<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree.A nice slow zoom can be quite effective.
An argument that is quite common against the zoom is that 'it's not natural to the human eye'; the human eye can't zoom which is why it will not work in film. My argument against that is that the human eye cannot cut to different angles, fade in or out or speed-up or slow-down images either, so how come they work in film?
Crap badly done Bullet-Time is more than within
reach of most sado Matrix fanboys...
Add badly executed fight sequences to the
ever burgeoning list.
a fair few of those on exposure, I can tell you.
Facte:
You cannot do good fight sequences without
trained stunt people and a large stack of cash.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 30, 2004 02:44 PM: Message edited by: Spoon boy ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">WRONGFacte:
You cannot do good fight sequences without
trained stunt people and a large stack of cash.
i say it's too expensive because most students cannot afford hundreds of still cameras.
Examples of Nice slow zooms can be found on the hit DVD The The Spirit of Comedy in the interviews section.
Who said that!
The zany "Slacker with a Gun" film
You're not Quentin Tarantino. Stop trying.
And SOS...
Zooms are comon in most movies trying to convey a feeling of awe... *Ufo landing* *cut to scientist eyes opening wide mouth slightly dropping* *zoom*
The Tortured Artist Film
The story goes like this. A struggling artist (writer/painter/sculptor/musician -- 90% of the time, it's a writer) grapples with some sort of inner conflict, (a dead relative, writers deadline, religious confusion, etc). Our tormented soul encounters a muse (beautiful woman, endearing older character, magical artifact, etc) who helps the protagonist come to a sort of realization which ultimately opens the creative floodgates and allows the character to succeed (finish the novel, paint the painting, sculpt the likeness of the muse, or perform at the big recital). The Tortured Artist Film usually involves a so-called "man vs. himself" struggle which is guaranteed to put you to sleep in the first two minutes. Related to this is the "introspective shot" which usually features the main character staring into space for a good minute (usually smoking a cigarette). File this under "Pretentious as Shit."
Damn, there goes The Land Of Pies (LOL)
fast zoooms can be good for chaotic scenes.
The camera quickly zooms onto the exploding fireball a block away.
No overhead shots? no dutch angles? no slackers
with guns?..... I`m Screwed. [img]smile.gif[/img]
More seriously how can you generalise so much about zooms, their acceptability depends on so many things.
And christ yes Emjen, something must be done about the voiceover.
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