Camera tricks

Filming Muppets comes with its own set of challenges: framing a shot to keep a puppeteer out of view, building sets to accommodate for puppeteers, etc. Beyond the unique methods employed by directors of photography in these situations, cinematographers sometimes utilize other techniques found commonly in more traditional filmmaking such as aperture adjustments and other camera tricks.
=="Vertigo" shots (aka dolly zooms)==
	Sesame Street Episode 3519 when Oscar confesses his love for Grundgetta
	The 60 second version of the "Enchanted" Baked Lays commercial when Miss Piggy catches the entrance of a handsome stranger.
	Sesame Street Episode 3833 when Telly sees the letter X in scene 1
	Sesame Street Episode 3961 as Elmo approaches Ernie's drum
	Sesame Street Episode 4174 when Big Bird exclaims "You sold Radar?"
	Several shots in Sesame Street Episode 4234 when Virgil von Vivaldi inspects a number of rocks.
	Sesame Street Episode 4411 when Telly proposes impersonating The Count
	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz when Dorothy Gale and friends enter Scooter's office.
	The Muppets on Walter when he overhears Tex Richman's plan.
	Muppets Most Wanted, when Miss Piggy sees Kermit the Frog and Constantine standing next to each other.
	The finale of "If I Loved You" in "Hostile Makeover."
	The Furchester Hotel - "Harvey Gets a Song Stuck"
	The Furchester Hotel - "The Fish in the Cape"
	The 2018 Muppet Babies episode "Sir Kermit the Brave" mixes CGI with archive footage from Raiders of the Lost Ark to achieve the effect.
	To illustrate the approach of a windstorm in the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock episode "The Great Wind," the camera lens zooms in on Wembley and past the cave proscenium before it begins a dolly zoom.
==Tracking shots==
* "Once a Year Day" moves the camera around to show multiple angles in a single shot; this was somewhat rare for The Muppet Show.
* Mimicking the style of Feist's original music video, the Sesame Street video for "1234" is filmed in a single continuous shot (although there is a hidden dissolve cut as Feist spins with the number 4).
* Episode 201 of Muppets Tonight features a Tales from the Vet with a loose hand-held "home video" from Dr. Phil van Neuter's Christmas party.
* Two 2008 online videos ("Rolling with the Skateboarding Dog" and "The Skateboarding Dog Gets Served") feature "hand-held" camera work from the point-of-view of Rizzo the Rat, including a POV tracking shot of Rizzo running (and skateboarding) to Rowlf's aide.
* In the camera tests for The Muppets (included on the Blu-ray release as "A Little Screen Test on the Way to the Read-Through") included long tracking shots of the Muppets walking and talking as they move though the studio office.
* The 2015 series The Muppets was filmed in a documentary style, featuring several long takes and tracking shots. For example, the pilot episode, featured a long "walk and talk" of Kermit and Miss Piggy moving through the Up Late offices and studio. The show was noted as being the first time the Muppets shot with handheld cameras."The Muppets had the biggest set they’ve ever had, and it was the first time they’ve ever used handheld cameras."
* Season 46 marked the first use of a StediCam for tracking shots on Sesame Street.David Gallo on Twitter The newly designed street set allows for more unique camera angles and camera movements.
==Slow motion==
Slow motion is achieved by filming a scene at a high frame rate, then playing it back at a speed that matches the rest of the production.
* Kermit and Piggy running to each other in "Never Before, Never Again"
* Gobo and Wembley running in "Wembley and the Great Race"
* Sweetums in Muppet Treasure Island
==High-angle shots==
File:FR-HighAngle-1.jpg|Fraggle Rock
File:MCC-HighAngle-1.jpg|The Muppet Christmas Carol
File:MCC-HighAngle-2.jpg|The Muppet Christmas Carol
File:MCC-HighAngle-3.jpg|The Muppet Christmas Carol
File:MTI-HighAngle-1.jpg|Muppet Treasure Island
File:MFS-HighAngle-1.jpg|Muppets from Space
File:TM-HighAngle-1.jpg|The Muppets
File:3921j.jpg|Sesame Street Episode 3921
File:4062b.jpg|Sesame Street Episode 4062
File:SS-HighAngle-1.png|Sesame Street "I Need a Word"
ETMAria-Karate.png|Elmo the Musical: Karate Master
ETMArial-Circus.jpg|Elmo the Musical: Circus
==Dutch angles==
Dutch angle MTI 01.jpg|Muppet Treasure Island
Dutch angle MTI 02.jpg|Muppet Treasure Island
Habaneramup.jpg|"Habanera" web video
==Racking focus==
* In The Muppets episode "Pig Girls Don't Cry," after Kermit mentions his new relationship with the head of marketing (stating that they "cross-promoted"), the camera quickly shifts focus to Denise sucking on a straw behind him.
==SnorriCam==
Telly pogo SnorriCam 4224.gif|Sesame Street Episode 4224
Muppet-Runs-Away-In-Fear.gif|The Muppets
==Pixilation==
Pixilation is a technique similar to stop motion in which the subject poses, or is posed, while the camera captures each frame. The practice results in "sped up" effect, often with gaps in the action.
* Milo Counting
* George the Farmer
* several Sesame Street Human Cast Sketches
==Other==
MCC camera trick|The Muppet Christmas Carol (explained by Brian Henson in the audio commentary)
==Sources==
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