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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 4789789" data-attributes="member: 8447">For me a little bit of shaky cam goes a long way.Originally it was used to give the "You Are There" feel -- look at late 60s/early 70s cinéma vérité for that level.  Then came The Blair Witch Project -- again, handhelds gave a "you are there" feel, a "reality" to an unreal situation......and now it is used so often that if merely feels like, "Oh.  They used shaky cam ... again.  Whatever."  Like many trendy ideas, handhelds have been overused to the point where they are ultimately a parody of themselves.  So, let's cut back on them a bit, okay?  It's beginning to feel redundant.  As I said, a little bit goes a long way.</blockquote>