Camera work on Bourne Ultimatum

Dick Campbell

Dick Campbell

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Anybody else notice all the hand held close ups and other hand held work? I love Ridley Scott anyway, and this technique really brings out the edginess of the story. This is the best of three also IMHO.
 
Ridley Scott + Bourne Ultimatum???

I'm pretty sure Paul Greengrass directed this one as well. =)
 
Notice? I thought the first 20 minutes of the film were nearly unwatchably jittery.

I'm also a little annoyed that they call the movie "The Bourne Ultimatum" when it has absolutely no relation to the book of the same name... Can't they think of a new word at least to put after "The Bourne"?
 
The camera work seemed pretty fitting for the story, but technically, it bothered me. And I don't think Ridley Scott has anything to do with the Bourne movies?

they call the movie "The Bourne Ultimatum" when it has absolutely no relation to the book
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Book?! The best part about movies...NO READING!
 
oops! where was my brain! :-Dum(DBG):not Ridley Scott. don't know what I was thinking.

the interesting thing about getting into film and being a shooter now, is that I notice stuff like this, and found it somewhat distracting. my wife didn't even notice.
 
I can't really pay attention to the technical stuff in the movies... I'm too busy watching the acting. But that's probably because I'm an actor...
 
Really great article here about the prevalent use of handheld camera work to achieve a shaky look in today's movies and the Bourne Ultimatum in particular.

It really does seem to be a lazy substitute for more carefully arranged shots that aren't afraid to show the actors, action and location clearly.

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=1175
 
Jared Meyer said:
Really great article here about the prevalent use of handheld camera work to achieve a shaky look in today's movies and the Bourne Ultimatum in particular.

It really does seem to be a lazy substitute for more carefully arranged shots that aren't afraid to show the actors, action and location clearly.

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=1175
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Yes, a great article indeed (recommend not reading til you've seen the movie). It seemed to me that many of the HH closeups (with the dark shoulder foreground, etc.) were good shots, but should have been on a tripod.
 
I almost threw up!!!! Amazing for years trying to keep a camera still and now..they purposely jerk it around!!! Loved the story though.
 
The shakey camera worked well in Paul Greengrass' Bloody Sunday. It added a level of realism and sense of being there. But it seems that it is now being overused. In the Bourne Supremecy they used it quite a bit and it was very distracting.

I just don't think that it works well in action films. Dramatic or docudrama type films is where it should stay.
 
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