Motion and Emotion

Camera Movement

How to create emotion from motion

Different types of camera movement can create different senses of action (like the use of a shaky camera versus a smooth camera). Camera movement can also emphasize what the director of the film would like the audience to see.

Types of Camera Movement

• Crane moving downwards
• this shot type can help bring the audience into the scene through the imagery of "dropping down out of the ceiling" and into the scene.
• Crane moving upwards
• this shot type can show how tiny the character is compared to the world they inhabit along with showing the enormous size of the obstacle they face.
• Crane moving from a high angle to a low angle
• this shot type can show how imposing and fearful the character or object is. This can be used to establish authority in the shot.
• Handheld camera movement
• This shot can be shaky and can show how dangerous or strange the scene or object is. This can also show how edgy (like Reaper) a character is.
• Quick pan
• This shot can instantly change the emotional within the scene, for better or for worse.
• Quick push in
• This shot can show shock or surprise in the characters.
• Slow dolly in 
• This shot can establish a more intimate relationship between the character and the audience.
• Slow dolly out
• This shot can show how emotionally lost a character is.
• Dolly Zoom with a bit of zoom
• This shot can show fear in the character.
• Glide in 360 shot
• This shot can show the calm before the storm.
• Glide cam shot around the characters
• This shot can almost describe a dream-like sequence the characters are enduring.

The video where most of this comes from