Camera Movement Exemplars - The March of Fools

The Passion of Joan of Arc is a film that uses interesting camera movements.




6:38 - 6:45: The camera starts close up to the priest as he appears to deliberate on what the film's heroine has just said, in a similarly claustrophobic shot to the previous close-up of Joan. As the camera zooms out, the priest turns in the direction of a newly-revealed priest while they both laugh, showing how the priests feel distant from her by shattering the preceding intimate sequence of shots.

4:10 - 4:51: The camera moves to the right, revealing all of the people who came to attend Joan's trial, while showing events at the background. This helps establish the setting of the film, and the importance of the trial.

7:20 - 7:26: The shot starts with two characters in the frame, but after the character on the left reports the information he needs to give, the camera pans to the right, moving him out of the screen and placing the most important character dead center.

12:08 - 12:35: The camera uses pans and tilts to show the priests watching Joan's trial. It helps establish the characters of the film, and helps build suspense by showing each of them whispering in the next priest's ear.


MAJOR MOVEMENTS:

1. Pan - tripod head, handheld, stabilizer

2. Tilt - tripod, dolly, crane, drone

3. Push-in - dolly, stabilizer

4. Pull-out - dolly, stabilizer

5. Zoom - Zoom lens

6. Dolly Zoom - Zoom lens, dolly

7. Boom shot - Camera jib, crane

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