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Subject: [OM] Re: MOving picture cameras
From: "R. Jackson" <jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:06:39 -0700
Yeah, this is one of the reasons I use primes. I think zooms in  
general can lead to lazy, bad work. Not that they have to, but they  
frequently do.

On Jul 15, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:

> Totally useless to stand in front of a spot where something  
> happened 10 hours ago and blab away like this is real news.  If you  
> didn't get it when it happened, just let the talking heads read the  
> script.  Shots of crime scene tape are so boring!
>
> And zooming and panning, too!  I recall my first day on the job,  
> Corky Hoover, the news director, told me in no uncertain terms to  
> never forget that a movie camera is designed to record motion, not  
> to create it, and if I panned, I'd better be following something  
> moving or have a reason good enough for him not to kick my butt.   
> There was no danger any of us would be zooming.  Those lenses were  
> reserved for special occasions.  Other things that could get you in  
> trouble besides no establishing shots were jump cuts and no  
> cutaways for fixing the jump cuts you shouldn't have shot to begin  
> with.
>
> Walt


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