What is going on with this crazy phase of extremely ‘Extreme Close Ups’ for talking head shots at certain moments in comtemporary Documentaries?
There seems to be a new fad for this caps, bold and underlined, forehead to chin camera angle. I don’t get it at all, are they saying …
A – This is a close, revealing and sensitive moment. DO YOU SEE????
Yes I do see but I have to go reeling out of the room to focus on the speakers face.
B – We are giving you a sense of reality, intimacy, contact and a shared ‘in the room’ experience with this person.
But I don’t know anyone with a 28” widescreen face and certainly wouldn't share any sort of experience with someone that did , save from shooing them to the door.
It’s like all those shaky shenningans back in the 90’s (‘This Life’ being the world’s worst offender) when only camera operators with St Vitus Dance seemed to be used. I wasn't impressed, just ended up with motion sickness and switching off.
C’mon get a grip, and pull it back a bit.
2 comments:
My TV really shows warts and all too, so it's not pleasant. Talking heads take note: HD can be very cruel.
Yuk - I'd never though of that, and there's plenty of faces really wouldn't want to see zoomed up and in HD quality.
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