The House That Silence Built

Among the many horrors of Weiner-taught TRF 255, I learned the following terms to describe camera motion:

dolly

Moving the entire camera+tripod/fixture/apparatus away or towards the subject of the shot. (This is different from using the zoom lens because it creates a change in perspective, whereas the zoom lens keeps the perspective and merely shows you one section of the original shot closer up -- or further away, depending if you zoom in or out.)

pan

Moving the lens to the left or right, without moving the tripod. Essentially, describing an arc around the center axis of the tripod.

pedestal

Raising or lowering the camera by altering the height of the tripod plate. Abbreviated to "ped," as in "Ped up" and "Ped down."

tilt

Moving the lens to look further up or down, without altering the height of the camera

truck

Moving the camera+tripod/apparatus to the left or right.