Gang

English translation: walking shot

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German term or phrase:	Gang
English translation:	walking shot
Entered by:	Jan Liebelt

08:22 Jan 22, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / filmmaking, camera movement

German term or phrase: Gang

I'm looking for the English expression for a type of camera movement called a "Gang" in German. Strangely enough, it's not in my film dictionary (though that may indicate "Gang" is only part of the official term).

Original sentence: "Von der Stadt ist in diesem Film auch mehr zu sehen, weil die Bilder mit Gängen verbunden oder mit Fahraufnahmen verbunden sind."

NB: It's *not* a pan (="Schwenk") or a tracking shot (="Kamerafahrt"/"Fahraufnahme").

No guesses, please!

Jan Liebelt KudoZ activity Questions: 200 (1 open) (4 without valid answers) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 205 France
Local time: 16:57

filmed walking with a hand-held camera

Explanation:
All sources I found indicate that as opposed to a tracking or "dolly" shot, a "Gang" is filmed by walking with a hand-held (actually shoulder-mounted) camera. See links below. Seems you will have to come up with a translation yourself, though, as all English sources only speak about "hand-held" in this context.
Note that Steadicam movements _seem to be_ in a category of their own, i.e. are not in the "Gang" category.

Selected response from:

tectranslate ITS GmbH
Local time: 16:57

Grading comment

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction: It turns out it's a "walking shot". (See www.in2edu.com/downloads/ictprodevel/ movie_making_tips.PDF).
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4 +1

filmed walking with a hand-held camera

tectranslate ITS GmbH

s.u.

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walks

bitblume

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43 mins confidence:

s.u.

Explanation:
I couldn't find it either.
Given the context, could it be "streets/alleys" or pedestrian/driving shots?

Sorry - guess. Good luck :-)

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Note added at 44 mins (2004-01-22 09:07:35 GMT)
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...or perambulations/perambulatory shots

Textklick
Local time: 15:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 2

44 mins confidence:

walks

Explanation:
well, you don't want any guesses, but here is my guess anyway:
since the context is that 'one can see more of the city' the Gänge I would assume refers to pictures/images taken on walks and (car) drives
however, a bit more context would reduce the guessing

bitblume
Local time: 16:57
Native speaker of:

German

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

filmed walking with a hand-held camera

tectranslate ITS GmbH
Local time: 16:57
PRO pts in category: 1

Grading comment

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction: It turns out it's a "walking shot". (See www.in2edu.com/downloads/ictprodevel/ movie_making_tips.PDF).

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