Camera Movements

Crane Down:

Moves into story or scene, feeling of being dropped into character's world.

Crane Up-

Feeling of how small character is or how large the obstacle they are overcoming is.

Crane High to Low Angle-

Makes character seem strong and having a feeling of authority.

Handheld Camera-

Creates feeling of uneasiness or danger, shaking and unsettling.

Quick Pan-

Changes emotion of scene almost immediately, reveals something dangerous or something that the character is going to have to overcome.

Quick Push In-

Creates feeling of surprise or shock.

Slow Dolly In-

Creates feeling of tension, helps become more intimate with the character, can be intimate in a way that makes the viewer feel uncomfortable for the character, or shares emotion they are feeling in that moment.

Slow Dolly Out-

Leaves character looking abandoned or emotionless lost. To the viewer it creates a feeling of empathy or relationships have been developed, feel lost with them.

Dolly Across-

reveals action or change in emotional direction in a scene. reveals something that changes in emotion.

GlideCam-

Creates a dance feel, the emotion created is like dream like.

GlideCam 360 Reveal-

Sweeps around actor in 360, gives feeling of calm before the storm as something is going to happen.

Zolly-

Is a zoom with a dolly shot at the same time, background gets larger or smaller while character stays the same. creates overwhelming feeling of whats happening.