I'm one who watched the video of Mankiewicz and found the constant back-and-forth slightly annoying. A long, slow movement in one direction I understand and like. Going back and forth repeatedly? No, please. It's just a distraction. It's like slow-motion shaky cam.
(On a related note ... it's not a TCM thing, but I'm not a fan of cutting to a side angle while a presenter keeps addressing the main camera. How did that lazy technique become acceptable/fashionable? Ecchhh.) Kevin, I remember seeing that in the movie theatre at age 16 and thinking, "Ugh, enough already. You're excited to be on the big screen, we get it, now move on." I don't recall hearing that term, but it makes perfect sense the way you explain it. On Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 9:28:47 AM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: > It's a common practice when the subject is static, and the stuff going > around it is as well. I see it on, f'rexample, "The Dan Patrick Show" on > Peacock when the boss is previewing the guests that day, while a Steadicam > operator is hovering around a flat-screen monitor depicting them. B > > Dave Sikula, to Paul Murray, David Bruggeman and moi, September 8th: > >> People in Hardcore TCM Land seem to enjoy the set, but are complaining >> about the constant panning left and right, as though the network keeps >> saying "Look! We got a new set!" >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a4dc2509-a26c-4264-affb-a266e6390c2cn%40googlegroups.com.
