Camera movement techniques play a pivotal role in film-making, yet understanding of the psychological processes of watching movies is limited and lacking in empirical support for the inner experience of movie viewers. This research is grounded on the perspective of empirical aesthetics and used eye tracking to explore camera movement techniques and their influence on viewing modes in order to understand how viewers appreciate film works. The results indicate that the follow-shot is able to attract more attention, as the viewer is revealed to stare at the subject while looking outward, constantly glancing around the surrounding for details, thus resulting in the most number of fixations and saccades and the most dispersed gaze distribution of all the compared camera movement techniques. A director who makes good use of the camera can therefore effectively convey the intended imagery to the viewer, increase the viewing fluency and grasp the viewer's visual sensation. Suitability of this study as reference for film theory and practice is in the use of empirical aesthetics for practical film development and as a novel application of eye-tracking technology.