Did anyone else notice how shaky the camera was in the first scene with Landry/Mitchell/Marrick. It keeps swaying back and forth. I was highly irritated when I watched it. The movie as a whole is great but this one scene really upset me, it was rather sad camera work. They never had this sort of stuff in the show so how on earth did it make it into the movie? It's not that hard to use the steady cam system...I just don't see how they could have missed this, watch it for yourself if you don't remember!
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its a camera technique design to make the audience feel uneasy towards this Marrick guy. by no means was it a mistake. I dont think the director and cameraman were incompetent enough to do this. Not all films are shot all on a steady cam or tripod. I think it was a great shot introduce this creepy, mysterious fellowsigpic
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Originally posted by TraK View Postits a camera technique design to make the audience feel uneasy towards this Marrick guy. by no means was it a mistake. I dont think the director and cameraman were incompetent enough to do this. Not all films are shot all on a steady cam or tripod. I think it was a great shot introduce this creepy, mysterious fellow
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Yes I do, how can you watch that scene and tell me that having the camera sit in a stationary position on a noticealbe angle adds to make the scene more creepy at all? What I am talking about is right at the end, Merrick leaves the room and Bridges and Browder are talking the camera sits down in a stationary spot, not moving anymore but its not level, the whole thing is tilted to the side...pretty obvious that it was a screw up. Also there are usually at least 2-3 different units of shooting crews on a show/movie. Robert Cooper didn't direct everything himself.
I think by the time they figured out that it was bad they were unable to reshoot it. You have 3 actors with schedules outside of just the show, especially the actor that played Merrick since this was the first and only thing he ever did with the Stargate its likely to assume they were unable to get him to come back and shoot the scene.
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I'm a professional camera operator, and yes I can tell you that they did this on purpose. Lots of low budget movies do this sort of thing, they probably did it just because they could.Sheppard's team runs into Kolya on a planet:
Koyla:"That's right Sheppard, I've got you right where I want you. And there's nothing you can do about it. Your plan was flawed, mine is perfect.This time I have a new gotee, and a black cloak. And I know for a fact that anyone would be scared of that. Now give me the ZPM or I'll kill the guy with the dreadlocks."
5 seconds later....
Kolya is hanging from a tree by his underwear.
Wa Wa Waaaaa.....
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Well on the commentary, they say that they did the first half of the sceen when Cam and Landry, walk into the office to meet Merrick without cuts, and that it was difficult to hid all the lights and other ogjects that dont belong on camera. May thats why the camera was shakey because they could use a tripod or steady cam.Company of Thieves
Daniel: You might want to prepare to return fire.
Marks: For the record, Im always prepared. I just have to push this button.
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the scene that stuck out to me wasn't this scene, but the one where marrick was just sitting down/getting ready to interrogate tomin. the camera did extreme close ups of marrick turning on the microphone and such. i actually think the close ups looked *great*, but since this type of work wasn't used in any other part of the movie, it just felt 'weird' to see it used for something so mundane as this scene. i just felt cooper was experimenting. like i said, i liked the look, but... i don't know, i just kept thinking about why cooper did it there and then the scene was going by and i had to rewind.
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