Interesting Camera Movement

The interesting camera movement I chose appears in the film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) in the scene in which Tom Cruise is going to scale the outside of a building. 

 

 

As Tom Cruise approaches the edge of the window the camera zooms in and pans up to show the distant skyline in comparison to his silhouette, showing multiple buildings that are shorter in comparison to the one he’s in, in order to demonstrate to the viewers the height of the building he’s currently in and to emphasize the extremity of what he’s about to do. The camera then pans up and shifts to focus on the ground below him in a high angle shot, giving another view of how high up he really is. As he prepares to climb it, camera tracking is used to follow him in a high angle shot as he shifts his body to place his gloved hand on the glass. Through the use of camera panning and tracking, the viewers are able to fully understand what is at stake in the scenes and experience just how fearful the task is.

I wasn't able to get TubeChop to work, but I've attached a short clip that shows the scene I've described within the first 30 seconds.