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Instructor: Kathy Cennamo

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Movement of the Camera Lens

1. Movement of the Camera Lens

The easiest way to achieve movement is to simply use the camera's built-in zoom lens to continuously vary the field of view. The command is usually "Zoom in" or "Zoom out". Like all other types of movement, zooms should be smooth and slow. If you are hand-holding the camera it is extremely important to realize that as you zoom in closer to your subject your ability to keep the camera steady diminishes greatly, and a shaky camera is very distracting to your audience. It is usually better to just move yourself closer to your subject as opposed to zooming in on it. If this is not possible, use a tripod for smoother zooms.

Watch this example of a zoom
Movement pages and videos created for a class project by David Haplin, Mike Mansfield, and Car Setoff, 1998.

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