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There are a couple of different effects that might be called "shaky cam."
One effect--the one used in the first minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" is using a very high camera shutter speed that is then replayed at a normal frame per second rate. The camera itself is actually steady, but there are bit gaps chopped out of fluid motion that our brains just barely detect.
The effect people mostly complain about is the tracking of the camera eye, which follows an erratic path all around the line of sight. When it's overdone, it's harder to focus on certain elements. A high shutter speed doesn't disallow for that as much. It just gives the picture a "flickery" lick.
There's a lot of footage in Saving Private Ryan (which has since been used quite a bit) that makes motion seem faster by removing frames, particularly when they take the hill (where Giovanni Ribisi's character gets killed) and in the finale. I think it worked very well.
I tend to avoid movies that use shaky-cam. Blair Witch is an abomination that made money. If I ever did want to watch it, I'd run it through virtualdub with the appropriate filters. Even Google allows people to image stabilize.
The "put the camera on a circular track" way of filming a conversation is vomit-cam. The only way I can watch those scenes is to cover one eye. Otherwise my years of working with 3-D imagery will make me ill.
I suspect the people who promote the use of such idiocy are the same ones who ride rollercoasters for multiple rides. Their vestibular systems are somehow attached to their d*cks.
I tend to avoid movies that use shaky-cam. Blair Witch is an abomination that made money. If I ever did want to watch it, I'd run it through virtualdub with the appropriate filters. Even Google allows people to image stabilize.
The "put the camera on a circular track" way of filming a conversation is vomit-cam. The only way I can watch those scenes is to cover one eye. Otherwise my years of working with 3-D imagery will make me ill.
I suspect the people who promote the use of such idiocy are the same ones who ride rollercoasters for multiple rides. Their vestibular systems are somehow attached to their d*cks.
You do realize the whole point of that (severely overrated) movie was that it was "found footage"?
When this audience unit sees ugly radio, it turns away, and if too much ugly radio, turns it off.
I have a nice 7' wide 1080p video projected image, with 5.1 audio, and a La-Z-Boy anti-gravity chair... I aim to be entertained, not annoyed.
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And in response to the video bovine excrement on Network TV, I've pretty much ceased watching it - except for news casts.
Last edited by jetgraphics; 05-31-2017 at 07:28 PM..
I tend to avoid movies that use shaky-cam. Blair Witch is an abomination that made money. If I ever did want to watch it, I'd run it through virtualdub with the appropriate filters. Even Google allows people to image stabilize.
The "put the camera on a circular track" way of filming a conversation is vomit-cam. The only way I can watch those scenes is to cover one eye. Otherwise my years of working with 3-D imagery will make me ill.
I suspect the people who promote the use of such idiocy are the same ones who ride rollercoasters for multiple rides. Their vestibular systems are somehow attached to their d*cks.
Yes - vomit-cam, or barf-cam, the spinning around and around is just the pits.
Another overdone effect on a series I've been watching on Netflix, Bloodline, really overdoes it with camera angles shot from a distance, where whatever is in the foreground creates out-of-focus blur while the people speaking are a distance away (in focus), so you have this nebulous dark fuzz around the shot. It would make sense if it were from the perspective of someone who is lurking surreptitiously, but the effect is just for 'art' and if I'm noticing it too often then it's being overused.
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