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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 240174" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>I think I first noticed shaky cam with NYPD Blue. I don't know when it started getting used in action movies, but I firmly put the blame on Bourne Supremacy for making it 'popular'. I've actually never heard of one person liking it, but if the movie is successful, then everybody else copies the 'formula'. I've been on plenty of sets where the direction to the camera operator is "give it some energy" or "make it have that documentary style" when shooting handheld. I just cringe. The other thing you hear is, "it's all just pieces". That means heavy cutting and assembling in the editing room. Michael Bay is to blame for that where the mandate on Armageddon was there had to be an edit every 3 seconds.</p><p></p><p>The big silver ball actually has nothing to do with Colossus being shiny, but him being a CG special effect. They are used for lighting reference. Usually the visual effects guy will come running onto set with the ball after the take, and a shiny ball will get filmed. Often the ball is shiny on one half, a dull grey on the other, again for lighting reference. Occasionally you'll see a green ball get brought out, and that is to match the chroma key of green screen, which is shot against later. We used to have to write down all the measurements of the camera, it's height, angle, distance from subject. Nowadays the effects guys can put a tracker on the camera if it's really critical, but otherwise so long as there are a few reference points that don't change in the visual field, they can figure out everything else back at the visual effects house.</p><p></p><p>These days with trailers, I'll often watch the teaser and if I know it's something I wanna see, I won't watch anything else. Some movies I'm on the fence, and then I'll watch other trailers to see if it can sway me. Gone are the days when I'd watch a trailer over and over, some times in frame by frame (on VHS no less!). For instance, I've seen the Rogue One teaser, I don't need to see any more to know I'm going. I've watched all the Suicide Squad trailers and still can't get a bead on if it's worth my money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 240174, member: 134"] I think I first noticed shaky cam with NYPD Blue. I don't know when it started getting used in action movies, but I firmly put the blame on Bourne Supremacy for making it 'popular'. I've actually never heard of one person liking it, but if the movie is successful, then everybody else copies the 'formula'. I've been on plenty of sets where the direction to the camera operator is "give it some energy" or "make it have that documentary style" when shooting handheld. I just cringe. The other thing you hear is, "it's all just pieces". That means heavy cutting and assembling in the editing room. Michael Bay is to blame for that where the mandate on Armageddon was there had to be an edit every 3 seconds. The big silver ball actually has nothing to do with Colossus being shiny, but him being a CG special effect. They are used for lighting reference. Usually the visual effects guy will come running onto set with the ball after the take, and a shiny ball will get filmed. Often the ball is shiny on one half, a dull grey on the other, again for lighting reference. Occasionally you'll see a green ball get brought out, and that is to match the chroma key of green screen, which is shot against later. We used to have to write down all the measurements of the camera, it's height, angle, distance from subject. Nowadays the effects guys can put a tracker on the camera if it's really critical, but otherwise so long as there are a few reference points that don't change in the visual field, they can figure out everything else back at the visual effects house. These days with trailers, I'll often watch the teaser and if I know it's something I wanna see, I won't watch anything else. Some movies I'm on the fence, and then I'll watch other trailers to see if it can sway me. Gone are the days when I'd watch a trailer over and over, some times in frame by frame (on VHS no less!). For instance, I've seen the Rogue One teaser, I don't need to see any more to know I'm going. I've watched all the Suicide Squad trailers and still can't get a bead on if it's worth my money. [/QUOTE]
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