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So I'm making a short fighting movie based on the "Bourne" Trilogy, and i was wondering how to get the camera to follow the action smoothly. I will give some examples here:
Keshen8's "One Shot" (Best Example at 0:53-0:55) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ZHfh5jQt8
Keshen8's "Lego Ultimatum" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnWd0hH … re=channel
Please Help me.
(P.S: Can you tell who's videos i watch? 
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He most likely took certain walls off of the set for shots to make them smoother, and most likely had a small camera to fit within the set. Another way you could make a camera pan could be using some kind of software, but I don't know it well enough to explain in detail.
Ha, Do you have after effects? Because if you do, you can easily add a shake to your clips.
Or you could try animating your camera as well as the mini-figs.
-LBJ
I dont have AE but I do have Sony Vegas 9, would that work?
I need help on this, too. I tried moving the camera around but it turned out like my old...shaky...crappy...videos. 
Do you have Vegas or AE, Travis?
I would like to see an answer on this, too. I asked myself the same questions many times.
I know you can add a shaky-cam effect during animating, by moving the cam. But I actually think it's very hard to get a good result with that. Not least because I'm not using a webcam, but a Canon EOS, and with that it's not nice to do stuff like that.
I would like to shoot the footage, and then add the effect in post-pro. I know AfterEffects can handle that- but hey, not everyone (including me) owns that.
So, is there any other program (maybe even freeware?!) you could do that with?
- JD
Well it's really easy, ask me, mail it to me and i'll make it shaky baby (not that much ofcourse).
[email protected]
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I believe that Keshen8 did all the shaky-cam work in camera, I'm not sure what kind of camera he has to facilitate this. It'd be more difficult but would probably look a little more convincing if done well.
Do you have Vegas or AE, Travis?
No I have Windows Movie Maker. Yes I know, it SUCKS! Lol, I hope to get Vegas. AE is very expensive, I hear...
Last edited by Travis (April 5, 2009 (03:18pm))
You could do it in Vegas or even Axogon, but it would mean animating every shake by hand. AE is a much better option.
- Leo
Much. But there's always a different way 
Here's a test I did using final cut express.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/filmy … effect.mov
This took quite a while I must say. I would not suggest KeyFraming every moment in the shot to make the shaky cam effect, but if that's the only way... that'll drive you nuts.
Srsly, guys, is there another way, using AE? I need to know myself.:P
Here's a test I did using final cut express.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/filmy … effect.mov
This took quite a while I must say. I would not suggest KeyFraming every moment in the shot to make the shaky cam effect, but if that's the only way... that'll drive you nuts.Srsly, guys, is there another way, using AE? I need to know myself.:P
Yes there is another way, and that way will be used in my new video, wich is in pre-production
filmyguy wrote:Here's a test I did using final cut express.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/filmy … effect.mov
This took quite a while I must say. I would not suggest KeyFraming every moment in the shot to make the shaky cam effect, but if that's the only way... that'll drive you nuts.Srsly, guys, is there another way, using AE? I need to know myself.:P
Yes there is another way, and that way will be used in my new video, wich is in pre-production
Can't you just tell us? I desperately need that effect.
-Donsalvatore
Can't you just tell us? I desperately need that effect.
Well it's really easy, ask me, mail it to me and i'll make it shaky baby (not that much ofcourse).
[email protected]
For those who want to do it themselves rather than be forced to wait for T.G.-Tom, the method is the one Filmyguy presented. Blow the scale of your clip up to 105% or so, then set keyframes for the clip's position every two or three frames. Move the frame slightly off from center in a random direction at each of the keyframes. This is time-consuming, but it will result in a shaky effect.
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