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Hasibul Alam Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

In this context what is the meaning of "panned" and "cut back"?

"They panned to the altar stone for a long moment, poignantly, and then cut back to the studio, and the orange presenter started giving the latest update on some endless depressing tribunal."

  

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These are terms from filmmaking. Google "glossary of cinematography terms". html .

  • These are terms from filmmaking.
  • Google "glossary of cinematography terms".
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  • To pan is to move or rotate the camera horizontally.
  • To cut to something is to abruptly switch to a different shot in editing.
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These are terms from filmmaking. Google "glossary of cinematography terms". There is a good one https://www.filmsite.org/filmterms7.html.

To pan is to move or rotate the camera horizontally. To cut to something is to abruptly switch to a different shot in editing.

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