Shaky Techniques Camera Film Make Motion Recording Small

Over time, the film industry has developed many "techniques" (ways of doing something) to produce a "stable" (not moving) image, especially while recording action. Traditionally, film producers wanted to "eliminate" (get rid of) the small movements caused by a human hand holding a camera. However, in recent years, some "videographers" (people who make films) are "purposely" (on purpose; intentionally) using "shaky" (with many small movements) camera techniques.

The shaky camera technique can be produced with a hand-held camera, or with equipment that "replicates" (copies) the movements of a hand-held camera. These techniques are often used to make the film appear to be "unrehearsed" (not practiced), especially to show people "capturing" (recording) images quickly, as they are happening, like a reporter running after a "subject" (the person or thing being recorded).

For example, the TV series ER was about medical professionals working in an "emergency room" (the part of a hospital that treats patients with life-threatening problems) and used shaky camera techniques to make the show seem more exciting, as if the viewer were running with the medical professionals "alongside" (next to) the "gurney" (a bed on wheels, used to move patients). The 1996 film, Twister used shaky film techniques to make viewers feel as if they were following a "tornado" (a very strong, dangerous windstorm). And the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project used shaky film techniques to make it appear that students were recording their experience when they were lost in the "woods" (forest).

The shaky camera techniques can make films more exciting, but some people experience "severe" (very strong) motion sickness. In fact, some movie theaters "post" (put up on the wall) announcements warning viewers about shaky camera techniques so that they can be "forewarned" (know about something bad ahead of time) of possible nausea and dizziness.