a camera shot taken from a large camera dolly or electronic device, resembling a extendable mechanical arm (or boom), that can raise the camera up in the air above the ground 20 feet or more; the crane allows the camera to fluidly move in virtually any direction (with vertical and horizontal movement), providing shifts in levels and angles; crane shots usually provide some kind of overhead view of a scene Examples: the opening, long-take sequence in Altman's The Player (1992) was shot with a crane, as was the classic 3-minute opening credits sequence of Touch of Evil (1958); also, the shot in High Noon (1952) where the Marshal is left in the empty street prior to his confrontation with the four gunman, to emphasize his isolation, rejection and vulnerability; and the spectacular shots using remote cranes in the car-chase sequence of To Live And Die In L.A. (1985).
A shot in which the camera rises above the ground on a mobile support.
A shot taken from a special device called a crane, which resembles a huge mechanical arm. The crane carries the camera and cameraman, and can move in virtually any direction.
a shot taken from a device resembling a mechanical arm or crane at the end of which the camera and cinematographer are located. This crane can move in virtually any direction.
A shot in which a change of framing is accomplished by having the camera above the ground and moving up, down, or laterally through the air.
A shot taken from a boom that can move both horizontally and vertically, usually over or above the set or the action.
A camera shot raised over or above the set or the action.
A shot with a change in framing- accomplished by having the camera above the ground and moving through the air in any direction.
vertical tracking shot during which the camera is raised or lowered.
A moving shot taken on a specially constructed crane, usually from a high perspective.
Camera is mounted on arm or elevated platform for shots at different heights
A shot in which the camera is mounted on a crane, to achieve striking height or aerial movement.
A shot taken from a crane that holds the camera above the ground usually looking down at the subject.
In motion picture terminology, a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane. The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up and away from them, a common way of ending a movie. But some filmmakers like to have the camera on a boom arm just to make it easier to move around between ordinary set-ups.
