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Recycles dryer sheets
/rant
I dunno, maybe it's my advancing years [61] and associated 'grumpiness', but I'm getting really irritated with recent, last 3 years or so, cinematic 'trends', but getting more and more evident with the current crop of TV shows & movies:
*) Use of 'shaky-cam' – hand-held filming that is, presumably, meant to convey a sense of 'natural' head-bobbing. Sorry, but my eyesight, dodgy as it is, does not constantly move up and down or side to side or take an 'orbital' route. This is rubbish and needs to stop, it just looks lousy on-screen and results in constant re-focusing of my eyes.
*) Rapid camera angle/perspectives/scene adjustment [flip-flip-flip] that only serves to f'k-up my focusing and does not add any useful narrative purpose. Again it is an unnatural viewing-motion that does not represent a normal human visual experience.
*) Rapid zooming in/out as a cinematic tool, especially when used in a close-up form. Yet again, this serves only to confuse the eyes and detracts from the story being told.
*) Use of lens-flare – enough already – clever once, that opportunity is long gone!!
Used in 'moderation', a case can be made for each of these techniques, 'where warranted for special effect'. But I'm finding them being used simply because they [directors/cinema-photographers] can, it's becoming a sort of McDonalds of TV/cinema.
What say you, am I just a grumpy old fart or does it irritate others..........should we create a petition.org campaign to rage against the machine and attempt to banish these useless traits from our screens?
/rant off>
I dunno, maybe it's my advancing years [61] and associated 'grumpiness', but I'm getting really irritated with recent, last 3 years or so, cinematic 'trends', but getting more and more evident with the current crop of TV shows & movies:
*) Use of 'shaky-cam' – hand-held filming that is, presumably, meant to convey a sense of 'natural' head-bobbing. Sorry, but my eyesight, dodgy as it is, does not constantly move up and down or side to side or take an 'orbital' route. This is rubbish and needs to stop, it just looks lousy on-screen and results in constant re-focusing of my eyes.
*) Rapid camera angle/perspectives/scene adjustment [flip-flip-flip] that only serves to f'k-up my focusing and does not add any useful narrative purpose. Again it is an unnatural viewing-motion that does not represent a normal human visual experience.
*) Rapid zooming in/out as a cinematic tool, especially when used in a close-up form. Yet again, this serves only to confuse the eyes and detracts from the story being told.
*) Use of lens-flare – enough already – clever once, that opportunity is long gone!!
Used in 'moderation', a case can be made for each of these techniques, 'where warranted for special effect'. But I'm finding them being used simply because they [directors/cinema-photographers] can, it's becoming a sort of McDonalds of TV/cinema.
What say you, am I just a grumpy old fart or does it irritate others..........should we create a petition.org campaign to rage against the machine and attempt to banish these useless traits from our screens?
/rant off>