The phrase
"shaky camera" refers to a filming technique where the camera moves or shakes unintentionally, resulting in a shaky or unstable footage.
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So yeah, expect lots
of shaky camera shots but probably some great gun action.
The actors are really putting their own blood sweat into the fight scenes, its not just
cheap shaky camera effects.
Lots of moving and
shaky camera shots of men staring at laptops, exciting stuff if that turns you on.
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.
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.
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.
Detached from the wonderful art direction of the Capitol, he becomes too reliant
on shaky camera and rushing through plot points.
The action is inadequately executed as there is too
much shaky camera work and constant scene cutting but from big budget Bond we expect better, we expect to see the stunts and explosive action in all it's glory.
The violence, although hazed
by shaky camera work by Tom Stern (Clint Eastwood's go - to cinematographer), feels shocking and immediate and tense anticipation is only enhanced by the TV show within a movie device.
Carly's used these neat little critters for advocacy purposes already (
nice shaky camera work there — an homage to the French New Wave?)
Unfortunately, this gets overshadowed by the predictable plot and the
distractingly shaky camera angles meant to give the film added grit.
Better still, Greengrass is the only filmmaker in Hollywood — repeat, the only one — who actually knows how to use hand -
held shaky cameras.
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.
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.
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.
Just as
a shaky camera results in blurry photographs, even small tremors will interfere with the telescope's image quality.
The first 20 minutes or so go hog wild with fast jumpy edits and
shaky cameras that are truly not necessary to wring tension from the story.
But even other «minor» flaws in the editing, lighting and
shaky camera - work are not in any way less responsible for this movie turning out to be the most campy thriller with a decent cast I've seen in quite some time.
Agree it was gritty, dialogue got cheesy at times but everyone complains about
the shaky camera, I liked it.
QUESTIONS: Why
the shaky camera?
The action sequences chunk along with
a shaky camera and a shaky camera does not translate into thrilling scenes.
It's Matt, in the conversations often, who makes an observation about these «
shaky cameras» and things, that become like a character in the plot.
This isn't some Jason Bourne knock - off; Corbijn does not
the shaky camera use in this beautifully shot and photographed film.
So we get
the shaky camera, the trombone zooms, the purposefully sketchy focus.
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...
For example: «It's interesting that most films today have
the shaky camera but Hitchcock's methods work better.»
He can correct
a shaky camera move since the edges of his frame are not necessary.
No shaky camera work here: the editing by Tomorrow Never Dies» Dominique Fortin is clean, making the solid action sequences easy to follow.
Shaky camera work, calculated jump scares, and cheesy special effects have all but become stock in trade for this genre of filmmaking that's left audiences numb from overexposure and unoriginality.
The only weaknesses I found in the original film were the low - budget special effects, and
the shaky camera work.
The shaky camera even on land or in a solid ship on smooth seas made this terrific action film impossible for me to watch.
I really hope this turns out to be a good flick and not just Independence Day with
a shakier camera.
That movie is now on Hulu in all of
its shaky camera glory.
David Lynch Super Bowl = regular Super Bowl with scary noises,
shaky camera, and demonic bobbleheads thrown in.
Later, Barrett changes over to
a shaky camera technique, giving the audience more of an unsettled feeling.
He gained a cult fanbase almost immediately, with his distinctive visuals and idiosyncratic dialogue marking his style in an era when naturalism,
shaky cameras and muted colours were the norm.
A long - time second unit director and stunt coordinator making his directorial debut, Bradley employs
a shaky camera and yet has a vital eye for establishing clear action geography in every ambush and skirmish, a benefit perhaps of his experience on the «Bourne «series.