What kind of technique is 360-degree pan?

It is a cinematography technique. Related cinematography techniques include Timeless Setting, Real Locations as Character, Handheld Cinema Vérité.

Cinematography technique · used in 1 film

360-Degree Pan

Turning the camera in a full circle from 1 fixed spot. Each pass shows the whole space again, so you scan it for anything that has moved closer.

Examples

It Follows
David Robert Mitchell · 2015
Cinematographer Mike Gioulakis turns the camera slowly around a school while Jay and Greg look for answers. Most of the frame is normal kids and hallways. Somewhere in the distance, a figure is walking straight toward them, and you only spot it if you look.
Where to see it: The visit to Hugh's old high school. Jay and Greg go looking for the boy who passed the curse on, and the camera spins slowly around the school as a figure approaches.

Questions

What is 360-degree pan in film?: Turning the camera in a full circle from 1 fixed spot. Each pass shows the whole space again, so you scan it for anything that has moved closer.
Which films use 360-degree pan?: It Follows (2015).
What kind of technique is 360-degree pan?: It is a cinematography technique. Related cinematography techniques include Timeless Setting, Real Locations as Character, Handheld Cinema Vérité.

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