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POV Shots

posted 19 years ago by mutantcamel-1
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Anyone have any idea how they did the "Doyle POV" shots that are intercut with the chase at the end? They look a little like the "clip" sequences from "Strange Days", but can't think how they acheived this effect in 1975. The film looks granier than the 35mm print, so I think they're using super-16 for that particular camera, and there's no noticable motion blur, so it they either had set a high shutter speed or they intentionally set a high speed.

Might it be an old war camera? I know they have fixed mirrors and shutter speeds...but apart from that...any ideas?

[–] thedanielm 19 years ago

im really not sure what they did but its great cinematography, the grainy film and the fact popeye is exhausted kinda work well together. im kinda biased though, im my opinion the french connection movies are the greatest crime films ever made, simply timeless.

[–] DC1977 19 years ago

I thought it was an interesting idea to do the POV shots but I felt the contrast with the other shots was too strong and it just ended up being jarry.

I wasn't keen on the ending which I thought was too sudden. The credits appear before Charnier hits the floor!!

I think the film would have benefitted from Roy Scheider being in it but he was probably busy fishing with Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss.

[–] drewdeman 19 years ago

Yeah--I think definitely a smaller-bore camera and a high shutter speed. It does have the slightly skippy look of having been accelerated too. Also, I like the weird, bluish tint those shots have.
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[–] Borred101 18 years ago

A friend of mine claims its super 8.