What's Up, Joey? the Shaky Cam Effect
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2024
- The next time you’re sitting in the movie theater enjoying a film or even in the comfort of your own home watching a TV series, stop and take note of something.
The cameras are moving.
That’s right. It’s a purposeful effect that crept its way into filmmaking called shaky cam.
It’s hard to say exactly when this trend in shooting video came about. There are some early examples before it became as commonplace as it is now.
Many filmmakers say it gives the footage a pseudo-documentary feel, and it’s sometimes used to simulate reality footage.
Some more notable examples of this camera work include the Normandy scene in Saving Private Ryan or most of the film, Cloverfield.
Some filmmakers say it’s completely overdone. The film Blair Witch Project used shaky cam throughout the entire film, and unfortunately, it made a lot of their audience members nauseous.
Still, it’s remained a popular technique.
Take the hit comedy Modern Family. The camera is constantly following the action, and throughout the show, the characters will even address the camera in a sit-down interview format. Even though the show has never established who is interviewing them.
Regardless, why is this technique so common?
Brad Battersby, the head of digital filmmaking at Ringling College, has a theory.
“I think it goes to the fact that all these shows now are shot on digital,” says Battersby. “Digital is an electronic medium. It’s not organic. No matter how good the cameras get, they’re still not as good as the old fashioned celluloid film cameras.”
Brad suggest that moving the camera is an attempt to add a little more depth to the image. Still, he warns his film students that it’s a bit overdone.
“I say if you’re going to use handheld, do it well,” says Battersby. “Be aware that it’s being used by everyone else now.”
So the next time you notice a little extra movement on your screen, take note. It might just be intentional.
Most of the examples here are from films that are SUPPOSED to be filmed on amateur handheld devices (Blair Witch, Cloverfield). That is the only time that shaky-cam is acceptable. When the audience is supposed to FORGET that a camera is present, shaky-cam is a disaster. Note that the expert interviewee is being shot with a tripod.
Only one question. Would you film your daughters wedding this way. Of course not.
stop the shaky cam in movies
shaky cam is pian in my ass
especiel when its artificial
try to mimic low cam doku
on big screen give you a headache and kill the cinema feel
on TV series give you a feeling the director try to sake up the bland story/characters/script