24 camera movement and editing techniques

Rotate a fixed camera left or right around its vertical axis.

Rotate a fixed camera up or down around its horizontal axis.

Physically move the camera toward the subject, normally holding focal length.

Increase focal length while the camera position stays fixed.

Translate with a moving subject while maintaining a chosen relationship.

Move on an arc around a subject while aiming inward.

Raise the camera’s physical position, often tilting to preserve framing.

Move the camera while oppositely changing focal length to hold subject size.

Shift the sharp focus plane between depth targets.

Use small irregular operator-like translations and rotations.

Fly through 3D space with forward motion, pitch, yaw, and banking roll.

Roll the camera around its optical axis so the horizon becomes diagonal.

Play captured or interpolated action below normal speed.

Change playback speed within one continuous shot.

Sample a long duration at intervals and play it quickly.

Hold one image while the edit timeline continues.

Remove time between similarly framed shots, making a visible discontinuity.

Join shots through aligned shape, composition, motion, action, or sound.

Use extreme pan blur to hide a cut between directionally matched shots.

Overlap shots while A fades out and B fades in.

Use a moving boundary to replace one shot with another.

Hard-cut abruptly between strongly contrasting images, sounds, or moods.

Begin the next scene’s audio before its picture appears.

Continue the previous scene’s audio after the picture changes.