The director might chose to tell the story through a series of cuts (that is going from one shot to another) or the camera could be moved along with the action to tell the story. When using movement with the camera you must think of the style of the movement and the actual method used when moving the camera. The actual process of moving the camera however can take a great deal of time, and also can slow the action down. There are key camera movement :
Pans = This is where the camera pivots horizontally from either right to left or left to right across the scene, this movement can allow a set or scene to be revealed. For this movement the camera can be placed on a tripod which acts as the stationary axis point, the camera is then turned to either follow a moving character or create the establishing shot
Tilts = Similar to the Plan camera movement, however the camera scans the scene vertically by moving up and down (an example of where this movement has been used is in 'From Hell' at two minutes 20 seconds)
Tacking Shot = this is when the camera follows a subject, this shot can be done via a 'dolly' or just by carrying the camera (this way is very common in a documentary genre film). A tracking shot is good way or portraying the journey of a character or getting the audience to focus of a particular object by moving from a long shot to a close up shot (an example of where this has been done in 'The Hangover' and also the very start of the clip from 'Wre-in-the-blood')
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