What’s the deal with handheld cameras?
May 23, 2021 5:00:04 GMT
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on May 23, 2021 5:00:04 GMT
This has become so popular in the last 10-20 years of film making and tv shows.
I recently rewatched Better Call Saul, and every shot is perfectly steady, perfectly framed. Now I’m rewatching Breaking Bad- which I also love- but its shot entirely in handheld and the difference is huge. Every frame is jostling and wobbling even in static scenes. And it doesn’t really bother me. I can get invested in the show and tune out the movement but the steady unwobbling frame is so much more professional looking. And the cinematography of Better Call Saul is head and shoulders above BB primarily for this reason.
I guess it’s meant to provide some sort of “intensity” or “grittiness”? I suppose that’s somewhat effective in movies like Bourne Supremacy. I get it. But I still don’t really get why so many directors intentionally chose to have the frame bouncing all over the place in every scene like it’s shot by an amateur or something.
I recently rewatched Better Call Saul, and every shot is perfectly steady, perfectly framed. Now I’m rewatching Breaking Bad- which I also love- but its shot entirely in handheld and the difference is huge. Every frame is jostling and wobbling even in static scenes. And it doesn’t really bother me. I can get invested in the show and tune out the movement but the steady unwobbling frame is so much more professional looking. And the cinematography of Better Call Saul is head and shoulders above BB primarily for this reason.
I guess it’s meant to provide some sort of “intensity” or “grittiness”? I suppose that’s somewhat effective in movies like Bourne Supremacy. I get it. But I still don’t really get why so many directors intentionally chose to have the frame bouncing all over the place in every scene like it’s shot by an amateur or something.