I really like these takes from Full Metal Jacket because of the smoothness of the handheld camera. Its almost as if a dolly was set up imperfectly for a reason to give it a somewhat smooth feel while you are behind the troop, but still choppy. This gives you the effect that you are walking along behind everyone and getting a view from the back. When our main character realizes he is in charge and has rounded as a character at this point from the experience of “takin out the sniper.” This time the dolly was set correctly and level to give a smooth and controlled feel as we follow along our main character.
I really like this example from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I am mainly talking about the camera movement during the sequence/montage of him collecting anything that reminded him of her. Its all extremely rough, BUT NOT TOO F’N “CLOVERFIELD” rough, but rustic and hasty. I feel like it shows the frustration of our main character and does well showing his franticness in each individual item, from ripping things out of his journal to grabbing the coffee cup with her picture on it. A lot of the movie happens in Carrey’s character’s mind therefore it gives room for a lot of experimental lighting and camera movement.
Another thing that I like in the area of camera movement is the use of extraordinarily long shots or takes. I love when a lot of things happen all in one take. It takes a lot of artistic planning and vision to plan a lengthy shot out and still make it perfect. Conversation is not used enough anymore in film. People want explosions now, not witty conversation. I don’t understand that. I don’t have any good clips but one example of a film maker, that uses this talent and method, that I really like is Quinton Tarantino. There are several AWESOME and extremely long takes in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, scenes also full of good conversation and/or action. Maybe its my theatre background but I feel like this is not done enough anymore.
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