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Shaky cam is just plain lazy

posted 12 years ago by StoneFacedTickler
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It's a lazy technique used by lazy filmmakers.

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It wasn't in 2004.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hII5rQEtoic

Oh I agree. Carrying a heavyass piece of equipment and trying to keep up with actors who are running ahead of you is totally lazy. I mean, with that kind of laziness I could actually lose forty pounds in one week.

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[–] mgallagheraaclc 12 years ago

It's one thing during an action scene but when it's just two characters talking the shaky cam is nauseating.

[–] Emerald-Blues 12 years ago

it depends on the scene. Sometimes it's a bad move to have the shaky cam and sometimes it's prefect for reflecting the concept of the scene. If the protagonist is running and terrified it's really good or if protagonist is dizzy it's good. It has to reflect a feeling relevant to the story otherwise it just pisses people off (even though most people complain about shaky cams all the time I understand their use most of the time)

[–] kingsx_64 10 years ago

It IS lazy. And frankly, insults my intelligence.
The few who do defend it, have the attention span of a mountain goat,,, , and therefore think it's 'cool'.

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[–] actionmanrandell 10 years ago

the movie was supposed to be more of a documentary thats what the director was going for the whole handheld documentary style

[–] DanDyXD 9 years ago

Some of the time it's was slick and intense but the car chase towards the end was *beep* awful you literally couldn't see *beep*

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