Tilt Movement

A tilt is a vertical camera movement in which the camera points up or down from a stationary location. For example, if you mount a camera on your shoulder and nod it up and down, you are tilting the camera.

Tilting is less common than panning because that's the way humans work — we look left and right more often than we look up and down.

The tilt should not be confused with the Dutch Tilt which means a deliberately slanted camera angle. 

A director may choose to use a tilting movement to give the audience the full vision of an imposing or attractive character, usually starting at the shoes and rising to the character's head. This is usually done with a Point of View Shot.