From the course: Camera Movement for Video Productions
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Every camera movement has a different emotional effect on your film
From the course: Camera Movement for Video Productions
Every camera movement has a different emotional effect on your film
Every camera movement has a different emotional effect on your film. Something so seemingly obvious that we tend to forget, is that the camera is the eye of the audience. Before deciding where to place, or how to move the camera, we should consider what we want the viewer to perceive. The perspective and the way we move the camera will affect the way the viewer interprets a particular scene or character. In this course, we have covered the emotional effects camera movement can have on our video productions. Of course, like any aesthetic decision, there is no prescribed defect on each movement, as it is determined by the context of our piece. Our job as film makers is to find our visual and shooting style, and figure when and how we can break the rules. The most basic and simple support system is a tripod. The most portable is a mono-pod. If we need to move around and get hand held shots, we may want to use a rig, which creates multiple contact points between the camera and our body…
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