Flowers_Savannah_CameraMovementAssignment

Camera Movement Assignment Savannah Flowers

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Pan shot (0:40 seconds in)

context:

Director: Robert Stevenson 1964

Cinematographer: Edward Colman

content:

The family held open interviews for a nanny for their two children.  The house maid walks across the room to tell the parents of the house that women are waiting outside.

form:

The camera filming the shot is on a tripod, and pans across the room following the maid walking from one room to the other.

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Crane Shot

content:
This was a concert where Justin Bieber was performing in response to the attacks during a recent concert.

Form:
The camera is on a crane.  Having it on the crane makes a shot possible to show how many people are at the concert and show the best shots of the performer.

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Steadicam shot: Justin Bieber’s I’ll Show You

context:

Director: Rory Kramer

content:
This is a music video for Justin Bieber.  In the music video, there are shots where Justin is observing the scenery of Iceland's waterfalls.  There also are scenes where he is running through the grassy hills.

Form:
Having the steadicam film this music video is helpful because there is a lot of moving around.  Especially the running scenes.

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Drone shot

context:(0:30 seconds in)

Director: Jess Bianchi

Cinematographer: Devin Whetstone

content:
This is a movie following a family as they travel across 15 different countries.

Form:
They did a lot of their traveling on a van.  So, using a drone, they were able to shoot them driving.

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Wild Card

context:

Andy Casagrande was the diver.

content:

A diver stuck a GoPro on the fin of a hammerhead shark.

form:
A small waterproof GoPro camera made it possible to sit on the fin of a shark and get footage of what the shark experiences.