CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS

A control method and apparatus are provided. The method is used to control an image shooting apparatus. The image shooting apparatus includes one camera or at least two cameras. The method includes: obtaining an instruction and/or cockpit information; generating control signaling according to the instruction and/or the obtained cockpit information; and when the image shooting apparatus includes one camera, controlling a space state of the camera of the image shooting apparatus by using the control signaling, or when the image shooting apparatus includes at least two cameras, controlling space states of some or all of the cameras by using the control signaling, so that at least one camera of the image shooting apparatus is flexibly controlled, and flexible changes of the space states of the cameras can meet requirements of a user for different multimedia scenarios. This improves user experience.