D1Static shot
let the blocking and performance carry the scene; build tension by refusing to move
A pan right turns the camera horizontally to the right from a fixed position. What it's for: survey a place, connect two things, delay a reveal.
D5

Scene paragraph A 1950s jazz lounge at night, photoreal period drama, Kodak film grain. A long polished wooden bar with red leather stools runs into the room, bottles glowing on mirrored shelves behind it, a bartender in a white jacket polishing a glass. To the left of the bar are small round tables, a dark wooden column and a small stage with a red curtain under warm spotlights, where a woman in a red dress sits alone at a table. At the far right end of the bar a saxophonist in a grey suit waits on a stool. Warm amber light and haze.
The shot opens at seated eye level on the middle of the bar and the bartender, the camera on a tripod head turning steadily toward screen right from the first second. 0–2s: the bartender polishes a glass as the turn begins. 2–4s: stools and bottles slide past toward the left edge as more of the room swings in from the right edge. 4–6s: the far right end of the bar comes into view. 6–8s: the turn eases to a stop on the saxophonist, who lifts his saxophone and starts to play. Throughout: the camera rotates in place from one fixed point, horizon level, one continuous take.
Say what the turn lands on. A pan without a destination drifts; one with a saxophonist at the end tells a story.
Other direction: Pan left
Pairs with: Quiet triumph
D1let the blocking and performance carry the scene; build tension by refusing to move
D2reveal height, power or scale; follow a gaze upward
D2bfollow a fall or a gaze downward; find what waits at the bottom