Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Reverse Tracking shot

Whip pan


A whip pan is a type of pan shot in which the camera moves sideways so quickly that the picture blurs into indistinct streaks. It is commonly used as a transition between shots, and can indicate the passage of time and/or a frenetic pace of action.

Tracking Shot



This example of a tracking shot has been taken from the film Kill Bill. We are following two women, and with the camera angles changing from high angle to low angle we get a sense of a chase. Tracking shots do usually give the impact of someone going to a person or reaching a certain destination.

Panning Shot


This is a panning shot. This type of shot tries to make the audience feel involved in the surroundings they are watching. In this particular Pan shot, the cameraman shows a full 360' of the surroundings for the viewers to see the entire museums artifacts. He has moved slowly so that we can concentrate on what we are looking at. This shot would be used in shots to show setting and surrounding without cutting to another shot.