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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Look, can we stop talking like this? I'm getting very dizzy."''
|'''Seto Kaiba''', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]''}}
In this inverse of the [[Round Table Shot]], there is only one subject around whom the camera circles (usually on a [[Dolly]] track), so as to provide a rotating view from all sides. Sometimes gives the impression that the subject is spinning.
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This was a particularly common shot in music videos during the 1980s.
[[Orbital Kiss]] is a common subtrope. The
Not to be confused with [[Kill Sat]], which is an entirely different kind of orbital shot.
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* In the final episode of ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi|Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'', the animators' virtual camera does an
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* This happens in ''[[
▲* In the final episode of ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi|Steel Angel Kurumi 2]]'', the animators' virtual camera does an [[Orbital Shot]] around Nako as she performs in the cello competition.
* The ninja teams in the second opening of ''[[Naruto]]''.▼
▲* This happens in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', during a personal confrontation between L and Light.
* There is one in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' around Renge, when she accuses the members of the male club of not being good enough.
▲* The ninja teams in the second opening of [[Naruto]].
* In the opening of the second season of ''[[K-On!]]'', there is an orbital shot around the whole band as they're playing in the music room, repeated three times throughout the credits.
▲* There is one in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' around Renge, when she accuses the members of the male club of not being good enough.
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Bad Boys]] 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
* Sent up in [[Hot Fuzz]], where the camera spins around the protagonists as they deliver these immortal lines:
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'''Danny:''' Yeah, motherfucker. }}
* Parodied in ''Superhero Movie'': Dragonfly and the Hourglass confront each other while the camera spins around...[[No Fourth Wall|making both of them rather dizzy]].
* Famously, ''[[The Matrix]]'' during [[Bullet Time]].
* Used during Pita's kidnapping in ''Man On Fire''.
* In the ''[[Twilight]]'' film, this happens whenever Bella and Edward stand beside each other, to denote the seriousness of their conversation. It got really annoying, really fast.
* Done to excess in the final rendition of 'This Is Me' in ''[[Camp Rock]]'' when Shane and Mitchie meet on the middle of a catwalk-esque podium to sing.
* The forced Mind Meld between Spock and Valeris in ''[[Star Trek VI:
* The Joker and Rachel in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' "You wanna know how I got these scars?"
* In the [[So Bad It's Good|just-begging-for-a-]][[
** Dizziness exacerbated by forcing you to read subtitles during the whole thing!
* A fairly brilliant one in ''[[Murder in
* Abused a lot in ''[[House of the Dead (
* A long one at the climax of ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Frequently used on ''[[Lost]]'' when "the whispers" are heard, including a shot of Sayid first hearing the whispers in "Solitary."
* The final scene of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' episode "Pegasus".
* Happens in the last episode of ''[[Carnivale]]'' while Ben is healing people, spliced with the scene of the
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode
* Occasionally used on ''[[
* Used on the 2009 version of ''V'' in episode 5 when Anna talks to someone.
* ''[[Glee]]'' loves this technique, especially during solos.
* Used during several episodes in the [[Korean Series]] ''[[You Are Beautiful]]''.
== Music ==
* [[Rick Astley]]'s "Lights Out" music video makes EXTENSIVE use of the orbital shot, with mind-dizzying action lasting for almost the entire video.
== Video Games ==
* Used in one of the later conversations with Jack in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', when the camera rotates around her as she tells Shepard about her boyfriend's sacrifice and the effect it had on her.
* [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'s Subspace Emissary mode uses this once, when Ness pulls a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment and destroys {{spoiler|Pokey's statue}}.
* Happens when you idle in ''[[Fallout 3]]'', ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Oblivion]]'', and ''[[Morrowind]]''.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' did this in five panels, in the middle of a fight in a crowded nightclub. It's about as confusing as you'd expect, and it's entirely possible to miss the fact that it's the ''camera'' that's rotating, not Kimiko.
== Western Animation ==
* In the finale of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', {{spoiler|Danny and Sam
* Used forebodingly in ''[[Watership Down]]'', 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 [[Shout
* Attempted by Bloo in ''[[
* Used in the ''[[
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