Handheld & Point of View

In this clip you will see handheld and point of view camera movements. You no this because the screen is wobbly and allows freedom. It also makes the clip look as if it was real life. By using these camera movements it allows them to change direction and height easily and quickly. This also has a big effect on the audience as it invites them in with the character and makes them feel as is they are doing the same thing.

Zoom, Whip Pan and Trombone

These shots you don't usually see in many films. But Zoom is used when you want to get a 'close up' shot while still being some distance from the character or subject you want to zoom into. This also makes things look closer together than they actually are. It is a very effects camera movement.
Whip Pan camera movement is where a camera movement moves fast enough to give a blurred effect. It can be used to change scene, or change back to character. Lastly Trombone shot is where they pull the focus from one thing to another, so they may switch the focus from the back to the front.

Tilt, Cant & Roll

This scene from Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief particularly shows the camera movement 'Roll' as we are able to move around the characters within this scene. This makes the audience feel as if they are part of it. This shot is where it allows you (the audience) to see all around. 
A Cant camera movement is where sometimes the camera is tilted to suggest unbalance of an object or person. this can be very effective.


This scene from grease shows a lot of tilt camera movements. It is a movement which scans a scene vertically and can sometimes make characters look intimidating or lot taller. In this case it shows a lot more attraction towards a character as you slowly see them. This makes the audience feel involved as they feel like they are waiting to see what is above the camera.

Crane, Aerial & Bird's Eye View

The Sound Of Music opening involves Crane, Aerial and Birds eye view camera movements. They are all often used but are only slightly different. They are different because a Birds eye view shows a scene from directly overhead, a very unnatural and strange angle. This shot does, however, put the audience in a godlike position, looking down on the action. Whereas a Crane shot is taken from a crane where it can move up, down, left, right, swooping in on action or moving diagonally out of it. Aerial camera movement is very similar to Crane camera movement just Aerial shot is usually taken from a helicopter. This is often used at the beginning of a film, in order to establish setting and movement (like shown in the clip above). By being filmed on a helicopter makes it a lot more easier for the audience to see what is happening, it makes it visually interesting for them.

Track and Panning section

 Tracking and Panning are two differing camera movements often used. They have a variety of effects. In this short clip from Fast and Furious 6 it shows us both of these different camera movements.
In Tracking, it focuses on what is happening and it moves direction with the action that is happening. This means you are able to move with the action and it will always focus exactly on the main action happening in the clip. This involves the audience as it makes it interesting and exciting for them.
Panning is different to Tracking as Panning gives us, as the audience, the whole view and can make us focus on what is going on behind. The camera will stay still which (watching this clip) emphasises the speed that the cars are going.