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Movement

Pans

Tilts

Crane Shots

Dolly Shots

Zooms

Hand-Held Shots

Aerial Shots

Hero

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Movement

Kinetic Symbolism

Certain moves

connote meaning

The Return of the King

Vertigo

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Movement

Pans to keep the subject within

frame--if a person movesfrom one position toanother, the camera

moves horizontally to keepthe person in the center ofthe composition--theseshots emphasize the unityof space and theconnectedness of people

and objects within thatspaceFollowing & Reframing

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Movement

Tilts these are vertical

movements of the camera

around a stationary

horizontal axis; they can beused to keep subjects

within the frame, so they

emphasize spatial and

psychological

interrelationships

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Movement

Crane Shots

Jibs

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Movement

Dolly Shots does not change the

focal length of lens The subject and the

perspective change

and objects pass bythe frame giving thefeeing of movingthrough space

Creates sense ofmovement

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Movement

Dolly Shots

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Movement

Dolly Shots

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Movement

Zooms Zooming in and out

changes the focal length

The Viewer is brought

closer without changingperspective

The entire image is

magnified equally. This

flattens the space and calls

attention to the act offilming. Used to pick out a

piece of detail in subject

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Movement

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Movement

The Dolly-Zoom

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Movement

Hand-Held Shots

Jaws

The Blair Witch Project

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Movement

Hand-Held Shots

Steadicam

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Movement

Aerial Shots

Charlies Angels: Full Throttle

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Movement

Animation

Slow Motion

Fast Motion

Reverse Motion

Freeze Frame

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Movement

Animation each frame is

photographed separately

rather than continuously,

and it usually involves the

photographing of subjectsthat do not move by

themselves

Wallace & Gromit:

The Curse of the Wear Rabbit

Snow White

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Movement

Slow Motion

this effect is created by

photographing events at a

faster rate than twenty-four

fps, then projecting the filmat a normal rate of speed

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Movement

Reverse Motion this effect is created by

photographing an actionwith the film runningreversed

Superman

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Movement

Freeze Frame this effect suspends all

movement on screen; asingle image is selectedand reprinted for as many

frames as is necessary tosuggest the halting ofmotion

The 400 Blows

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Movement

Formalism/Realism

Defined by the frame not

the stage

Setups redefine thestage

Bullitt

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Movement

Right to left Movement in this direction

seems inexplicably tense

and uncomfortable

Traffic

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Movement

Left to right Movement in this direction

seems psychologically

natural because the eye

tends to read a picture thisway

Midnight Cowboy

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Movement

Away from camera Movement in this direction

seems to decreaseintensity and make thecharacter seem remote

The Third Man

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Movement

Toward the camera Movement in this direction

may seem threatening ifthe character is a villain butfriendly if the character is

attractive

Goodfellas & Collateral

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Movement

Angles

Low & close - speed

up action

Long & high:movement seems

slower

Raging Bull

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Movement

Framing

Tight vs. Long &

Medium

Joan of Arc

Eyes Wide Shut

Bullitt

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Movement Raging Bull

1980

Dir.: Martin Scorsese, Script: Paul Schrader& Mardik Martin

Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci (film saved usfrom Pescis musical career - almost)

Boxing scenes were so precisely plannedthey took 6 weeks to shoot even though

they are only a few minutes in the film Boxing scenes were shot with ONE camera

or a third fighter

Best Actor & Best Editing (ThelmaSchoonmaker)

Michael Powell convinced Scorsese to shoot

in B&W

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Influences:

Photos of Weegee

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Influences:

1950s-1960s Boxing photos