Shaky camera

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Shaky camera describes an aesthetic means of expression by means of a camera work technique that has recently been used again, especially in action films. Scenes that are to be given special action or tension are shot with a hand-held camera, which keeps the image in constant, sometimes jerky movement, with fast cuts and extreme close-ups to underline the effect.

technology

Originally only handheld cameras were used, today these effects are mostly created digitally.

history

The wobble camera was already in 1925 in z. B. Ewald André Dupont's variety show used experimentally. It was increasingly used in mainstream films in the 1980s and 1990s and was only recently rediscovered. For example, it was used at Lethal Weapon - Two Steel Hard Professionals , Stargate Universe , Beverly Hills Cop - I'll Definitely Solve it , Die Hard 2 or The Rock - Rock of Decision , Raiders of the Lost Ark , The Bourne Ultimatum, etc. .

criticism

The wobble camera is considered controversial. Used inflationarily, it appears too hectic or hysterical to many moviegoers. The storylines are interrupted and the focus on the story is disturbed. Headaches or nausea were also observed. In documentaries, however, it is more accepted.

See also

• Dogma 95; The rules to be followed; 3. Only handheld cameras may be used for recording

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jonas Mekas : A Note on the Shaky Camera. In: Film Culture , issues 24-27, 1962.
2. ↑ Roger Ebert: The Shaky-Queasy-Utimatum of August 22, 2007 at rogerebert.com, accessed October 2, 2009.
3. ↑ Danielle Dellorto: Scary Movie Making Viewers Sick, CNN, January 24, 2008.