Learning Whip Pans (Research)

 One shot I want to include in our film are whip pans. Recently I had the idea to introduce whip pans because of Edgar Wright. In order to know how to do a whip pan, I need to know what a whip pan does in plot.

How does it tie with plot?

A whip pan is a fast vertical or horizontal movement of the camera. It is mostly used to convey speed and urgency, it also acts as a sudden shift of focus. Whip pans are mostly seen in action, comedy and intense senses. Whip pans would be perfect to show action with the side of comedy, which is our idea. Showing a point A to point B is one the main reasons used, we can use this idea to imagine scene ideas of our character introduction. In the video below is what I watched to gain more knowledge on whip pans.

Learning Whip Pan

Because I am taking the role as a cinematographer I want to show creative shot ideas to give my film the most meaning. Learning the whip pan isn't going to be smooth at first, I was going to need to practice. In the video below is what I watched to learn the whip pan.

This video showed different methods of a whip pan. This video was helpful in giving a detailed guide on whip pans. Me being the director and cinematographer using whip pans will still be challenging but worth it in the end when it works.