How did the shaky handheld camera with abrupt zoom thing become a trend and how can we make it stop? Unless it's a battle scene, it's ridiculous and makes me want to punch the director and/or cinematographer.
I'm watching some National Geographic docuseries that are heavily using this technique. I mean, COME ON.
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@voltronic Actually, now that I think on it, it was probably begun by that awful series "Cops".
@LiberalLibrarian @voltronic The Blair Witch Project comes to mind. Cops was just wheezing camera dudes tryna keep up. š
God. My wife and I watched Blair Witch. It ended, we looked at each other, and both said, "THAT was supposed to be scary?!"
@LiberalLibrarian @voltronic unfortunately, yea. That tracks. And then you add on factors of small production outfits trying to get traction with the discovery channels group where everything is supposed to feel closeup and personal. Think how they have to add sound effects and everything to animal footage on Animal Planet. I mean. Itās an animal, stop adding cartoon effects.