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Was it shot on both video and film?

posted 16 years ago by mike-h
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Why did the director choose to shoot some on shaky video? What was the purpose of that?

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[–] mrsmiawallace18 16 years ago

I haven't seen the movie yet but that's usually done to give films a sense of reality.

[–] Waiting-for-Godard 16 years ago

The use of a hand-held camera generally brings you closer to the characters. Think "home movie" effect. Also, he uses hand-held in scenes of particular significance (ie when Lea's husband dislocates his shoulder).

Pace

[–] paudie 16 years ago

I found the occaisional use of video a bit disconcerting to be honest. I'm not really sure what it added to the film.

You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill

[–] tv_eye 16 years ago

my guess is it was shot on HD, so some of the faster movement had the video look

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[–] NigelWyn 14 years ago

I've just watched it on BluRay and I couldn't see any part that looked different. Do you just mean that some of it was hand held with shaky shots or do you mean the actual picture quality - contrast, sharpness and visible lines?

What I did notice was that the deleted scenes were of a lower quality but that was probably due to them being treated at a different time.

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