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Post #1312318

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RU.08
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The Rise Of Skywalker — Official Review and Opinions Thread
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Date created
20-Dec-2019, 6:38 AM

Lesser said:

I also have no clue what people are talking about with the shaky cam. In the Poe/Finn Falcon clip that was released people were saying the shaky cam was god awful but I barely noticed until I saw a million posts complaining about JJ’s style, and even now it doesn’t bother me whatsoever.

If you like shaky-cam that’s fine, but don’t say it isn’t there because it is. Shaky-cam is any shot that moves in more than one direction, unnecessarily, where it isn’t a tracking shot. For example a shot that moves left, then up, then right. It can be a shot that is vibrating, but it doesn’t have to be, it can also be anything that looks like unstable hand-held style shots. See this video for a comparison between shaky-cam and steady-cam. Almost the entire clip is shaky cam, this one tracking shot is the sole exception:

That’s a tracking shot. Although it’s not tracking anything, it’s just panning the camera down. Every other shot in that clip, without exception, is shaky cam. Some have more shaking, some have little, but not a single shot is a steady-cam/tracking shot. I respect your opinion to enjoy it, some people prefer it and their opinions are just as valid as mine, but I find it awful. Done in JJ’s style anyway, as I mentioned before it can be used effectively as in the T2 clip.