What does a pan camera movement do?

What does a pan camera movement do?

• A. Tilts the camera
• B. Zooms in on the subject
• C. Moves the camera up or down
• D. Moves the camera left or right horizontally to follow a subject

Answer: (D)

A pan is a horizontal rotation of the camera around a vertical axis, usually done from a fixed position on a tripod. This lets you sweep the scene left or right to follow action without moving the camera’s location. It’s why the described movement—moving the camera horizontally to track a subject—best fits. Tilting would move the camera up or down, zooming changes the subject size with the lens, and moving up or down is a tilt. So the left-right horizontal movement is the pan.

A pan is a horizontal rotation of the camera around a vertical axis, usually done from a fixed position on a tripod. This lets you sweep the scene left or right to follow action without moving the camera’s location. It’s why the described movement—moving the camera horizontally to track a subject—best fits. Tilting would move the camera up or down, zooming changes the subject size with the lens, and moving up or down is a tilt. So the left-right horizontal movement is the pan.