maybe I am old fashion, but I just cannnot tolerate the cameras bouncing around all the time, they can actually give you a headache! Why do they have to do that all the time? once in a while may be alright, but it goes too far.
Oh my gosh I have to close my eyes sometimes! Zoom in, zoom out, pan left, right and back again. Then, just for kicks, speed everything up! But don't dare pause on an item for more than a second so I can get a good look at it... I'm hoping this fad will soon pass.
I'm afraid to say it, but I think this fad IS already passing. So many of the shows on now are reruns and they have the worst camera work. But the newer shows appear to be a little better.
Cameraman Dean from Henry's Garden and Bay Area Bargains is my hero. he's got a nice smooth camera and my eyes don't have to strain to catch up to the bouncing around because he doesn't go there.
Posts: 1313 | Location: SF/Brentwood | Registered: Feb 27, 2008
The end result of most current design shows are so bad they don't want you to get a good look.
LMAO anyone notice the paint "glitches"> or the many things that differs start to finish? when any show's editor forgets to "can" a wall splattered with paint, or unfinished kitchen countertop DETAIL = bah! HGTV oopsed years ago by focusing on quantity vs quality
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Posts: 2695 | Location: NE of S.F. | Registered: Apr 13, 2006
Aha! that's it! thanks for pointing out that camera's swing so fast because they don't want to truly show how bad it is. what happened to good design anyway? we must be going thru a transitional phase and soemthing good will show up soon. i hope.
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Keeping you from seeing poor/sloppy work is definitely part of it, but I've always believed a lot of it is also wanting to keep things "hip" by keeping things active - like if they let the camera settle on something for more than a few seconds, the audience will lose interest. (sigh) Instead, it just gives me a migraine.
Keeping us on a camera rollercoaster will only backfire because the rest of the show will be lost as America is in the bathroom taking headache medication or looking to steady themselves by holding onto the kitchen counter.
Here's a thought: better work and slower cameras. What a concept.
