Follow shot
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Follow shot or tracking shot is a specific camera shot in which the subject being filmed is seemingly pursued by the camera. The follow shot can be achieved through tracking devices, panning, the use of a crane, and zoom
lenses resulting in different qualitative images but, nevertheless, recording a subject (performer) in motion.
Zoom
Zoom is an onomatopoeiac sound that indicates swiftness.Zoom may also refer to:-Technology:* Zoom lens, a lens assembly allowing for adjustable focal length* Digital zoom, an electronic emulation of focal length change...
lenses resulting in different qualitative images but, nevertheless, recording a subject (performer) in motion.
Examples
- Elephant: Each character is followed continuously during their narrative time.
- 2:372:372:37 is a 2006 Australian drama film, written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Murali K. Thalluri and starring an ensemble cast including Teresa Palmer, Joel Mackenzie, Frank Sweet, Charles Baird, Sam Harris, Marni Spillane and Clementine Mellor. 2:37 was filmed in Adelaide, Australia on...
: Each character is followed several times, in a style similar to that of the previously-mentioned Elephant. - The ShiningThe Shining (film)The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an...
: The camera follows Danny as he rides his tricycle through the long hallways of the hotel. - Chakraviyugam (India):The Character is being followed continuously by an unknown person.