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"Vertigo" shots (aka dolly zooms)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol on Ebenezer Scrooge right before The Marley's appear. Brian Henson talks about the "cheats" they had to do to create the shot in the audio commentary for the film.
- Muppet Treasure Island on the stir-crazy pirates right before the catch "Cabin Fever."
- Sesame Street Episode 3519 when Oscar confesses his love for Grundgetta
- Sesame Street Episode 3961 as Elmo approaches Ernie's drum (YouTube)
- Sesame Street Episode 4174 when Big Bird exclaims "You sold Radar?"
- 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"
Tracking shots
Walter runs
- "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 Muppets, after overhearing Tex Richman's plan, there is a close-up tracking shot of a frantic Walter running from Kermit's office.
- 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.[1]
- Season 46 marked the first use of a StediCam for tracking shots on Sesame Street.[2] The newly designed street set allow for more unique camera angles and camera movements.
High-angle shots
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Dutch angles
"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.