Camera work

Donnie Darko Camera work review 

The opening sequence to Donnie Darko begins with a steadicam shot that pans left across a wide angle view of some mountains.  This shot then tracks forward from a long shot to a medium close up of a boy lying on the road. It then changes into a medium close of him sitting on the floor, it then tracks backwards as it pans towards the right. In the second shot, it starts off as a wide angle then turns into a medium close of his face which then pans to the right. Shot 3 is a medium long shot of him cycling downhill, this means it is a dolly shot tracking backwards at a low angle. 4th shot it is also long angle, but it is a dolly shot tracking left, following him on his bike further downhill at a medium long shot. It then changes shot and goes to a long shot at a low angle, also a dolly shot tracking backwards. Shot 6 is a point of view shot at a high angle, also a dolly shot but this time it is tracking forwards. It then cuts to a long shot of him cycling down the road, it is a dolly shot tracking right, then it pans to the left as it follows him across the road on his bike (shot 7).  Shot 8 is a long shot that tracks to the left (dolly shot). It then changes to tracking backwards, still a long shot, but panning right as he cycles past. Shot 9 is a long shot which pans right, it then changes to a long shot (steadicam) tracking forwards towards the man with the leaf blower. It quickly changes to a 2 shot which pans left. Shot 10 is a long shot when he gets off his bike at a low angle. It is a still/fixed shot. 11 is of the girl on a trampoline, starting at a medium shot at a low angle, tilting down. As it tilts down it pans slightly to the left. Finally shot 12 is a medium long shot panning right which changes to a medium long shot, still panning right.