Previous Nexus devices were never noted
for their camera performance, but that is about to change with the arrival of the Nexus 6P, and the Nexus 5X as well.
As
for camera performance, this may be somewhat subjective, but there's definitely a difference in megapixel count with the iPhone 6 coming in with 8 of them and up to 1080p video recording, while the OnePlus 2 features a 13 - megapixel shooter with optical image stabilization and laser auto focus.
As
for camera performance, this is somewhat of a mixed bag.
It makes sense for Apple to opt, once again, for a dual - camera setup after the iPhone 7 Plus, which received rave reviews
for its camera performance.
It's an afterthought rather than a must - have, but then you probably aren't getting
this for its camera performance anyway.
Not exact matches
Waiting to be interviewed
for the British channel ITV News, Mr. Coupe, presumably unaware that the
cameras were rolling, undercut the official line with an impromptu
performance.
On an old disc of line readings
for a
performance he once auditioned
for, however, he discovers that one session became intimate while the
camera rolled.
And just when I was savoring that great
performance and win, the
camera pans around and stops on a banner that said, «Thanks
for the Memories Arsene but It Is Time to go», or something like that.
Thankfully the Arsenal staff will look at the complete
performance for each individual — both with and without the ball and also when the match day
cameras are panning elsewhere and we don't see.
The president was pleased with deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders»
performance on Friday, when she first filled in
for Spicer on
camera during the midday briefing.
People say he harboured private doubts about whether he could sustain a
performance in front of the TV
cameras for an hour, and I shared them.
Because of its amplification, the resonator can improve the
performance of
cameras looking
for tiny wisps of light, such as those used in microscopes.
For each of these events, the team compared the bot's
performance both with and without wings, and with its wings flapping or still, all while measuring
performance with accelerometers and
cameras.
For instance, HTC's One X high -
performance 8 - megapixel smartphone
camera boasts rapid shot - to - shot action, and its Titan II takes 16 - megapixel shots of solid quality.
Avatar also employed two other amazing bits of technology: Skullcaps worn by the actors had tiny
cameras capturing their facial
performances, which allowed
for more detailed and realistic animation of their characters without the burden of dozens of miniature sensors placed on their faces.
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I spend most of my time traveling and performing with a professional
performance / makeup group, and its rare
for a
camera to be around after i shower it all off and slip into a pair of jeans and t - shirt.
I think the marketing department really got it wrong with this poster, and a lot of people were looking
for more action as a result, but what the complainers missed was a strong
performance by George Clooney (complemented by actors unknown in North America) and a minimalist approach to music and dialogue that allowed the
camera to do the talking.
The 1963 Haunting is still remembered fondly (mostly by critics)
for its atmosphere and the
performances of its two female leads, but, low - key as director Wise might have been, he, too, was not above a certain amount of excess, relying on distorting
camera lenses and the cranking up of volume on music and special effects.
The scene in which defines her amazing
performance is one in which she pours out pure emotion whilst sharing a mud bath with her father — one in which the
camera stays with her
for what seems like three to four minutes, without cutting or moving, and her delivering a multi-page monologue.
Effortlessly vaulting over expectations despite months of hype, Under the Skin is a meditation on the human condition, a psychedelic, surreal sci - fi, a hidden -
camera portrait of Glasgow, and showcase
for a stunning
performance by Scarlett Johansson.
If the
camera moves, it's because an actor's blocking or
performance calls
for it.
If Stealing Beauty is shot with a painterliness by Darius Khondji and possessed of scattered nuggets of actual wisdom, not just the kind you get from leaning on coming - of - age clichés (I'm especially fond of dying writer Jeremy Irons's frantic search
for what he considers one of his finest pieces of work («I would think that since I can't find it,» he qualifies)-RRB-, it's also rife with shallow
performances (Tyler's is particularly impenetrable, pardon the pun — the
camera loves her, but she doesn't love it back), perfunctory soundtrack cues (the use of Nina Simone is as uninspired here as the use of Edith Piaf is at the end of The Dreamers), and fizzling payoffs.
It has to be a challenge to act both physically in front of the
camera and also do a voiceover
for another character and manage to still convey the same
performance.
There are no
cameras in the room, but he is putting on a
performance to persuade them that he is the right lawyer
for their case, even if he isn't entirely sure of that himself.
She had no inkling of how to act
for the
camera and her
performance is predictably stilted and «operatic».
All four actors click really well as a group, but they also deliver some great individual
performances — especially Aubrey Plaza, who proves she can do more than spout acerbic one - liners and mug
for the
camera like on «Parks and Rec» — resulting in one of the funniest, sincerest and most charming movies of the year.
More in the posing of questions than in any kind of resolutions or consequences, the pleasures of The Final Countdown also lie in the
performances of Sheen (still doing voice - over work
for Apocalypse Now between
camera set - ups) and Douglas, as well as the delicious «what if» of a time - travel scenario married to a particular breed of unfettered patriotism and military fetishism.
Not Getting to Hear a Christopher Plummer Acceptance Speech: Absolutely no disrespect to Sam Rockwell and his excellent
performance in Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri — and that cute moment when Frances McDormand shooed the
camera away from her — but after the HFPA nominated Plummer
for All the Money in the World, we just assumed that he'd win too.
Released last week, this is definitely one of the best short fan films we have seen, using some great
camera angles, what feels like an actual Panaglide
camera that Carpenter would die
for, slow burn suspense, and a killer
performance from leading actress Suzee Dunn playing «Jamie», who is stalked by Myers
for no apparent reason (other than it's Halloween).
between character,
performance, and
camera makes
for the most memorable role the filmmaking team has given us.
This is where Baker locates the unlikely encounter of 21 year - old Jane (Dree Hemingway, daughter of Mariel), a girl who struts about in hot pants under the California sun and makes a living selling her youth to the
camera, and 85 year - old Sadie (an arresting
performance by newcomer Besedka Johnson) who survives her state of invisibility as a senior by being a cantankerous recluse with a taste
for bingo.
While Jeremy Renner (not seen in this sequence) is the obvious front man
for the movie, giving a
performance that is impossible to look away from, Ackroyd is the unsung hero, because his
camera never flinches, and only rarely exaggerates.
But much better than his song was his
performance of it on the award show, remote from Australia, he kept sidling up to the
camera for an extreme close - up of his Cesar Romero mustache.
THE FLORIDA PROJECT:
For all I know, director / co-writer Sean Baker strapped an invisible
camera to the back of one of a pack of kids running wild on the fringes of society, so unfettered and unadorned are these
performances.
Without a single dormant moment, the volatility of the
camera is countered by a set of unsettling
performances we spent years divorcing the actors from, particularly Ellen Burstyn, now forever huddled behind the couch, watching
for that refrigerator.
So it's apples and anvils, and yet there is one movie I could curl up with
for a long, long time, in dark sybaritic contentment, and that's Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread» — a love story and a power play made with subtle but outrageously generous attention to craft, onscreen and behind the
camera, in its
performances and in the rich, hermetic world it creates.
Every design flaw, calling attention to the artificiality of the project, could be a feature — another way
for Greene to make the point that behavior is
performance, at least when there's a
camera around to capture it.
For its smart, honest storytelling and strong
performances (particularly from Ronan and Metcalf), the film suffers some significant pacing problems with it lurching between acts in an at times ungraceful manner, the aftershock of Gerwig finding her footing behind the
camera.
Smooth
camera work that never shies away from the more grotesque moments, strong
performances, gracefully patient tension building scenes all lay the groundwork
for a third act that is a pure, unadulterated maelstrom.
Not only does he effortlessly juggle a wide canvas of characters and storylines, coax fine
performances from his entire cast, and employ some bravura
camera work, he shows an amazing eye
for detail.
The depressing statistics don't take away from the great work those women are doing behind the
camera, nor does it subtract from the excellent
performances in front of the
camera by current Emmy nominees like Viola Davis of How to Get Away with Murder, Taraji P. Henson of Empire, Elisabeth Moss of Mad Men, Amy Poehler of Parks and Recreation, Jessica Lange of American Horror Story or any of the other women who are up
for awards tonight.
Crowe certainly has a good eye
for the kind of epic storytelling that he's trying to achieve with his first stint behind the
camera, but despite some decent visuals and a solid
performance from the actor himself, «The Water Diviner» is too easily distracted by its numerous subplots.
The long takes — seamlessly stitched together by editors Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione — also inform the film's dialogue between stage and screen acting: while the actors are clearly acting
for a
camera, the duration of shot gives the
performances the sustained intensity of theatre, the best of both worlds.
Gray has a gift
for drawing rich, naturalistic
performances out of actors (Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, and Vinessa Shaw have all done their best work in James Gray movies) and rendering them vividly with the
camera.
So many of the lines and
performances are played awkwardly big — usually around the central joke of Leonardo adjusting to a life of little means and tons of work — that it feels more suited to a terrible sitcom with lots of mugging
for the
camera and canned applause from a laugh track.
It's true that Silver Linings Playbook boasted Robert De Niro's best
performance in years, giving the actor a tender comic role that required more than just cracking wise and mugging
for the
camera.
These are key subjects under considerstion as Charlotte Rampling, sublimely wise at age 55, comments on her approach to
performance, career arc and personal evolution, while looking into filmmaker Angelina Maccarone's
camera for The Look, an insightful and intimate documentary profile of the revered actress.
All four actors click really well as a group, but they also deliver some great individual
performances, especially Aubrey Plaza, who proves that she can do more than spout witty one - liners and mug
for the
camera.
20th Century Fox's production of «How To Marry A Millionaire» was preceded by Alfred Newman conducting his overture from «Street Scene,» and like «Millionaire,» a certain fear of
camera movement dominated the visual angles;
for «Port,» the musical
performance begins with a «flat» MGM logo in 1.33:1, and the familiar red Fox curtain appears in 2.35:1.