Shawshank Redemption - Camera Movement

In the movie Shawshank Redemption, we see a wonderful use of panning.  In the beginning of the attached clip, the camera pans down to Andy Dufrense's shoes.  This shows us the importance of those shoes as they were bright and shiny and were actually telling us that Andy was going to make his escape from prison tonight.  Next, we see Andy sittinging in his cell and the camera pans up to show us the expression on Andy's face.  The use of panning allows us to feel the emotions that the director wants to invoke in us in a particular scene.  Here, the use of panning lets us know that something big is about to happen and shows us the determination in the character's face.

In this same scene we see the camera zoom into the picture of the model's face in the poster on the wall.  The purpose of this shot was not to show us the picture of a beautiful woman whom Andy was obsessed with, but rather to elude to the fact that Andy had made a hole in the wall and the poster was just a tool used to cover the hole.  Again, letting us know that this was the night that Andy would escape.

At the end of this clip we see Andy is finally free.  There is an interesting camera movement use here called a boom shot or crane shot.  The camera is on a crane above the scene being shot.  This gives the camera a nice shot looking down on the character and can also give us a sense of space in the scene.  In this instance, this boom shot shows us that Andy has finally attained his freedom and we rejoice with him.  

Without the use of these different camera movements, we may not feel the same excitement and emotions throughout the movie.  The characters would just lie stagnant on the screen and the same message would not be conveyed.