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What's with the hand held camera ??

posted 12 years ago by minidodo
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1) Who wants to make a "comedy" more realistic, even if its an "american beauty" style comedy ?
2) Who still thinks hand held camera adds realism ? Yes, in 1997, it was different. This is 2013.
3) We don't look at the world thru a hand held camera. Yes, our head is not perfectly stationary.. but its not like our head is tied to the chair while watching cinema - its still moving.
4) After 2 hours my eyes get tired and it doesn't make for a pleasant viewing.

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[–] CoSMiGoNoN (77) 8 years ago

I never ever notice if the camera is hand held. That means that it works in adding realism to the film, which is one of the things I appreciate the most in a movie. So I give it a two-thumbs up and wish more movies used that technique.