Pan

What it is

The camera stays in place and turns horizontally.

When to use it

Links two points in a space, follows lateral action, mimics a head turn.

When not to

Too fast and it judders; for speed use a whip pan.

Often confused with

• Truck

  A truck moves the camera, producing parallax.

• Whip pan

  A whip pan is so fast the middle is motion blur.

Common generation mistakes

• SymptomIt comes out as a truck.

  FixState a fixed camera position that only rotates horizontally.