Dolly: A wheeled camera support which permits a rolling camera movement. In conventional television usage, dollying refers to forward or backward movement and trucking (which is accomplished with a dolly) refers to sideways movement.

 

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Tracking: Any sideways or forward/backward movement of the camera dolly--sometimes on actual tracks.

Steadicam: Registered trademark for a gyroscopically balanced camera mount that attaches to a camera operator's body, which produces smooth camera movement without the use of a dolly.

Hand-Held: A technique in which the camera is held by the camera operator, rather than fixed to a camera mount such as a tripod or dolly.

Pedestalling: The raising or lowering of the camera on the vertical post of the camera support. Pedestal is also the term given to the moveable camera support (the shaft in the center of a dolly) used in . . . View Full Definition