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more about #quarantine Mr_Noyes: District 9 a good example, you say? Damn, this movie needs some Ritalin ASAP! This comes from a viewer who did not mind Blair Witch Project and liked ... more » MrThunderfield: THANK YOU for mentioning Bourne. There's a scene, I think in the second movie, where he's in a car tunnel and fighting some people. There the shakycam... more » DexinSF: Back when I was in film school we called shaky cam "cinéma vérité," a style named after a French Film movement which sought "truth" in film. It wa... more » debo matar la zombi goldberry83: I guess I'm one of those people who's just incredibly sensitive to the shaky cam; I had to spend 95% of District 9 staring at the lower left hand corn... more » Y Duras: Oh, I hate shakeycam. More and more movie make me ill these days. I watched about ten minutes of Cloverfield (I listened to the whole thing, but I c... more » LiC: I actually got nauseous during the second Bourne movie because of the shaky cam. more » I_Like_TDs: I felt that Cloverfield fell prey to Abrams getting a little full of himself and the execution was even poor. The topic title is AWESOME, btw. more » Torley: I have a proverb that something can't be overused; just poorly used. Just like certain camera angles can be awkward if they're not used to advance... more » No cool name here... Move along: I am amazed at the lack of love for the Bourne films, especially when they are clearly amongst the few films that get shakeycam right. Perhaps you hav... more » Michael_GR: Some shaky cam movies that were not yet mentioned (I think) are Transformers I & II and Star Trek. In Michael Bay's movies the camera shakes so violen... more » Dirk Anger: "I definitely want to see the monster I've been waiting for all movie." Really? I thought the wors part of Cloverfield was when the monster was being ... more » FrankN.Stein: I do not easily get air-/car-/seasick, and therefore am not too sensitive about shaky cams either, but Rec! (the spanish original to "Quarantine") was... more » Cash907Censored: Greengrass is a hack, and his shaky cam nonsense ruined Ultimatum. If I were the fight coordinator on that show, I would have been pissed, seeing how ... more » SanchaliCachifa: They're all shakey cams. Isn't anybody else bugged by 24 frames a second? Would you watch a monitor with a 24 hz refresh? more » Brisco_County_Jr: Ahem. BSG did it first? Try Firefly IO9. ZOIC went from doing Firefly effects to BSG after Fox axed it. The shakycam space camera followed. You neve... more » Briareosdx: Shaky-cam is like hiding your monster in shadows, only for directing instead of for a monster-suit. When properly done, it makes it much more effectiv... more » ArmillaAlligator: I'm surprised nobody mentioned Quantum of Solace... The Shaky Cam made the fight and chase scenes impossible to follow. more » Bill-Lee: Inexperienced directors tend to be the ones who use the term "authenticity" when discussing the shaky cam technique. Even when filming with a hand-hel... more » Thadexter: Thanks for the rant! I really like the 1st two Bourne movies, but I refused to watch the 3rd one because of the excessive use of this shaky cam crap. ... more » CodenameV: My problem with BSG's shaky-cam is actually that they *gradually used it less and less in seasons 3 and 4* until it was barely there at all Go and re... more » -
#rant
Stop Shaking My Movies Like A Polaroid Picture
The shaky cam is so common these days it's cliche. In order to curb this trend we've categorized the good, the bad, and the ugly of the candid cam takes. Not all shaky cams are created equal. More » -
