Exploring different camera movements

Movement	Explanation	When would you use it?
Dolly	The camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks for a very smooth movement. Also known as a tracking shot or trucking shot.	At the beginning of a scene to show setting or show a character’s movement.
Pan	Horizontal movement, left and right.	To show setting and landscapes and also to see where something is taking place.
Pedestal (Ped)	Moving the camera position vertically with respect to the subject.	To show the character and their movement etc.
Tilt	Vertical movement of the camera angle, i.e. pointing the camera up and down (as opposed to moving the whole camera up and down).	To show class differences or power of different characters. Also to make a scene have a certain effect.
Track	Roughly synonymous with the dolly shot, but often defined more specifically as movement which stays a constant distance from the action, especially side-to-side movement.	To walk with the character as they move around a scene.
Zoom	Technically this isn’t a camera move, but a change in the lens focal length which gives the illusion of moving the camera closer or further away.	Focus on facial expressions of a character or to focus on one specific character.