Week 13

Question 1

Mobile Framings

Answer 1

The Basic type of camera movements

Question 2

Pan (panorama)

Answer 2

-Camera rotates left or right
-Creates impression of frame horizontally
scanning space

Question 3

Tilt

Answer 3

-Camera tilts up and down (height does not change)
-Creates impression of space unrolling from top to bottom or vice versa.

Question 4

Tracking (Dolly) shot

Answer 4

-shot on a camera dolly that can move forwards and backwards, left and right, along curves &c.

Question 5

Crane Shot

Answer 5

-camera mounted on mechanical elevating arm, which is in turn mounted on some kind of moving vehicle.
-allows camera to leave ground level, move upwards, downwards, forwards or backwards.
-Variations: helicopter and airplane shots

Question 6

Handheld shot

Answer 6

holding the camera

Question 7

Steadicam Shot

Answer 7

-The Steadicam (developed in the mid-1970s) allows for smooth mobile framings without the need for a dolly.

Question 8

Considering the Functions of Frame Mobility

Answer 8

-Note duration & velocity of camera movements and consider the effects produced
-Do mobile framings fall into a pattern
-Consider how camera movements are motivated

Question 9

Long Take

Answer 9

-Duration of image
-Sequence shot
-A complete scene shot in a single long take

Question 10

Bazinian Realism

Answer 10

staging & performances convey emotional content