Crane shot

In motion picture terminology, a crane shot is a shot taken by a camera on a crane. The most obvious uses are to view the actors from above or to move up and away from them, a common way of ending a movie. But some filmmakers like to have the camera on a boom arm just to make it easier to move around between ordinary set-ups. Most cranes accommodate both the camera and an operator, but some can be operated by remote control--there are some spectacular shots using remote cranes in the car-chase sequence of To Live and Die in L.A..

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Motion picture terminology - To Live and Die in L.A.

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The Western High Noon had a famous crane shot. The shot backs up and raises, and we see Marshal Will Kane totally alone and isolated on the street.

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Western - High Noon

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