Blog #3 Motivated Camera Movement

1. Eurotrip (The Louvre)

This may seem weird to some people but when I was trying to figure out what scene of a film would be a great example of motivated camera movement my brain immediately thought of The Louvre scene of Eurotrip. Which was really strange because I haven't watched that movie in months. The director did well in this scene to use the high-speed pan with the camera to show the viewer the insanely long line the characters had to suffer through. Also the tilt used on the female tourist to give the viewer a good look of her body brought a bit of raunchy humor to the scene.

2. Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift (Garage Race)

One of the top reasons to use camera movement is to follow the movements of a subject on camera so that the viewer does not miss a second of the action. The best examples of this are sports and action movies, for instance race scenes in Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift the camera follows the cars and their motions tobring more dimension to the film.

3. Jackass  3 (Pin the Tail on the Donkey)

Another reason to use camera movement is to reveal something big to the viewers on screen by using pans and tilts. One of the best examples of this is during Jackass movies and episodes when they use movements to reveal a prank such as the Pin the Tail on the Donkey prank when they pan the camera to reveal the donkey.