Why You Shouldn’t Use Shaky-Cam

If you haven’t read my article on why you shouldn’t edit your own film, read that first. In my article on objectivity, or the lack of it that we have as filmmakers, I used Paul Greengrass’ Bourne films as an example of lost objectivity. But those films are good for something else, too. Never, in the…

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The Shaky Cam Trend

There is probably no more reviled filming technique than the “shaky cam”, or the vomit cam as it is derisively referred to by those that it sends running from the movie theaters with hands pressed over mouth. The fact is that shaky cam is a valid filming technique, but one that should be used in moderation. This…

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