From the course: Camera Movement for Video Productions
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Side-to-side motion
From the course: Camera Movement for Video Productions
Side-to-side motion
When tracking alongside the action of a scene, the movement can affect the scene in a variety of ways. As their names suggest, one of their primary purposes is to track a subject as it makes its way through the frame. In this way, a side-to-side tracking shot can function in a similar way to the panning motion of a fluid head tripod. Here's a scene shot from a fixed position. The camera is not moving and the subject is obviously moving across the frame. Now, this is the second take of the same scene, but we are now panning. We're following the dancer with the camera on sticks. And here's a third approach, which I believe is more effective. We are tracking, we're following the dancer, so not only the camera is moving along her side, but she's also moving across the frame. Now let's compare these two. There's nothing wrong with the image on the left, but the right one is loaded with kinetic energy. And as viewers, we are, we become part of the scene with, with the dancer in the camera…
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