What are the different types of camera movement/mobile framing?

Pan movement: pan stands for panorama and it entails that the camera stays on the same spot but moves to the left or right on the horizontal axis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P5nPMXtz6wTilt movement: the camera also stays on the same spot but points either up or down on the vertical axis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axVbVLJQg3g Dolly shot: Also called a tracking shot. The camera is placed on a dolly, which is on tracks (imagine something like train tracks). This way the camera is able to track backwards or forwards (but the height of the camera remains the same). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK_p4kzcPVYCrane shot: often seen in action movies. This means that the camera is operated by a crane and can change heights as such. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpk1zQ3TlI0 the overview shot of SiennaHand held: can be recognized by the fact that it is often a bit shaky, which gives it a documentary feeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cBzcNIwzskI have provided youtube links of examples as this is the best way to understand what the different movements entail

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