Monday, 25 January 2010

Directing and Director's Calls

The role of a Director is to set up the camera shots which he/she wants to use during the programme, to tell the Floor Manager what is expected of the talent/audience so he/she can relay this information to them.

While talking to Camera Operators, the Director might ask them to perform either a PED, a crab or tracking to create the shot which he/she wants. Below are the definitins of these terms.

Crab - This means that the Director wants them to move either left or right e.g crab left

PED- This means the Director wants the camera operator to move the shot either up or down e.g. PED UP

Tracking- This means that the director wants them to either move towards the talent or move away from them e.g. tracking in

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