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[11808fan]

[SPEC] Handheld camera view versus "typical" movie view

[Melampus]

I was wondering about those shots also - the one with the jets, and also the shot of the decapitated SOL, where the camera revolves around the statue.

Those can't be from Hud's camera, unless they were taken in the helicopter (before it crashes). But, I don't see that - for one thing, the sky looks like a pre-dawn white when they're in the chopper, and those other shots are at night.

They could just be for the trailer only - just to spice things up. Or, it might be that the footage we see from HUD's camera isn't the only footage "recovered" from the attack. Maybe we'll see other text intro's to other bits of footage before we get to HUD's footage..?

[tMan930]

From the beginning I imagined it as someone having found the camera, and people are watching it long after it's happened, and as they watch the handheld footage it fades in to the professionally filmed stuff, to actually tell the story that's happening.

It's never been officially confirmed whether or not the entire movie will be handheld, correct? Hell, I don't even believe things that have been officially confirmed, frankly.

[Lambo_Diablo_Svtt]

personally, I think the movie will be done with a professional quality image, but "shakeycam" and slower focusing effects almost all the way. The few scenes that arent would probably be after the camera is recovered.

[e2c]

did anyone here see southland tales yet? the scene right at the beginning where u see a nuclear bomb exploding well reminded me of cloverfield. (was also filmed with a handheld cam etc)

maybe thats the "new thing" in hollywood

[Jaxe]

Well if it is all hand held there's more than one camera man.

You see the helicopter take off, and then from inside as it crashes.

[Melampus]

That doesn't have to mean 2 cameras - instead, it could mean that Beth or Lily get taken away in a chopper (the one we see lifting away from the camera), and then at another time, Hud, Rob, et. al. are in a chopper that's going down. Still 1 camera.

[Nerva]

i do only hope its one camera and there are no typical movie cameras used for this film. its far more interesting to me if someones using a real life camera to film it all than dong what every other monster movie has done thus far. but you never know. just going to have to wait for the film to be released to see if those scenes are actually in the film or not.

[Her]

[KLind]

I thought we knew it would be a mix of the two...

[Red Walrus]

[m_talon]

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