The Art of Directing: Moving the Camera

Learn how to move your audience by moving your camera.

Dynamic, intentional camera moves bring a film to life — but knowing where to start can be difficult. Too often, filmmakers fall back on simple tricks that are fine, but lack dramatic purpose. This four-hour intensive workshop will give you everything you need to understand not just how to move the camera, but why.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll learn how to use:

•pans and tilts
•tracking shots
•countermoves and parallax
•gimbal shots
•programming slider shot sequences
•effective focus pulling
•effective handheld shooting
•moving masters / oners
•the walk and talk

With access to the latest high-end equipment, you’ll get hands-on experience building shots with actors — and leave with a toolkit you can use across your future work.

About the instructor

The course is led by Robert Dee - a practicing filmmaker with over twenty years professional experience in filmmaking and lecturing. He holds a Masters in Filmmaking (Dist.) where he focused on visual subtext and lectured at the Raindance Festival and Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies. He previously ran the BA Filmmaking Undergraduate course at Raindance Film School where he developed and led the Directing and Academic Pathways and also ran a filmmaking group that made over 30 short films.

Previous students he has taught have gone on to win festival awards, earn places at the New York Film School, work on shows such as Inside No.9, land lead roles in feature films, and direct multi-million dollar campaign films.