Asessment 3C (ii-Camera Movement and Angles)

For this task, I am going to be looking at the different camera movement and angles in which I need to identify and giving an detailed explanation of what is their purpose of using it so it makes it effective in a music video by providing examples as well from current music videos that have been made to gain the audience's interest into watching how good the visuals are since they are interested in this more rather than the track.

Arc

Arc is a type of camera movement where the cameraman is moving the camera around the subject that is being seen in the video so it is showing that the world is revolving around that particular subject which in this case, it is around the artist within the music video which in the example of In The Night Time by the band FranKo where the camera is pointing upwards but it is being spun around to create this effect which it appears around the 1.53 to 1.57 into the video.

  
Track Away

Tracking Away is a part of camera movement in which the definition behind this is where the camera is moving away from the subject that is seen in the visuals because the artist is coming towards the camera so in a way, it allows the subject to have the freedom rather than being cramped in one place which could make the music video genetic or predictable to watch for the audience that are seeing it on YouTube. A good example of an music video that use this type of camera movement of tracking away is The Weeknd's The Hills which it is a single off his second studio of Beauty Behind The Madness where this technique appears at 0.20, 0.43, 1.02 to 1.16 within this video although this technique is mostly used.

    
Dolly In

The definition of an Dolly In is where the camera operator is moving the camera slowly forward towards the artist but the way it is done is by putting the camera onto a dolly and then starting push it and zooming towards the artist itself but the reason why it is used and is seen in music video as it can be used for dramatic effect or making the character (artist) looking bigger when the camera moves in more. An example of a music video is Future and The Weeknd's Low Life where around the 1.08 to 1.09, you can see that the camera is moving towards them which it is making them look bigger in the shot which it is done to create an effect.

Low Angle

The definition of low angle is where the camera is pointing upwards to the subject so it makes them look like that they are dominant or powerful person that is being seen in the music video rather than the other people that also appear in it as well but an example of low angle is in Kendrick Lamar's Alright where it appear around the minute mark of 4.09 where the artist looks bigger as they are powerful as they are together.

  
High Angle

High Angle is when the camera operator is pointing the camera downwards on the person in the video so it makes them look weak compared to the dominant person when the audience are looking at the visuals of the song so an example of an music video that is use this angle is Lady Gaga's Just Dance ft Colby O' Donis where it appears around the 1.52 to 1.54 minute mark but the genre of the song is Pop, it is showing that the shot is focusing on the artist.

   
Canted Angle (Tilt)

The canted or also known Dutch angle (Tilt) is where the camera is in an slope so the horizontal and vertical lines will be changed rather than having an still camera shot of the artist so overall the composition would look better as the director is trying to be creative in terms of the camera work that the audience are going to be watching it due to the fact, they are interested in the visuals. An example of an Canted Angle being used is in Krept and Konan's Freak Of The Week which it had feature from American R&B singer of Jeremih which the angles appears 0.09 to 0.10 seconds into the video where Jeremih is lip-syncing his feature.

 
Crash Zoom

The definition of Crash Zoom where it is another type of camera movement where in any music video that is being watched by the audience is when the camera operator is moving in a fast rate towards to the artist which it is done by zooming in by the use of the camera on something but the reason why this is done because it creates an realization. An example of a music video that uses the crash zoom is One Direction's Perfect when the audience are feeling that they are moving towards the band member of Liam but the background of the shot is moving at the same time.

Birds Eye View

A Birds Eye View is where the shot is being filmed from the above of the location via going on higher ground or having an drone which it has a camera on it to film it although the camera operator will need to control it from causing damage to the product because they may need to pay for a new one. The reason why Birds Eye View is used in music video as it is establishing the scene of the location that is taking place and it can create an effect of looking down on the artist that appears in the video but here is an example of an hip-hop music video that uses this technique is Kid Ink's Summer In The Winter where it appears in the beginning of the video to show the location of which the video is going to be taking place.

Handheld

Another thing that is related to camera movement which it can seen in a music video depending on the genre of the track/song is handheld where the definition behind this is a technique where the camera is being held by the operator's hands rather than having on the tripod which it creates an more realistic looking of the audience watching it like it is happening in real life. Finally another example of music video that is use Handheld is the song of Back-To Basics by CezPresents but the reason the cameraman decides to use this is because it is creating an sense of static due to the slow movement of the camera.