Hand-Held "Shaky-Cam" Effect... I HATE IT!!!

[arwalden]

I hated it in the "mini series" remake of Battlestar Galactica, and I'm hating it (very much) in NBC's "10.5" movie. (I DVR'd it.)

It's not just a mild annoyance... it's so frelling distracting that I'm this close --> <--- to just pressing the Stop button and deleting it off of my ReplayTV.

If I want to see Shaky-Cam effects, I'll watch my home movies or bad porn (which are NOT the same thing, so stop thinking that.)

The "can't-stay-focused" effect and the "accidental-sudden-zoom-in" effect followed by the "corrective-action-zoom-back-out" effect are just IDIOTIC and do absolutely nothing to make the movie more realistic or believable.

It just makes it look like it was filmed by a bunch of high school students working on a video project.

Grrrr.

-- Allen

Am I the only one who feels this way? When will this trend ever end? It started with NYPD Blue, and just won't go away. Aaaaaah.

(Thanks for listening.)

[southpaw]

1. You are so right...

And I am one post closer to escaping the 700 club ;)

[AlCzervik]

2. shaky cam blows

and you'd think with a decent budget they'd try a little harder.

[arwalden]

3. I'll bet it's all computer-generated Shakey-Cam effects...

... and that the original cameraman just filmed normally.

-- Allen

[toddzilla]

4. frelling??

i think you've watched too much farscape..