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Jitter Cam
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Using a handheld camera with no damping and a lot of movement. Imagine trying to take a clear photo while running up a flight of stairs; you might get the subject in the frame, but it is not going to be perfectly centered or balanced against the rest of the background. It deliberately throws off the expectation of the meticulously directed scene with perfectly proportioned shots. This technique imparts immediacy to the sequence, because it forces the viewer to pay closer attention to catch on to what is happening. It was originally a documentary technique, eventually becoming more common in TV episodes. Often an integral part, if not a nigh-mandatory side effect, of In-Universe Camera and P.O.V. Cam. Often used in conjunction with fast cutting (especially during fight scenes) as a method to convey energy, like saying "Things are so crazy the camera can't keep up!" It is sometimes used in slower, more emotional scenes as well, to heighten the dramatic effect. Combines frequent use of the Whip Pan and the Repeat Cut. The antonym of SteadiCam. Sometimes referred to as "Shaky Cam" but that was coined by Sam Raimi in the use of the closely related trope Shaky P.O.V. Cam (using a POV shot of something moving, which would generally employ the use of the Jitter Cam). Its popularity has increased recently, often overlapping with the style of the Faux Documentary and Mockumentary. (Pick any recent action film.) It can show up in non-live action works as well, see False Camera Effects. Of course, jitter cam has also managed to gather a large Hatedom from people who feel that it's overdone and used to cover up badly choreographed action scenes. Like many things, it isn't inherently a bad thing to use but when used in excess (either too shaky or in too many scenes) many people will describe it as "headache" or "nausea" inducing, especially when viewed on a large movie screen or in 3-D, or remark that it becomes impossible to tell what's actually going on. Contrast Screen Shake. See also Camera Abuse, Shaky P.O.V. Cam, Dizzy Cam. |
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The Thick of It, especially in the first series. | |
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The Autobiography of Jane Eyre: Most of Episode 3 is shot in this style. Jane had lost her mobile and was freaking out because she thought she was stranded late at night in the middle of nowhere. She was walking and running, shooting an authentic entry for her fresh vlog. | |
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Yakuza Graveyard shoots the gunfights like this, to reflect the participants mindset: hysterically blasting away while bumping into each other in confined areas. In fact, most of Kinji Fukasaku's Yakuza and war films use this. | |
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Friday Night Lights: The shaky cam effect is employed throughout to give the sports film an immersive, documentary-like feel. | |
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Awaken | |
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Psychopath Diary | |
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House, from about the third season on. | |
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lonelygirl15: Justified since, In-Universe, these are kids recording their experiences with camcorders. | |
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Paranormal Activity. Though since the camera is on a tripod or stable surface for 3/4 of the movie, it doesn't offend nearly as much as most other "found footage" films. | |
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Man on Fire has a lot of it. | |
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Justice League used it frequently in fight scenes, most notably Superman vs. Captain Atom in "Flashpoint". | |
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Justice League | hasFeature |
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Domino: The camerawork is incredibly jittery and disorienting. This became Tony Scott's signature style towards the end of his career. | |
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Domino (2005) | hasFeature |
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The Outer Limits (1995): Very much in evidence in the Found Footage episode "Manifest Destiny". | |
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The Outer Limits (1995) | hasFeature |
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One of the largest criticisms of Batman Begins was overuse of shaky cam. | |
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Batman Begins | hasFeature |
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Hancock. | |
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Hancock | hasFeature |
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The Hunger Games uses this throughout, primarily to prevent the violence from entering R-rated territory, and to heighten the emotional effect of certain scenes. There's also plenty of jitter cam used during the quiet talking scenes, to give the movie a "gritty" feel. Thanks to a new director, the sequel uses it with a lighter hand. | |
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Diary of the Dead mostly (and thankfully) averts this, and tends to only suffer it during zombie attacks and for one segment filmed on a camcorder when their main camera's battery dies. We see at this point that, as film students, their main camera features a steady cam device. | |
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The very first episode of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha used this while Nanoha was running back to the animal clinic containing Yuuno. | |
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha | hasFeature |
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First Man surely cost tens of millions of dollars to make, but none of that money seems to have been spent on a tripod or decent SteadiCam rig: from beginning to end, the framing wanders around a little where one might expect it to hold steady. | |
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Chronicle uses this extensively in the beginning of the film as is expected in a found footage movie. It is used less and less as Andrew begins using his powers to levitate the cameras giving a much smoother filming style. | |
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Search uses this constantly, even during mundane scenes like a conversation between minor characters. | |
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Le Portrait de Petite Cossette, so much. While jittering, the camera constantly goes in and out of focus as well. | |
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In the Cut: Jitter cam is used to heighten the sense of danger and paranoia in the city. | |
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Hot Fuzz uses this technique excessively, to the point of parody. | |
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Priest (2018) | |
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Star Trek (2009), largely replacing the old "tilt the camera and make everyone fall down" trick, better known as Screen Shake. | |
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In the final fight scene in the first episode of the anime Samurai Champloo, the camera not only jitters, but also loses focus at one point. The effect shows up in a few other episodes as well, always in a fight scene. Looks cool, although drawing attention to the camera raises the question of what a cameraman was doing in Edo Japan. Or a cartoon. And given the whole premise of the anime, probably deliberately. | |
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At multiple points in Flicker (mostly when the characters are yelling) the animation gets very jittery. | |
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Lost in Translation: Shaky cam is used for Charlotte and Bob’s nights out in Tokyo. | |
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LostInTranslation | hasFeature |
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[REC], as the entire film is shot with a handheld camera. | |
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Metal Gear gets into this starting at Sons of Liberty. It becomes even more obvious in The Phantom Pain, since its cutscenes are usually oners stylized as being filmed with handheld cameras. | |
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In Turning Red, this is downplayed in the shot where Mei runs across the hallway of her home in her giant red panda form and the view shakes a little. | |
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The Man Who Knew Infinity when the Zeppelin appears over Srinivasa Ramanujan's head in England during WWI. | |
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Public Enemies | |
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The Shield goes so far as to have twitchy zoom and focus; for actual action scenes, they go to a higher shutter speed. | |
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Rachel Getting Married combines this with a lot of long shots. Justified in that the movie is basically presented as home videos of the wedding in question and numerous characters are seen with camcorders. | |
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days uses this trope as a way to play up the In-Universe Camera. However, one of the many complaints critics had with the game is that the shakey cam made them nauseous. | |
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The X-Files: The episode "X-Cops", since the episode was presented as a show much like COPS (1989). | |
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American Honey: As with director Andrea Arnold’s previous feature Fish Tank, this film was mostly shot with a handheld camera to simulate Star’s P.O.V. and her immersion into life on the road. | |
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12 Rounds. | |
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In Fallout 3, whenever you use the VATS. | |
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Black Lagoon also uses it. Eg: in a car chase with the Robot Maid, the impact with a palm tree is accompanied by jittering camera tilt and shake, along with sustained motion-blur on palm tree itself. | |
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Save Yourselves!: The camera becomes shaky during some more intense and chaotic moments, such as Su and Jack's rush to gather supplies. | |
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Used lightly in the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "The Firebending Masters" to emphasize the size and weight of the two dragons as they're circling. | |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender | hasFeature |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: In the pilot episode's Action Prologue, this is used to show the panic and confusion of the crew of a starship as they Abandon Ship in a crammed Escape Pod, leading to a Mood Whiplash effect when the pod shoots free of the damaged spaceship and the camera is abruptly still. | |
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Some parts of District 9 use shaky camera but to a natural and not nauseating effect. | |
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District 9 | hasFeature |
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The Mass Effect series simulates it, mostly for flybys and establishing shots in cutscenes, and especially prevalent whenever Shepard gets a memory of the Reapers. | |
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Mass Effect (Franchise) | hasFeature |
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Jitter Cam / int_7ce12025 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_7ce12025 | comment |
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man's overall cinematograhy is criticized for this. | |
Jitter Cam / int_7ce12025 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_7ce12025 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tetsuo: The Iron Man | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_7ce12025 | |
Jitter Cam / int_7cf17151 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_7cf17151 | comment |
Battle: Los Angeles | |
Jitter Cam / int_7cf17151 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_7cf17151 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Battle: Los Angeles | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_7cf17151 | |
Jitter Cam / int_7d1c83da | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_7d1c83da | comment |
Better Call Saul primarily films with steadicams, though as the continuity gets closer to Breaking Bad, handheld cameras begin to be used with stronger frequency. This is best seen in season 5. | |
Jitter Cam / int_7d1c83da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_7d1c83da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Better Call Saul | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_7d1c83da | |
Jitter Cam / int_80eee194 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_80eee194 | comment |
Black Snow (Half-Life 2)'s intro features this somewhat heavily - you are technically viewing a recording of your character's headcam as he's running away from the Eldritch Abomination that ate his teammates - but then stabilizes after you take control of the character proper - until you're assaulted by the monster itself. | |
Jitter Cam / int_80eee194 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_80eee194 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Black Snow (Half-Life 2) (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_80eee194 | |
Jitter Cam / int_82439e5c | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_82439e5c | comment |
The Office, both UK and US, since it's a Mockumentary | |
Jitter Cam / int_82439e5c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_82439e5c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Office (UK) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_82439e5c | |
Jitter Cam / int_854344f9 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_854344f9 | comment |
Schindler's List | |
Jitter Cam / int_854344f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_854344f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Schindler's List | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_854344f9 | |
Jitter Cam / int_8d817ccb | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_8d817ccb | comment |
Lost, particularly in the pilot, when the illusion of running through the jungle was created with actors running in place and filmed by a very shaky camera. However, the camera became less jittery as the series went on; later, this only came up when it made the most sense, such as action scenes. | |
Jitter Cam / int_8d817ccb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_8d817ccb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Lost | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_8d817ccb | |
Jitter Cam / int_8f04d767 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_8f04d767 | comment |
Battlefield: Bad Company and its sequel adds some camera shake to its cutscenes | |
Jitter Cam / int_8f04d767 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_8f04d767 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Battlefield: Bad Company (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_8f04d767 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9068877a | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9068877a | comment |
Spoofed in Red vs. Blue, with a cameraman out of film school, but working for a reporter: | |
Jitter Cam / int_9068877a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9068877a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Red vs. Blue (Web Animation) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9068877a | |
Jitter Cam / int_94a5035e | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_94a5035e | comment |
Babylon A.D. to a nauseating excess. | |
Jitter Cam / int_94a5035e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_94a5035e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Babylon A.D. | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_94a5035e | |
Jitter Cam / int_9994a14f | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9994a14f | comment |
WALL•E is meticulously animated to contrast Jitter Cam-like shots on Earth with SteadiCam-esque shots aboard the Axiom to add another layer of Technology vs. Nature to the film. | |
Jitter Cam / int_9994a14f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9994a14f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
WALL•E | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9994a14f | |
Jitter Cam / int_9b99d09b | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9b99d09b | comment |
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles uses this; although it results in a more cinematic presentation than the game's predecessor, The Umbrella Chronicles (which does not feature a shaky cam), it also makes it much more difficult to hit enemies in critical areas, and accuracy is one of the criteria upon which the player is rated. | |
Jitter Cam / int_9b99d09b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9b99d09b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9b99d09b | |
Jitter Cam / int_9d8c6a74 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9d8c6a74 | comment |
Some 75% of Les Misérables (2012), especially during the "Building a Barricade" scenes to heighten the chaotic feel (which is justified, because the actors were actually building a barricade in those scenes, and so the panic and chaos you see are very very real). | |
Jitter Cam / int_9d8c6a74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9d8c6a74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Les Misérables (2012) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9d8c6a74 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dde377d | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dde377d | comment |
Dark Hole | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dde377d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dde377d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Dark Hole | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9dde377d | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dfa8216 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dfa8216 | comment |
Law & Order | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dfa8216 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9dfa8216 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Law & Order (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9dfa8216 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f9298f5 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f9298f5 | comment |
Some of the earlier Giallo films use this technique, such as Argento's The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Fulci's Don't Torture a Duckling. By contrast, most of the later giallo films have very steady camerawork. | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f9298f5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f9298f5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Giallo | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9f9298f5 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f997b2b | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f997b2b | comment |
Quantum of Solace uses shaky camera techniques heavily during the action scenes. Despite the fact that jitter cam was used only sparingly in its predecessor, Casino Royale (2006). | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f997b2b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9f997b2b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Quantum of Solace | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9f997b2b | |
Jitter Cam / int_9ff69ef4 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_9ff69ef4 | comment |
Justified in Hardcore Henry as the entire movie is shot from the perspective of Henry who's in near constant fights. So when he's in a fight against several enemies, the camera whips around a lot as Henry tries to keep track of everyone. | |
Jitter Cam / int_9ff69ef4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_9ff69ef4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Hardcore Henry | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_9ff69ef4 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a0800623 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a0800623 | comment |
Cosmos Laundromat had this for most of the Short Film, in an attempt to make it feel less animated. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a0800623 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a0800623 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Cosmos Laundromat | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a0800623 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a144cb39 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a144cb39 | comment |
The pilot for Moral Orel used this during dramatic moments, mainly when Bloberta was alone (not sure about the rest of the series). | |
Jitter Cam / int_a144cb39 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a144cb39 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Moral Orel | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a144cb39 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a168eb30 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a168eb30 | comment |
Used in the opening sequence for Haibane Renmei. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a168eb30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a168eb30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Haibane Renmei | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a168eb30 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a254c411 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a254c411 | comment |
Silent House and its predecessor The Silent House uses it as part of their gimmick of the movies being one continuous shot. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a254c411 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a254c411 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Silent House | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a254c411 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a32b6a64 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a32b6a64 | comment |
The West Wing, in some episodes of season 4. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a32b6a64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a32b6a64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The West Wing | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a32b6a64 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3cf43d8 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3cf43d8 | comment |
Bum Reviews used it to review The Hunger Games, listed above (complete with complaining that the IMAX makes it even more nauseating). | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3cf43d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3cf43d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Bum Reviews (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a3cf43d8 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3ebdd9d | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3ebdd9d | comment |
Strangers From Hell uses this to such an extent it'd be easier to list the times it isn't used. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3ebdd9d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a3ebdd9d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Strangers From Hell | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a3ebdd9d | |
Jitter Cam / int_a4274674 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a4274674 | comment |
A common criticism of Man of Steel's cinematography. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a4274674 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a4274674 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Man of Steel | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a4274674 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a949e666 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_a949e666 | comment |
Done in Elysium, this◊ gif gives wonderful insight into the trope. | |
Jitter Cam / int_a949e666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_a949e666 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Elysium | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_a949e666 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b07691db | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b07691db | comment |
Mouse (2021) | |
Jitter Cam / int_b07691db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b07691db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mouse (2021) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b07691db | |
Jitter Cam / int_b0c66bf6 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b0c66bf6 | comment |
Black Swan is filmed like this, including the ballet sequences. | |
Jitter Cam / int_b0c66bf6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b0c66bf6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Black Swan | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b0c66bf6 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b31b332f | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b31b332f | comment |
Used in the Transformers Film Series, which is generally a staple of Michael Bay. The first film had the camera mostly at ground level, showing how big the robots are and how chaotic it would be. Later movies tone it down somewhat, as more emphasis was put on robot vs. robot rather than the military vs. the bad robots. | |
Jitter Cam / int_b31b332f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b31b332f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Transformers Film Series | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b31b332f | |
Jitter Cam / int_b3788a5d | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b3788a5d | comment |
Used for effect twice in 2001: A Space Odyssey, during the Tycho monolith scene, and when Bowman gets a new helmet and proceeds to disconnect HAL. Kubrick did his own camera work for those scenes, lugging a huge 70mm film camera on his shoulder. | |
Jitter Cam / int_b3788a5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b3788a5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
2001: A Space Odyssey | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b3788a5d | |
Jitter Cam / int_b586e6bf | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b586e6bf | comment |
This effect dates at least as far back as 1945 and documentary film The Battle of San Pietro, in which the combat scenes were filmed with handheld newsreel cameras, producing a Jitter Cam whenever a shell exploded or whenever the cameramen followed the attacking American soldiers. The battle scenes were recreations, but the Jitter Cam effect helps make them look so realistic that for decades afterwards people thought that the cameramen had actually gone into battle with the soldiers. | |
Jitter Cam / int_b586e6bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b586e6bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Battle of San Pietro | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b586e6bf | |
Jitter Cam / int_b5f08143 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b5f08143 | comment |
Saving Private Ryan is the Trope Codifier for the modern action sequence; many of the films listed here followed in its stead. | |
Jitter Cam / int_b5f08143 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b5f08143 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Saving Private Ryan | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b5f08143 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9a1ba81 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9a1ba81 | comment |
Angst uses this to put the viewer in the twisted mind of the Villain Protagonist, an Ax-Crazy Serial Killer. | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9a1ba81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9a1ba81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Angst | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b9a1ba81 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9bfa3d5 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9bfa3d5 | comment |
Crank | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9bfa3d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9bfa3d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Crank | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b9bfa3d5 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9e40229 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9e40229 | comment |
Feast | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9e40229 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_b9e40229 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Feast | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_b9e40229 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bb7d6a95 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_bb7d6a95 | comment |
Duckman used it for almost the entirety of the Documentary Episode "American Dicks", as the episode is shown from the point of view of a cameraman filming Duckman's attempts to solve the eponymous Show Within a Show's 100th case. | |
Jitter Cam / int_bb7d6a95 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bb7d6a95 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Duckman | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_bb7d6a95 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf24c7bb | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf24c7bb | comment |
Chernobyl: Not so much Jitter Cam as Insufficiently Steady Cam: the camera has a tendency to drift around a little bit when one might expect it to be fixed. One particularly notable example comes when Legasov and Khomyuk are having a conversation in a police cell. The cell wall is painted white above and green below, and the dividing line keeps on drifting in and out of the top of the frame. | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf24c7bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf24c7bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Chernobyl | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_bf24c7bb | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf797086 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf797086 | comment |
Children of Men has several tracking shots done with a shaky hand-held camera, resulting in an edgy watching experience. | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf797086 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bf797086 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Children of Men | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_bf797086 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bfa1d565 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_bfa1d565 | comment |
Boston Legal | |
Jitter Cam / int_bfa1d565 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_bfa1d565 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Boston Legal | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_bfa1d565 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c0aa8ea9 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_c0aa8ea9 | comment |
Stargate Universe might as well be named Shakycam Universe. There is roughly 4 combined minutes of not shaking for a 45-or-so minute TV series. | |
Jitter Cam / int_c0aa8ea9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c0aa8ea9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Stargate Universe | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_c0aa8ea9 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c25b1f2f | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_c25b1f2f | comment |
The 2006 Friday Night Lights series, continuing the tradition of the film. | |
Jitter Cam / int_c25b1f2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c25b1f2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Friday Night Lights | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_c25b1f2f | |
Jitter Cam / int_c304d785 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_c304d785 | comment |
Averted for the most part in Truth in Journalism, as the cameraman is a professional who knows to avoid using this trope. However, justified during the climax; the cameraman is witnessing several Cruel and Unusual Deaths, and is quite rightfully freaking out. | |
Jitter Cam / int_c304d785 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c304d785 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Truth in Journalism (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_c304d785 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c43df4d8 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_c43df4d8 | comment |
The Doctor Who episode "Love & Monsters". Some later episodes are entirely filmed with jittercam — just look at "Let's Kill Hitler" for one example. | |
Jitter Cam / int_c43df4d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c43df4d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Doctor Who | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_c43df4d8 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c94b0000 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_c94b0000 | comment |
Later, NYPD Blue would use the technique heavily. | |
Jitter Cam / int_c94b0000 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c94b0000 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
NYPD Blue | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_c94b0000 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c9fecd11 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_c9fecd11 | comment |
...and in the UK with The Bill. | |
Jitter Cam / int_c9fecd11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_c9fecd11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Bill | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_c9fecd11 | |
Jitter Cam / int_ca0edf8b | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_ca0edf8b | comment |
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | |
Jitter Cam / int_ca0edf8b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_ca0edf8b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_ca0edf8b | |
Jitter Cam / int_ce454d69 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_ce454d69 | comment |
Jeopardy (CBBC) has this with the group's video diaries. | |
Jitter Cam / int_ce454d69 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_ce454d69 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Jeopardy (CBBC) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_ce454d69 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d006497f | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d006497f | comment |
The Wild Bunch is arguably the Trope Codifier - see the bank shootout scene and the final massacre scene, both of which use documentary-style shaky cam to give a sense of chaos and terror. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d006497f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d006497f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Wild Bunch | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d006497f | |
Jitter Cam / int_d063ec3b | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d063ec3b | comment |
The other codifier in the modern era of movies is The Blair Witch Project, due to being a Found Footage Film - the characters aren't professional cinematographers, and their distress makes the camera even more unstable. However, its usage of this trope (especially in the finale) was so extreme that it inflicted motion sickness upon some viewers of the film, even leading them to vomiting. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d063ec3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d063ec3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Blair Witch Project | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d063ec3b | |
Jitter Cam / int_d40aa94e | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d40aa94e | comment |
More Than Ever's camera gets shaky during Hélène and Matthieu's hike, emphasizing both their fractious emotions towards each other and Hélène's poor physical state. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d40aa94e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d40aa94e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
More Than Ever | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d40aa94e | |
Jitter Cam / int_d461f757 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d461f757 | comment |
Battlestar Galactica (2003): The use was actually called for by writer/producer Ronald D. Moore, in his manifesto on "naturalistic science-fiction". The idea was that while in conventional filmmaking, it is important never to draw attention to the camera in order to avoid breaking Suspension of Disbelief, CGI special effects shots tend to fall into a sort of Unintentional Uncanny Valley effect. The CGI shots in Battlestar Galactica were therefore shot using only camera placements and techniques that theoretically could have been used if the show were, in fact a documentary. It's not just the space scenes, either — even in dialog, the camera jiggles, although there isn't idiosyncratic zooming. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d461f757 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d461f757 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Battlestar Galactica (2003) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d461f757 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d56cafaf | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d56cafaf | comment |
Power Rangers RPM makes use of this during the fight scenes. Thankfully the Ranger suits are so brightly coloured so you can just about tell what's going on. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d56cafaf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d56cafaf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers RPM | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d56cafaf | |
Jitter Cam / int_d6fcc002 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d6fcc002 | comment |
The independent film Amreeka uses Jittercam more or less all the time, supplemented by a devout belief in the Close-Up. | |
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1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d6fcc002 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Amreeka | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d6fcc002 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d94380a | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d94380a | comment |
Two reviews by Decker Shado regarding Found Footage Films (specifically, Tape 407 and The Blair Witch Project) make casual mention of how he considers this kind of filming style a pet peeve, mostly because even if the film has a good production quality otherwise for its genre (which he considers The Blair Witch Project to have), the impact is completely lost if you are easily afflicted with motion sickness. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d94380a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d94380a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Decker Shado (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d94380a | |
Jitter Cam / int_d98a3fbf | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d98a3fbf | comment |
The "camera" in Sword of the Stranger is pretty shaky during the fight scenes, and sometimes seems to have trouble keeping up with the combatants. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d98a3fbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d98a3fbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Sword of the Stranger | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d98a3fbf | |
Jitter Cam / int_d9c602eb | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_d9c602eb | comment |
Mocked in South Park when South Park is attacked by guinea pigs. Even when just walking around normally, Randy Marsch breathes heavily and shakes his camera around manically, going from his wife's face to his shoes and making a big show for dramatic effect until his wife tells him to knock it off. | |
Jitter Cam / int_d9c602eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_d9c602eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
South Park | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_d9c602eb | |
Jitter Cam / int_de9efb57 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_de9efb57 | comment |
Home Movie | |
Jitter Cam / int_de9efb57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_de9efb57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Home Movie | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_de9efb57 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e293455a | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_e293455a | comment |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In "Touched", the trope is used to show the disorganization after Buffy is expelled as their leader. The camera gets locked down when Faith asserts her authority over the group. | |
Jitter Cam / int_e293455a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e293455a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_e293455a | |
Jitter Cam / int_e2b3cc8a | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_e2b3cc8a | comment |
To Boldly Flee: Phelous addresses the camera to shake for dramatic effect at one point. | |
Jitter Cam / int_e2b3cc8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e2b3cc8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
To Boldly Flee (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_e2b3cc8a | |
Jitter Cam / int_e755f69b | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_e755f69b | comment |
90 percent of Batman: Arkham Origins' cutscenes are depicted as if they were filmed by a handheld camera...during a small earthquake. | |
Jitter Cam / int_e755f69b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e755f69b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: Arkham Origins (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_e755f69b | |
Jitter Cam / int_e7e37776 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_e7e37776 | comment |
Firefly is notable for being the first show that simulated the jittercam effect in its CGI sequences. | |
Jitter Cam / int_e7e37776 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e7e37776 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Firefly | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_e7e37776 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e955b308 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_e955b308 | comment |
Hallowed Worldly: Hallowed Worldly is both the cameraman and the main character in his primary series, so this is inevitable. | |
Jitter Cam / int_e955b308 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e955b308 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
HallowedWorldly | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_e955b308 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e9cb2780 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_e9cb2780 | comment |
Happens when the player sprints in Gears of War, despite the game being third-person. Word of God says that this masks the fact that running isn't really much faster than normal speed. Third Person Shooters, First Person Shooters and other genres use this trope during sprinting. |
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Jitter Cam / int_e9cb2780 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_e9cb2780 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Gears of War (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_e9cb2780 | |
Jitter Cam / int_ea73e724 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_ea73e724 | comment |
Time of Eve uses Jitter Cam a lot. Sometimes, it's used to accentuate dramatic scenes, but mostly just for the hell of it. | |
Jitter Cam / int_ea73e724 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_ea73e724 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Time of Eve | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_ea73e724 | |
Jitter Cam / int_f0c816fb | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_f0c816fb | comment |
Breaking Bad was filmed primarily with handheld cameras. Better Call Saul primarily films with steadicams, though as the continuity gets closer to Breaking Bad, handheld cameras begin to be used with stronger frequency. This is best seen in season 5. |
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Jitter Cam / int_f0c816fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_f0c816fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Breaking Bad | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_f0c816fb | |
Jitter Cam / int_f29a04aa | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_f29a04aa | comment |
Beyond Evil | |
Jitter Cam / int_f29a04aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_f29a04aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beyond Evil | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_f29a04aa | |
Jitter Cam / int_f5c936a3 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_f5c936a3 | comment |
Cloverfield, a giant-monster-eats-New-York story shown as "documentary footage" filmed by a guy with a camcorder, is eighty-five solid minutes of this. | |
Jitter Cam / int_f5c936a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_f5c936a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Cloverfield | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_f5c936a3 | |
Jitter Cam / int_f858847a | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_f858847a | comment |
Pokémon X and Y uses some of this in battle scenes, although oddly not generally when any action is happening. | |
Jitter Cam / int_f858847a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_f858847a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Pokémon X and Y (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_f858847a | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa22f74d | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa22f74d | comment |
My Country: The New Age | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa22f74d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa22f74d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
My Country: The New Age | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_fa22f74d | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa6e380e | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa6e380e | comment |
Came into wide TV use in the US with Hill Street Blues... | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa6e380e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_fa6e380e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Hill Street Blues | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_fa6e380e | |
Jitter Cam / int_fba86223 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_fba86223 | comment |
NTSF:SD:SUV:: Justified since this show is a parody of police procedural shows. | |
Jitter Cam / int_fba86223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_fba86223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
NTSF:SD:SUV:: | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_fba86223 | |
Jitter Cam / int_fcfb1578 | type |
Jitter Cam | |
Jitter Cam / int_fcfb1578 | comment |
Flag is told entirely from the point of view of various cameras and a computer screen. As such, the cameras can vary often end up moving around quite a bit, particularly when the photographer or the chosen camera is being used in combat. | |
Jitter Cam / int_fcfb1578 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Jitter Cam / int_fcfb1578 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Flag | hasFeature |
Jitter Cam / int_fcfb1578 |
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