What is it called in filming were u rotate the camera around a frozen object?

Question: What is it called in filming were u rotate the camera around a frozen object!?

For example the UK xbox 360 advert were they rotate around that ugly guys head!.
also used alot in Heroes were Hiro slops time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It sounds like you're referring to the effect used in the movie The Matrix!.
In that case, they don't move the camera at all!. Instead, they use many still cameras setup around the subject that are remotely triggered in a rapid sequence!. In the Matrix, they called it "Bullet Time" and that's the term that stuck: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Bullet_timeWww@QuestionHome@Com

Orbiting!? When you stay in place and turn the camera around, it's panning, but I'm not sure if there's really a word for just going around something!. Orbiting seems like a fairly fitting word!.Www@QuestionHome@Com