(His herky - jerky,
handheld camera style occasionally grates.)
If you didn't dig Captain Phillips that's fine, but to automatically dismiss any movie that uses
a handheld camera style and non-professional actors is a bit short - sighted.
Not exact matches
Shot on location with
handheld cameras, La Promesse used a stripped - down, realistic visual
style to illuminate the harsh conditions of immigrants forced to work illegally, within an intensely personal story of a teenager who is forced to choose between morality and family ties when one of his father's exploited immigrant employees dies.
THE BLU - RAY DISC Cinematographer Benedict Neuenfels shot The Counterfeiters in Super16, and the lighter (compared to 35 mm)
cameras allowed for a
handheld shooting
style that apes documentary -
style filmmaking from shakycam operation to fast zooms — an occasionally distracting tactic.
Cinematographer Tom Stern («Mystic River,» «Flags of Our Fathers») was a spectacular choice as he brings a grittier,
handheld style to the
camera work that grounds it in a way that other options would have ignored.
Director Kathryn Bigelow gives the proceedings a hefty dose of
style, using a lot of dreamy slow motion and quick editing, and staging the action scenes with great energy; her most brilliant work here are the on - screen recreations of the SQUID clips, shot in long takes and with appropriately edgy and shaky
handheld camera work.
Eschewing the
handheld camera, jump cuts, and abrupt sound cues characteristic of the BBC films, Loach adopts a natural, yet controlled visual
style that would typify the remainder of his career.
Perry also abandoned his usual preference of shooting with a
handheld camera, the
style used for nearly every shot of «Listen Up Philip.»
DSLR,
handheld cameras, webcams, cell phone
cameras — each has its own benefits depending on the
style, length and context of your video.