History Main / OrbitalShot

* The opening scene of ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' at the diner, where the protagonists are having a [[CharacterFilibuster random discussion]] while the camera spins around the table.

* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Naked Time", the camera circles Spock as he loses control and [[InelegantBlubbering begins to sob]]. Creator/LeonardNimoy actually suggested this, as he thought it would be more powerful than a regular shot.

* Used during several episodes in the KoreanSeries ''YouAreBeautiful''.

* WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks: Sunset Shimmer gets one of these during her transformation at the end of the movie.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/Catscratch'', the brothers visit Scotland to prove that Gordon is from the Highland Quid clan like he always says he is. When Gordon learns that he may not be from the clan, there's an orbital shot as the words "not from the Highland Quid clan" echo in the background and Gordon has a HeroicBSOD.

OrbitalKiss is a common subtrope. The OrbitalShot is often used in BulletTime. See also DizzyCam, which is an OrbitalShot done with a handheld camera at a distressing speed.

* In the final episode of ''[[SteelAngelKurumi Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'', the animators' virtual camera does an OrbitalShot around Nako as she performs in the cello competition.

* In the opening of the second season of ''[[Manga/KOn K-On!]]'', there is an orbital shot around the whole band as they're playing in the music room.

* ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' has a fairly elaborate and protracted one in its TransformationSequence, where the spinning is paired with dizzying zooms and zoom-outs that give a three-dimensional view of the sparkly, prismatic {{CGI}} void the heroine transforms in.

* In ''Film/BadBoys 2'', when the villain [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM calls the heroes]] to inform them that he holds the lead girl (who happens to be one hero's sister and the other's girlfriend) hostage, the camera does a dramatic OrbitalShot as one of them delivers the punchline "Shit just got real!"

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', after [[spoiler:Cap escapes the S.H.I.E.L.D. holding area in Manhattan, he ends up in Times Square]]. [[spoiler:The spinning camera nicely represents his bewilderment at the sights and sounds of the modern world]].

* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Naked Time", the camera circles Spock as he loses control and [[InelegantBlubbering begins to sob.]] If I remember, Creator/LeonardNimoy actually suggested this, as he thought it would be more powerful than a regular shot.

* RickAstley's Lights Out music video makes EXTENSIVE use of the orbital shot, with mind-dizzying action lasting for almost the entire video.

* SuperSmashBrosBrawl's Subspace Emissary mode uses this once, when Ness pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment and destroys [[spoiler: Pokey's statue]].

* Used forebodingly in ''WatershipDown'', when Hazel's group are inside Cowslip's warren. They're bunched up in the middle of a large chamber with multiple entrances, and the perspective rotates around the room, looking at them through each entrance in turn. It's creepy, because two or three resident rabbits crouch anxiously inside each tunnel, out of the newcomers' view, and are eavesdropping on their conversation.
* In ''{{Shrek}}'', during a fight, as a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheMatrix''.

* ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' has a fairly elaborate and protracted one in its TransformationSequence, where the spinning is paired with dizzying zooms and zoom-outs that give a three-dimensional view of the sparkly, prismatic void the heroine transforms in.

* In ''BadBoys 2'', when the villain [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM calls the heroes]] to inform them that he holds the lead girl (who happens to be one hero's sister and the other's girlfriend) hostage, the camera does a dramatic OrbitalShot as one of them delivers the punchline "Shit just got real!"
* Sent up in HotFuzz, where the camera spins around the protagonists as they deliver these immortal lines:

* In {{Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger}}, after [[spoiler:Cap escapes the S.H.I.E.L.D. holding area in Manhattan, he ends up in Times Square]]. [[spoiler:The spinning camera nicely represents his bewilderment at the sights and sounds of the modern world]].

* In [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger]], after Cap escapes the S.H.I.E.L.D. holding area in Manhattan, he ends up in Times Square. The spinning camera nicely represents his bewilderment at the sights and sounds of the modern world.

* Occasionally used on ''MythBusters'' to intro a special guest (such as the Navy pilot who took Adam up for the sonic boom vs glass tests).

* Happens in the last episode of ''{{Carnivale}}'' while Ben is healing people, spliced with the scene of the ferris wheel spinning.

* In the finale of ''DannyPhantom'', [[spoiler: Danny and Sam]] get one during a romantic moment.

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* Bruce Wayne and [[ComicBooks/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] get a lot of overlapping close-up orbital shots during the scene in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' where they are dancing together.

* The Joker and Rachel in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' "You wanna know how I got these scars?"