Tillie Wynott: Chronicle, End of Watch, Zero day, Willow Creek, Exhibit A, Home Movie and The Bay are all found footage/shaky cam type films that aren't in the horror genre.
Hollis Demasters: Chronicle (2012) uses handcam style filming, and End of Watch (2013)
Russell Mckinzie: Nope. Most things are at least partially filmed with handheld cam now. It has been a fad for the last decade. Just because it isn't jiggly like Blair Witch Project does not mean it isn't handheld. Cameras now have stabilization features to eliminate the shakiness but handheld shooting is much less expensive than using tracks for the camera as in the old days. Most long feature films use a combination of handheld camera work mixed with stationary and tracked cameras. They combine the scene in editing.Handheld camera work is not only less expensive but it adds a sense of realism to the project. When the camera is stationary it is like watching a play on stage. The camera can zoom i! n and out but always stays in the same position. With handheld camera work, you can show the scene from many different angles including below or above an actor. When you watch old movies before handheld camera work you see that the people move but the camera moves little. That is because those cameras did not have technology to eliminate the shaking like we do in modern cameras. Even inexpensive cell-phone cameras have automatic focusing and anti-shake technology. Every television show, documentary, news cast and feature film now mostly uses handheld photography. Only special effects need a stationary camera other than CGI....Show more
Arleen Bussing: Save The Planet - thanks for the big input! I more mean the obviously shaky, amateur style that is so known for horror films. I'm coming less from a cinematographer's point of view and more from that shaky cam style for the purpose of imitating a tone of realistic.
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