Saturday, October 30, 2010

Camera Movement

I love camera movement.  To me, it's just as important in achieving aesthetics as color pallete and lighting.  I'm excited to learn how to use the dolly.  I've never see one, and definitely haven't used it yet, but some of my favorite shots are smooth moving dollies. I've come to realize that I like messing with some handheld stuff too, especially after doing Scott's portrait completely handheld.  The first thing that comes to mind when I think of effective movement is the opening scene to Quentin Tarantino's "Resevoir Dogs".  It appears to be a 360 degree dolly around the table of characters.  It has medium close ups and close ups of each character which helps you relate to them.  Take a look.

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