Camera movement techniques:

Camera movement techniques:

Panning:  

Panning is a camera movement technique where the camera is usually positioned on a tripod and pivots from left to right or vice a versa. This is particularly effective when the director wants to show a setting/view as it allows the audience to feel more engaged with the scene and to see specific elements which may contribute to the plot, for example a character or a location. In the video you can see that the panning shot allows us to see the man who is on the phone as well as the hallway next to him. This is important to the director as it also allows them to show other elements of the film which could be key to the storyline. Furthermore, the panning shot in this example is at eye level which gives the audience a sense of familiarity as the camera pans into the hallway.

Tilting:

Tilting shots are when the camera is stationary once again however moves up and down instead of side to side.

This is effective in shots where the director wants to emphasize the size/height of something, for example in this image the low angle shows the height of the buildings in comparison to the cars on the road and makes it clear that the director wants us to know that this scene is set in a tall and modern city, perhaps suggesting its superiority or the superiority of such man-made structures.

Pedestal shot:

A pedestal shot is when the camera moves vertically upwards or downwards usually focusing on a character or the size of a building/object for example, this is referred to as "pedding". It differs from a tilting camera angle as with a pedestal shot, the entire camera moves - not just the angle.
As you can see in the video of buzz light year compared to the size of woody using a pedestal shot. This is easy to achieve with a pedestal shot as it allows the cameraman to freely move up or down, in this case at a low angle to emphasize buzz's superiority.

Crabbing/trucking/dolly/tracking shot:

All of these words are very similar terms to describe one camera movement technique, this is a widely used technique as it uses a track to follow the action occurring in a film either side to side, by following it from behind or from in front. As you can see in the image next to this explanation the child is riding a toy car through a hallway as the camera follows the child from behind on a track. This is an important technique for the cameraman to use as it enables them to follow the action and therefore adds to the tension/atmosphere in the shot, especially in action movies.