Word for sideways motion?

[tkinva]

I've never heard crab used in cinematography. What part of the world are you in? Maybe they use different terms.

I'm in the US, but I haven't been involved in film or TV for over 40 years.

A dolly where all four wheels can steer, so it can move sideways, is called a crab dolly.
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[Johnmcl7]

I always say strafe but that is probably from playing too much Quake2 as a youth

Strafe is the term I use since it's the standard term in fps games.

John

 

[tkinva]

Strafe is the term I use since it's the standard term in fps games.
John

For anyone old enough to remember a real war (I remember WW II), the word "strafe" has a very negative connotation.

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[Peregrine]

We used to do it all the time when ridge-soaring our paragliders. Flying along the ridge, but facing out and away from the ridge, when the wind was towards the upper limits. And we always referred to it as "crabbing".

 

[dwallersv]

Hammer​

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Okay, fair enough. However, to truly "Hammer" your quad you have to slide it sideways, then do a full 360 spin, no?

 

[JoostGT3]

We used to do it all the time when ridge-soaring our paragliders. Flying along the ridge, but facing out and away from the ridge, when the wind was towards the upper limits. And we always referred to it as "crabbing".

Oh, the good old times! Used to do that over the dunes in the Netherlands and the Austrian Alps... until a "bit of a mishap" cost me a fractured vertebrae... boy do I miss the feeling of weigth-steering during ridge soaring! :'-(

 

[Johnmcl7]

For anyone old enough to remember a real war (I remember WW II), the word "strafe" has a very negative connotation.

I'm sure the term drone has very negative connotations for many people as well but that doesn't stop it being in common usage for this type of aircraft, if I talk about strafing my with Mavic I seriously doubt there would be any confusion about whether I'm talking about hosing down an enemy with machine gun fire and missiles or moving sideways.

John

 

[No1much]

I've been using the terms as defined by UAV Coach's "How to fly a quadcopter" article:
Roll = sideways lean (aircraft tilts sideways even if the camera doesn't)
Pitch = lean forward/backward
Yaw = rotate clockwise/counterclockwise

 

[Dronin]

Hammer​

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This is genuinely funny! Thanks For The Laugh!

 

[Big Fil]

Slide left or slide right.

 

[Lt Shanks]

I'm sure the term drone has very negative connotations for many people as well but that doesn't stop it being in common usage for this type of aircraft, if I talk about strafing my with Mavic I seriously doubt there would be any confusion about whether I'm talking about hosing down an enemy with machine gun fire and missiles or moving sideways.

John

Well said John I agree - "crabbing" is catching crabs at the ocean with a cage - lol

 

[Urbanlung]

As a TV camera operator I would term lateral moves as crabs.

Crab left or crab right.

It's a single syllable and we all know what crabs do, at least apocryphally.