i hate shaky-cam - Swiri (1999) Discussion

[–] greenie4242 17 years ago

In that case, make sure you never see the new Miami Vice movie. Apart from being a generally bad movie, the camera shots are so wobbly you can't tell who's who during the action scenes.

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[–] Offworld_Colony 16 years ago

Your idiots. Grow up. I hated shaky cam when I was 12. But then you watch films like Bourne Ultimatum and Miami vice when your balls drop and you realise that they are intelligent thought-provoking action films and the shaky-cam style is to draw you deeper in and give it a documentary style. 'Generally bad' you know nothing of cinema - grow up fiends.

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[–] Soylent-Red 15 years ago

How did you keep a straight face when you wrote that the Bourne Ultimatum and Miami Vice are 'intelligent thought-provoking action films'..? I'm working on my act y'see.

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[–] erlendsp 15 years ago

Wahahaha! Oh, yes. Miami Vice is a seriously thought provoking film! Shaky camerawork ranges from effective to cowardly, the latter in the case of movies where the producers realise what's going on on-screen isn't enough to keep the audience's attention fixed.

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[–] MarioBrandon 7 years ago

You're*
stupid.

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[–] Nephilim-6 16 years ago

It's the best part of the movie. Shaky-cam is a bad-ass technique. IF USED CORRECTLY and they did it terribly well in this movie.

Did you ever notice that people who believe in creationism look really un-evolved? - Bill Hicks

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[–] JimmyZappa 15 years ago

I like to see the action unfold, not use my imagination on what it looks like cause it looks like an earthquake on screen mmmkay.

Stuff like this reminds me of "Movie Poop Shoot.com" from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

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[–] moth_city 15 years ago

I couldn't have said it better myself.

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[–] bastinnana 15 years ago

exactly.

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[–] badboybert2004 14 years ago

Shaky-cams?

I don't get it... What are whiners if not just whiners?

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[–] allcladrad 14 years ago

Luckily, like all gimmicks, it will fade into oblivion. I think the people who put up the money will figure out shaky-cam usually equals no return.

I would like to thank the OP for mentioning it.

But, I do agree that Miami Vice was a thought provoking movie, my first provoked thought was "what the heck were they thinking when they decided to shoot this?"

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[–] Zarathustras_Crown 14 years ago

That could be for a few reasons...the idea of that style of filmaking is to "put the viewer in the scene"...when you run down the street your vision doesn't smoothly pan across the panoramic scenes around you only to do a clean pullback from your iris to show a look of shock on your face because you saw a car coming at you. When you run, your head bounces around, your eyes look around so you can take in more of the periphery of your vision...it's "messy" looking, not clean and cinematic. So a filmmaker adds that element to an action scene and the viewer is intended to feel like they're more "in" the scene...it lends a sense of urgency, helps (like quick cutting) to make it "feel" more fast-paced and unpredictable.

It's also true that (again, like with quick cuts), shaky-cam can also help to hide, or make less obvious special effects issues. Look at the British werewolf movie Dog Soldiers, it isn't shaky but you only see the upper body of any werewolves and when you DO see a full body shot it's only for a split second through trees, kind of obscured. They wanted organic as opposed to CG werewolves but they also didn't have the budget to make-up the whole body to be convincing enough if they lingered on the shot. So by being quick they did a damn good job of using what they had available to good effect.

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