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Movement: Push, pull, track, and truck

Movement: Push, pull, track, and truck - Instagram Tutorial

From the course: Reels, Shorts, and TikToks: Telling Engaging Stories with Your Smartphone

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Movement: Push, pull, track, and truck

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(upbeat music) - Welcome to the part two of Camera Movements. In this video, we'll continue sharing some useful tips that you can apply to your smartphone videos and make them more interesting. Our next camera movement is push. The push is moving your camera forward while keeping it straight and steady. This is one of our favorite moves. It works well with walls and objects around you. When you push your camera through the scene, they disappear from the frame. We like to move our camera through the streets, hallways, crowds, and trees in the park. The main secret here is the catwalk. This is how it's done. You should step from heel to toe with your knees slightly bent, hold your camera with two hands to avoid shakiness, and slowly start moving. The grid will help you hold your composition intact. Now the pull is the opposite movement used for the same purpose, to lead the attention through the objects, with a difference. You show your audience only a part of the scene. And rest of it…

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