Panning & Tilting Camera Movements - The Ultimate Guide

Ultimate Guide to Panning & Tilting in Film - an overview of all the considerations a director and cinematographer can make when choosing camera movements in film.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Pan & Tilt Shots in Film
00:44 - Pan and Tilt Definition
01:54 - Chapter 1: Types of Movement
07:25 - Chapter 2: Framing and Lenses
10:44 - Chapter 3: Blocking and Staging
13:58 - Takeaways
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE PAN SHOT & TILT SHOT IN FILM
Cinematography literally means “writing with movement” - this applies to the movement of actors but also to the movement of the camera. The most basic and fundamental camera movement in film is either a panning shot or a tilting shot. But just because the pan shot and tilt shot are foundational techniques doesn’t make them any less intricate or effective. In this video, we will demonstrate the various techniques and considerations one should take with the tilting shot or panning shots in film.
WHAT IS A PAN SHOT & WHAT IS A TILT SHOT
First things first, what is a pan shot, and what is a tilt shot? Panning in film refers to a horizontal movement of the camera on a stationary axis (left and right). Tilting in film refers to a vertical movement of the camera on a stationary axis (up and down). In these pure examples, the camera itself doesn’t move from its location, it simply adjusts the angle of view. But in many cases, a pan shot or a tilt shot will be combined with a dolly forward or backward or a boom up or down to create even more dynamic camera movements.
TYPES OF CAMERA MOVEMENT
Panning in film is great for revealing a location or landscape with a more horizontal orientation. Likewise, a tilting shot works best to reveal tall buildings or characters from their feet up. The speed of the movement, as well as the degree of movement, are both important elements. A slow pan/tilt shot can instantly generate suspense - what is about to be revealed?! A fast pan/tilt shot creates momentum between two frames that a cut can’t usually accomplish.
PANNING AND TILTING IN FILM MEETS BLOCKING & STAGING
A tilt up shot or a panning shot in film can also be choreographed with the blocking of the actors. In many cases, the movements mirror each other - the camera pans left to right, following the character across the room. This helps focus the viewer’s attention on the character’s actions, and it can also help put us in their frame of mind as we move with them.
Whether it's a slight pan to the right or a big tilt up to the sky, these simple camera movements play a huge role in visual storytelling. And with a firm grasp of these techniques, your next project can benefit.
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Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction to Dolly Zoom Shots in Film 00:57 - What is a Dolly Zoom? 04:09 - Speed and Focal Length 06:59 - Background Considerations 08:35 - Creative Examples 10:58 - Dolly Zoom in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 11:47 - Dolly Zoom in Raging Bull 13:17 - Takeaways

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They are very flashy. Especially boom shots, which only bigger productions can afford. Wide shot pans show off impressive location and set design that no small film production could afford. Whip pans aren't too difficult, but they still call attention to themselves. And basically any camera movement requires not only costly professional gear, but a lot of skill to make it smooth (dolly shots most of all) and in sync with the blocking. That's why most amateur projects avoid them, unless the style doesn't call for a polished production look. These techniques are the language of epics (they're not exclusively found in epics, but all epics use these techniques extensively).

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The camera work and movement in David Lean's Laurence of Arabia is a classic example of panning for scale and beauty. The other thing that comes out of a lot of your work is that Steven Spielberg is a master of blocking and staging.

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Both are masters with movement!

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You should talk about music videos in some video. For exemple in Crazy in Love by Beyoncé the director uses a whip pan in the last shot of the final choreography. Why they used?

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Ah man, I wish you had shown Jackie Chan's 80s and early 90s films. He used lots of simple pans and choreographed to the simplicity of the shot. Compare that to filmmakers like Sammo Hung and Tsui Hark who used montage shooting and editing, and action was designed for that. Jackie's filmmaking style was really different.

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Please let me know the name of the movie in this video where people are chasing the car.

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I was waiting for the part where u mention Wes Anderson 😅. I mean he uses tilts and pans quite a lot

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7:33 anyone knows name of the movie?

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Why is so many of the shoots, especially the pans, shown slightly hacky and laggy?? Is it my display which shows it like that or what is wrong, because it cant be that this is how it actually was shoot? Thanks.

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They're shown as the films displayed them

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0:53

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Pan shot! 😂

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13:41 the word "Ghost" in bottom left corner is misspelled ...you're welcome

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Rajamouli, chatrapati film final fight his mother shoot him. which camera moment it was?

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Panning and tilting...Hmmmm

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pre-emptive note: I am merely noticing it and stating curiosity, he's a great narrator, and there's nothing wrong w/ accents. Since this is text-only, I want to over-clarify that. I have a history of speech issues and speech therapy... as well as having grown up in quite a few places around America as a kid (military brat) so I notice this stuff more than average. 100% don't mind listening to this again, so this is what I heard the 2nd time (going to describe the sounds, not use IPA) mostly soft examples: 0:32 "subscribe" has a quasi-soft i 1:32 soft "ay" in example 2:15 soft w in build (like the british "dark l" where it sounds like a w to many ears) various times he says "tilt" w/ a soft a like "tale-t" 6:37 "wohn-ers" vs of "wun-ers" 6:45 a near "w instead of r" sound in "children" some strong examples: 1:07 "handheld" is a very strong A as if it he said "hand hayld" (the hard A is why I mention Great Lakes) Stuff like that it's rural American accents that hold onto British traits, hence east texas or near-appalachia... with the hard-A you find in the Great Lakes region (chi-KAW-goe... just without the Great Lakes O) I just think it's very interesting, that's all

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For indian Hindi speaking people

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We did a shot list on camera movement in general but not a video specifically on panning and tilting

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A guy fell off during this Ran scene

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Honestly, that makes sense

[@mattkenney57]

This is a commercial now. Mentor Me. This has nothing to do with camera movements. This needs to be fixed.

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Perfect video for commemorating 9/11. We were all tilting our heads up to look at the planes panning into the twin towers. *wink*

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Boring Repetitive Information.