ShotNew

Crane down to eye level

The camera starts high looking down at a place and descends to eye height, the view levelling out as it lands.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it does
place	choice	green	door, across, street, green, promenade, sand, waterline, bench, pond, roof, point	the place it looks at and comes down beside; point uses `around`
around	vec2	-40, -110	-3000 to 3000	the point it comes down beside when place is point: along and inland, in metres
height	number	110	5 to 3000 m	the camera's height over the ground where it starts, looking down
endHeight	number	2.2	2 to 500 m	its height where it ends: eye level over the ground
distance	number	80	5 to 1500 m	how far from the place it starts, along the ground
endDistance	number	0	0 to 1500 m	how far from the place it ends; 0 keeps the distance
from	number	210	0 to 360 deg	the compass bearing from the place to the camera where it starts (210 is out over the sea)
swing	number	30	0 to 360 deg	how far it goes around the place as it comes down
swingRight	bool	true	–	which way it goes around, seen from above
lookHeight	number	3	0 to 500 m	the height over the ground of the point it looks at
endPitch	number	0	-30 to 30 deg	how far above the horizon it looks at the end; 0 is level
levelling	number	1	0 to 1	how far the view levels to endPitch by the end: 1 fully, 0 stays on the place
fov	number	60	8 to 110 deg	the lens where it starts
endFov	number	0	0 to 110 deg	the lens where it ends; 0 keeps the lens
ease	choice	inOut	inOut, linear, in, out	how the descent speeds up and slows down: inOut starts and ends at rest, out lands softly

film.js

move: element('crane-down', { place: 'green', around: [-40, -110] })

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