Comments on: Don’t underestimate the POWAR of handheld camera http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/ General mind-dump of Jonas Wæver Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Smike http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 Smike Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:26:25 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-3385 :-D :-D

]]> By: Jonas http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-3370 Jonas Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:23:56 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-3370 But it looks cool. But it looks cool.

]]> By: Smike http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-3368 Smike Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:46:23 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-3368 Steadicam is actually barely perceptible to most people. Operators have always used various rigs and stability mechanisms like arms and such to make the camera not look TOO jittery - and sometimes they'll strap handhelds to a cameraman or actor - but using a steadicam would basically make it cease to BE handheld camera work. The whole point of the steadicam was to move a camera around WITHOUT shaky or unfocused movement. So a good steadicam shot has no perceptible shake, it simply "glides" as if almost on a track. Handheld camera actually evolved from the Italian new wave of the post-war 40s and really got noticed when Bill Friedkin used it in 1971's "The French Connection". He stole the idea from the limitations imposed on documentary filmmaking - the need to use handheld 8 or 16mm cameras - as he was a doc filmmaker originally. So Battlestar and NYPD Blue and Homicide's "pioneering" looks really evolved from documentary filmmaking and shaky 8 and 16mm handheld cameras from the 60s and 70s, and thus that's where these games are getting it all. Kinda silly really. Steadicam is actually barely perceptible to most people. Operators have always used various rigs and stability mechanisms like arms and such to make the camera not look TOO jittery – and sometimes they’ll strap handhelds to a cameraman or actor – but using a steadicam would basically make it cease to BE handheld camera work. The whole point of the steadicam was to move a camera around WITHOUT shaky or unfocused movement. So a good steadicam shot has no perceptible shake, it simply “glides” as if almost on a track.

Handheld camera actually evolved from the Italian new wave of the post-war 40s and really got noticed when Bill Friedkin used it in 1971′s “The French Connection”. He stole the idea from the limitations imposed on documentary filmmaking – the need to use handheld 8 or 16mm cameras – as he was a doc filmmaker originally.

So Battlestar and NYPD Blue and Homicide’s “pioneering” looks really evolved from documentary filmmaking and shaky 8 and 16mm handheld cameras from the 60s and 70s, and thus that’s where these games are getting it all. Kinda silly really.

]]> By: Jonas http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Jonas Thu, 08 May 2008 13:13:55 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-1221 It does. I noticed Bioware was seeking a cinematic designer a while ago, too. I would've applied in a split second if I wasn't interested in finishing my damn education first. Maybe for their next game. It does. I noticed Bioware was seeking a cinematic designer a while ago, too. I would’ve applied in a split second if I wasn’t interested in finishing my damn education first. Maybe for their next game.

]]> By: Casper http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 Casper Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:01 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-1220 But it hell does sound like something we can be with our education, right? :) But it hell does sound like something we can be with our education, right? :)

]]> By: Jonas http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Jonas Thu, 08 May 2008 08:23:24 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-1219 Cinematic Art Director, you say? I have no idea what that means :P Cinematic Art Director, you say? I have no idea what that means :P

]]> By: Casper http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/2008/05/07/handheld-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Casper Thu, 08 May 2008 06:21:29 +0000 http://rooc.offtopicproductions.com/blog/?p=266#comment-1218 Regarding "more studios than ever will need to hire cinematic designers and cutscene directors.": http://www.idsoftware.com/business/jobs/index.php :) Regarding “more studios than ever will need to hire cinematic designers and cutscene directors.”:
http://www.idsoftware.com/business/jobs/index.php

:)

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