Shaky Camera Technique

A technique that is known as either, shaky camera, shaky cam, handheld camera or free camera is another cinematographic technique which is simply created by filming which holding the camera which filming or at least giving the appearance that the camera is being hand held. This technique suggests unprepared, unrehearsed filming of reality, and can provide a sense of dynamics and nervousness. However a bad use of sing this technique would be that too must shaky camera motion can make the viewer feel dizzy or sick. I used this in my opening sequence to create a sense of reality, as well as feeling like you were in the shoes of the main character that is running away from 'The Unknown', because the camera is hand held this means that yu can see everything that the person who is holding the camera can see as if you were looking out of their eyes. So you get the whole feeling and start to think of the emotions that may be involved if you were the character. The way it was filmed was by the main character 'Emma Smith' running from the first long shot towards a building. It was very easy to film and did not take much time to plan however it still added a creative feel to the film when this clip was included.


 I used this in a few clips at the beginning of the opening sequence. The clips at first are very short and have fast transitions between them so the shaky camera breaks it up to help you to see the situation from her perspective too. I really like this movement of camera, i believe that including it within my work it has added the right atmosphere to my film and worked well amongst all of the other clips.