So yeah, expect lots
of shaky camera shots but probably some great gun action.
The eventual showdowns with the creatures at least, in spite
of the shaky camera, have a sense of strategy to them.
But the script, by writing partners Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Rounders, Runaway Jury, Ocean's Thirteen, The Girlfriend Experience) is stuck at the pedestrian level of a Syd Field 101 college course, and no amount
of shaky camera close - ups or frenzied Justin Timberlake jaw clenches can make it work.
Winterbottom's structure is one
of a shaky camera seamlessly blending time and place.
That movie is now on Hulu in
all of its shaky camera glory.
Not exact matches
Plus, not only is it distracting,
shaky camera automatically drags down the quality
of your video.
There will be the occasional
shaky camera, but it will be steady most
of the time.
As yet the
camera work is a little
shaky and the picture somewhat grainy, but the technical finesse
of the electron film - franchise can only improve with time.
I should have just used the DSLR
camera and gotten slightly blurry photos, since that's how these turned out because
of the low light and
shaky hands.
My first video is
shaky but as I move on throughout the videos, you'll see I become more and more comfortable in front
of the
camera.
The film loses points for its unnecessary overuse
of the
shaky, handheld
camera.
Intensity is the name
of the game here, with director Gary Ross going all Paul Greengrass with
shaky, handheld
camera - work getting up close and personal with every fight scene.
The acting is stronger than the rest
of the film itself, which sports far too much
shaky camera work and a conclusion that is obviously foreshadowed by the appearance
of a gun early on.
The cast is fantastic, the editing outstanding, only the
shaky and sometimes out
of focus
camera may put off some viewers.
The first book
of Suzanne Collins's prodigiously popular trilogy has been brought to the screen with a Jumbotron sensibility, a
shaky camera to emphasize the action and a
shakier grip on the subject's...
There is a great rhythm created and we don't get too much SCS (
Shaky Camera Syndrome), and then the film blows up into a high - octane action film with some
of the best visuals
of the year.
Toss in an incredibly bad ending and annoyingly excessive use
of shaky hand - held
camera work that some directors feel compelled to use in the guise
of presenting reality and you've got a product whose home video incarnation provides an excellent opportunity to save money.
It seems a good script can pull in good talent, and although the film stock is grainy and the
camera shaky, it gives the experience a feeling
of authenticity that helps give the feeling
of reality to a very honest story.
Unfortunately, the first half is
shaky camera shots
of Marling looking dazed and confused as she cleans a high school.
Based on a true story adapted from H.G. Bissinger's book, «Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Dream and a Team», director and co-screenwriter Peter Berg (Very Bad Things, The Rundown) uses
shaky camera work to give the effect
of realism, mixed with a stylized delivery
of high school football action that takes this simple small - town story and makes it feel important, like Hoosiers for football fans.
The
shaky camera syndrome continues, as does the bad editing, all trying to make up for Giglio's awful «out
of a computer program» screenplay's lack
of original ideas or just about anything else.
Director Paul Greengrass keeps things at a pace, keeping the proceedings from becoming monotonous, and his
shaky -
camera style fits in suitably in portraying the bedlam
of post-invasion Iraq.
Utilizing some
of the modern
shaky camera work, much
of the action has a frenetic feel, and the look
of actually being there, witnessing the events as they unfold, although some viewers may find it a bit queasy or annoying to take.
The city springs to life with throngs
of people, rich colors, quick cuts, pulsating music, the spectre
of skyscrapers hovering over Asia's largest slum,
shaky cameras following kids running through the streets, and a story constantly cutting back and forth in time.
What follows is well acted and entertaining, though I did have a problem with the
shaky camera work during the arena action scenes, and some
of the visual effects looked cheap.
A stolen bag
of cocaine, a kidnapped kid, corrupt cops, a
shaky camera and a dance club the size
of a Super Walmart configure Frederic Jardin's «Sleepless Night,» a frenetic French action film that will either get your heart or your head pounding.
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.
Despite the opening moments
of the film which make use
of gritty CCTV footage,
shaky camera phones, and webcams, taking a found footage approach, the rest
of the film is smoothly and aesthetically shot in widescreen.
The opening action sequence is full
of SCS (
Shaky Camera Syndrome).
The director did a good job showing the lifestyle
of the character, the
camera work was purposely a tad
shaky.
Credited (unfairly or not) as the great purveyor
of «
shaky cam,» Greengrass and director
of photography Barry Ackroyd's extraordinary mobile
camera along with editor Christopher Rouse's brilliant assembly
of images places the viewer squarely alongside Bourne.
Innumerable games have used
shaky cameras, but Gravity Rush uses it to perfection — not too extreme, but it conveys that something is going on, adding just enough
of an extra touch to the free falling and smashing into the ground.
has a distinctive documentary look defined by a mix
of fixed in - car
cameras and
shaky handheld video.
That film had no stars and was shot in a
shaky - cam home - video style; here, there are no such cinematography tricks, with a much more traditional use
of camera.
The choppily edited actions sequences — onslaughts
of bright colors and enough «
shaky -
camera» to make Jason Bourne nauseous — are hard to endure.
The
shaky cam is gone, but the
camera still moves around slightly, like it's a home video, therefore giving you the best
of each.
On that track, I was relieved to see the film resist the Dogme impulses
of non-formal
shaky -
camera vérité and found lighting — Dogme entries (Tillsammans and julien donkey - boy, to name two) tend towards the aesthetically putrid.
For starters, since the main characters have superpowers (namely, telekinesis), they can put the
camera pretty much anywhere they want, allowing for a more dynamic range
of shots beyond the trademark
shaky cam.
Shot sequentially and on location in a Victorian prison in Belfast, with a
shaky but minutely calibrated
camera style, in at times barely intelligible British prison slang (which actually bolsters the primal impact
of the film), Starred Up is no mere depiction but a jolting immersion in the claustrophobic mix
of violence and vulnerability that is prison life, and it's powered by Jack O'Connell's riveting performance as violent criminal Eric Love.
It's electrifying to watch the
camera gracefully swoop under and over and around Theron and her enemies in every new bit
of hand - to - hand combat; Leitch is not a director who relies on quick cuts, or
shaky handheld shots, to obscure the tougher parts
of his set - pieces.
Enjoy, despite the
shaky cameras and poor audio that seem to be the hallmark
of all graduation speech videos!
That I captured this image on a basic point and shoot
camera, hand - held (with the
shakiest of hands), amazes me.
We bought and GoPro Hero as it felt like a lot
of our videos are a touch on the
shaky side when using any
camera bigger than our hands.
Adopting the
shaky camera of the Shift series may go a little way toward fixing it, helping to give the game a visceral feeling.
Meanwhile cutscene length is far better judged and features heavy use
of shaky cam, something I'm normally against as movie directors these days rely on it far too much, but it's artfully done and combined with long, single
camera shots.
Where this perspective does work, however, is in its relationship with the
camera - a voyeuristic, slightly
shaky jobby that's often a little bit askew, making you feel particularly vulnerable when the twiggy heroine is climbing a precarious pile
of books or vertiginous filing cabinet.
Some
of the comic book cutscenes are decent, but a
shaky camera and ham - fisted exploitation hamper whatever artistic talent was hidden within.
The actual pointing and shooting
of Another Episode is serviceable for the Vita, but still came off as somewhat stiff due to the fact that the Vita's analog sticks don't have quite the same amount
of leverage and precision
of its console counterparts, and slightly
shaky due to some tricky automated
camera movements that can hinder your line
of sight.
Using a scanner means you don't need to worry about lighting or a
shaky camera, and you can be sure to capture the finest details
of the work you've spent so much time and care creating.
Me, armed with my awkward gift
of gab — He, armed with a
shaky cell phone
camera took on the Open Studios at full force, at times literally sprinting through the halls to try and stop by as many studios as we could.