Anyone else think that otherwise good movies are these days often spoiled somewhat by the "wobblycam" cinematograpy technique used in action scenes (often combined with equally annoying choppy editing), or sometimes even in scenes when people are simply waking along a street or running?
Also this constant zooming in and out, sometimes combined with panning the camera backwarRAB and forwarRAB at high speed between speakers during conversations (a technique that's sometimes also used on its own without the zooming). It's even starting to creep into TV series now.
I know it's all supposed to be about "putting the viewer in the thick of things" - but what's the point if you can't see what's going on, can't make out who's doing what and end up dizzy and / or nauseous at the end of it all? I suspect that a more and more filmmakers are using it now because (a) it's easier and (b) they know they can get away with it.
I think it's a horrible trend and just hope that it will die out. The sooner the better.
Also this constant zooming in and out, sometimes combined with panning the camera backwarRAB and forwarRAB at high speed between speakers during conversations (a technique that's sometimes also used on its own without the zooming). It's even starting to creep into TV series now.
I know it's all supposed to be about "putting the viewer in the thick of things" - but what's the point if you can't see what's going on, can't make out who's doing what and end up dizzy and / or nauseous at the end of it all? I suspect that a more and more filmmakers are using it now because (a) it's easier and (b) they know they can get away with it.
I think it's a horrible trend and just hope that it will die out. The sooner the better.