Research Exercise: Introduction to Camera Movement

                Camera movement is a filmmaking technique that causes a change in frame or perspective through the movement of the camera. The purpose of camera movement is it allows cinematographers and directors to shift the audience's view without cutting. It's also useful because it can create a psychological and emotional effect on the audience. In films the director of photography is responsible for camera movement or mostly all of the shots that are being filmed. In the film industry there are many looked up to directors and many that have very successful movies. One director that has a lot of successful films would be, Andy Muschietti. 3 of his most popular films would be: IT (2017), IT chapter 2 (2019), and The Flash (2023). My favorite film from him would be IT (2017). One scene that caught my eye and I loved would have to be the scene where Georgie had first saw pennywise in the sewer and was confused but intrigued on what pennywise was saying. I feel this scene really grabbed the audience's attention because we didn't know what the outcome of this interaction would be. Another director that is popular is Steven Spielberg. 3 of his popular films is Jaws (1975), Jurassic Park (1993), Ready player one (2018). In his most popular film Jaws, he had a scene that showed an establishing shot of the ocean where their headquarters were in the ocean. 

           To recap on this lesson, before this lesson I didn't know any camera movement techniques and was unfamiliar with that term. But after the lesson I now know a lot of the camera movement techniques and would be able to recognize them in many films. 2 techniques that I know well are static and random movement shots. I would be able to easily recognize them and point them out in any film.