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Revision as of 20:33, 4 June 2001 by Jimbo Wales (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In motion picture terminology, 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 accomodate 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.