Monday, June 23, 2008

Superman could have been an awesome cameraman



I was watching a 3D animated rollercoaster simulation on youtube last night. It was one of those “we are going to fly the camera up and around and through everything” shots. That’s seems to be what people like to do with their Maya or their Studio Max. I was thinking…could there be a way to get a crazy motion shot like that in real life? Like some kind of personal flying device that would allow for the camera operator to still focus on the shot? Then I thought about Superman. Superman could have been the greatest action DP that ever lived had he applied himself. I mean yeah there’s the saving Lois Lane and the world thing. He could have easily been a better reporter than her if he had had the news camera with him. Then again that might put Jimmy out of work. Ok back to Director of Photography. He could have been awesome.

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