shot 
The arc shot moves in a semi-circle around an object to give intensity as to what is happening in the scene and to capture all reactions in the shot. This is also captured by going in and out and side to side when filming. This type of shot was used in the film Matrix to give the audience the view of all the fighting which gave it the 'wow' factor about the film. 

Crane Shot 
The crane shot is when a camera is taking up high on a crane to film an area. This is commonly used to view actors from a high angle or to move high and away from a scene to end a film. This shot is used sometimes on an emotional or suspenseful scene, an example of this is when there is a car chase scene. This shot used to be expensive to use but as costs have dropped, it isn't just the Hollywood films that have this shot as you can use it for less than £300.

Tilt Shot
The tilt shot is when the camera moves up and down vertically, this gives a sense of height and power. This shot is best used with a tripod to give a steady movement when doing so. This type of shot would be used for example if we are looking from a point of view shot looking up at a tall building that cannot fit in the camera. It shows the viewers how big that building is. This type of shot is like the Pan shot but instead that turns left to right horizontally. The tilt shot is less common that the Pan shot because we as humans look left to right more often that up and down.

Pan Shot
This is like the Tilt Shot apart from Panning goes left to right instead of up and down. Rather than the camera actually moving, it would be placed on a tripod and swivels on a fixed location and moves left to right. It is important to make sure when panning it is smooth as it could jolt. This could be for example if in the film we are watching runners go past, panning would be used to get this on camera. The word panning comes from the word panorama in 1787 by a man named Robert Barker who invented a machine that unrolled/unfolded a long horizontal painting to give the impression that the scene was passing by.