Using a dolly

A dolly is a specialized piece of material for film making and is designed to create a smooth camera movement. The dolly is a cart that travels along tracks and the camera is mounted on top of the dolly the camera operator usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera.

So that we understood the dolly we did a work shop where a lady called Tina showed us how to do an arc shot using the dolly and a tracking shot. Our trials are shown below.

So here is our attempts at an arc and tracking shot however this didn't come automatically we did encounter some issues. Them being one in the arc shot were the camera moved closer and closer to the actress. We also had problems with the tracking shot as we couldn't find the right speed to move the camera this meant the person didn't keep in the center of the frame and in some occasions couldn't see the actress at all however after a couple of trial and error we manged to get the hang of it and produced the videos above. Before i did this work shop all i new was that a dolly shot was a camera mounted on to the dolly and the camera operator moved it around however by doing this work shop  I have manged to understand the dolly much further and some different techniques that can be done by using the dolly. A dolly used is seen quiet a lot in film making,

 Here are some examples of a dolly shot used in films.

Another example of a dolly and tracking shot in film is

Golden watch

Kill bill

In my next post i will talk about 3 point lighting.