Blog Post #35 - Whip Pans

Whip Pans are an important part of conversations in films, they help to convey a sense of speed, urgency, or mood. Depending on when they are used they can convey different meanings. For example, if used with people talking, it will convey a sense of speed. If they’re used when looking at something, it conveys anxiousness.


An example of whip pan usage is the music video for the song Thick Of It, by KSI. In the scene shown below, whip pans are used to show the fastness of the life led by the singer, KSI, which the song in the background helps to depict. Showing KSI going “From the Screen, to the (boxing) ring, to the pen, to the king”. The combination of the song and whip pans helps to tell the story of the aspects of KSI’s life. 




Usage of whip pans is also a tool in this scene to quickly transition between scenes, as it blurs the camera.

More uses of whip pans are explored at studiobinder.com, which says that whip pans can additionally be used to simulate the fast movement of a vehicle, such as a car or plane. Whip pans are used by fastly turning a camera in a certain direction— this can be done in one cut, or by moving the camera to a mid point, stopping the clip, and start recording again at the midpoint and finish the pan to the end position.



To conclude, whip pans have many purposes and different contexts surrounding them, which allows them to be very versatile and useful. In my project, I plan to use whip pans in order to facilitate a more speedy conversation between Ed and Fern, to free up time for other aspects of the project. Here is an example shot of the whip pan I wish to do in my project:






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