Best/Favorite In-Camera Effects?

[Gabriel Sanchez]

Let's get a list going of the coolest, flashiest, most subtle, hardly noticeable but still impactful, story/emotion-enhancing effects that can be done IN-CAMERA. List the effect/technique and if applicable, an example found in a film/show etc. and say what affect it had on you.

GO!

 

[Mark K.]

I've always been a fan of 22fps to add speed and excitement to action sequences. Also love the good old fashioned reversed body hit - you can just make them look so much more brutal than simply cheating the camera angle.

 

[Andrew Rieger]

I've always been a fan of 22fps to add speed and excitement to action sequences. Also love the good old fashioned reversed body hit - you can just make them look so much more brutal than simply cheating the camera angle.

Funny you should mention the reverse body hit. I have always wanted to try such a technique but I have never had the chance. I have never heard it mentioned anywhere online before this post. Do you have any examples of the technique or know of any films that use it. I really want to test this now.

 

[Jason Beckwith]

Forced perspective/hanging miniature
45 degree mirror
Light aimed at disturbed water basin for caustics
Geometric dissolves (framing out/ins for cross fades)

 

[Andrew Rieger]

My personal favorites include:

lens whacking: http://philipbloom.net/2012/02/01/the-art-of-lens-whacking-real-lights-leaks-and-ones-done-in-post/

dolly zoom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vm54QL8iZc

timelapse: http://vimeo.com/16369165

 

[Mark K.]

Funny you should mention the reverse body hit. I have always wanted to try such a technique but I have never had the chance. I have never heard it mentioned anywhere online before this post. Do you have any examples of the technique or know of any films that use it. I really want to test this now.

I know George Miller is a big fan of them, so for examples just throw a Mad Max film on the TV and poise your finger over the pause button. Mel Gibson also uses them a lot I heard (being a technique he borrowed from Miller) so Braveheart, Apocalypto and others should also have a few.