I haven't seen Man on Fire, but I don't believe it's possible to duplicate hand-cranking with the DV camcorder itself. However, I bet you could do it in post production. Try taking a look at Adobe After Effects. You can find a large number of tutorials on the web, probably including one for exactly the effect you're looking to duplicate.

Here's one on using the shutter option on AE:

http://www.gl1universe.com/articles/filmlook/broadway1.php

Maybe you can get an idea if this could be used for the effect you want.

Dan Rahmel
Author: "Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking"
http://www.cvisual.com

Actually, I thought about it a little more and you might want to use After Effects' time remapping feature to simulate hand-cranking. There's a tutorial on it here:

http://www.editorsguild.com/newsletter/JulAug03/tip_ae_time_remapping.html

Dan Rahmel
Author: "Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking"
http://www.cvisual.com

thanks man.....i bought ur book like a month ago....you got some great things in there!

Steve-O
Unknown Name Film Company

Glad I could help. I'm amazed at the things you can do in post with After Effects. Since the editing packages like FCP and Premiere have most of the plug-ins nowadays, I think that many people think they don't need AE. On the contrary, it does so many things so well, it's a must-have for advanced visual work.

Thanks for buying the book! You can download a bunch of the templates for items in the book on the web site. I should have a sample film budget spreadsheet and the slate template up by next week.

Dan Rahmel
Author: "Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking"
http://www.cvisual.com