Jack Vaughan

11th Dec 2020

American Psycho (2000)

Visible crew/equipment: When Maya is searching Mahogany's apartment there is a shot of her looking in a bathroom cabinet mirror and you can see the arm of a crew member wearing a short sleeved white T-shirt reflected in it. (01:02:22)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: In the opening murder scene watch when the man is stood outside the connecting train car doors, there is a shot from behind, moving in on him, and if you look out of the left window you can see a set of yellow ladders. This is set equipment and the train obviously can't be moving. (00:02:20)

Jack Vaughan

22nd Nov 2020

The Sopranos (1999)

Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: As Alex, Salvatore and Hesh walk along the bridge, if you watch the right side of the screen you can see a crew member wearing a purple T-shirt and holding a piece of equipment high in the air. (00:39:39)

Jack Vaughan

17th Nov 2020

Repo Man (1984)

Visible crew/equipment: When Otto and Lite steal the red sports car at least three baseball cap wearing crew members can be seen reflected in the car's window as Otto winds the window down. (00:31:23)

Jack Vaughan

5th Nov 2020

Repo Man (1984)

Visible crew/equipment: When Otto storms out of Bud's car after an argument, we see him walking aimlessly down a straight road. Just before he approaches a red "STOP" sign you can see the boom microphone reflected in the window next to him. (01:05:40)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When Joe (Clint Eastwood) meets Ramón for the first time in the courtyard, they exchange a few words and then walk a short distance to a table to continue their conversation. As they walk the shadow of the boom microphone is cast on one of the pillars (the pillar with the man leaning against it and holding a rifle). (00:28:32)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: Near the end of the film, just after one of the soldiers is hit in the chest with a spear and falls overboard, there is a shot of another soldier (who is missing teeth) lying dead on the raft. If you look in the top left corner of the shot you can see the foot of a crew member wearing a modern trainer shoe. (01:22:42)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: Towards the end of the film, when a tree branch damages the straw roof of the raft as it passes under a tree, you can see a crew member stood watching filming behind Aguirre and his men who are trying to dislodge the branch. He's wearing a cap, a white shirt and blue pants. (01:22:12)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning of the film, when the whole party is moving through the swamp, there is a moment when the carriage containing the two women almost topples over. If you watch the right side of the screen when this happens you can see a hand come into frame to help steady the carriage. The hand is white and sleeveless (at least to near the wrist) and obviously doesn't belong to any of the soldier's or slave's. On the Blu-Ray commentary track for the film, Werner Herzog states that this is his hand. (00:09:10)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: After taking a beating, killing two guards and then setting fire to their compound, Joe (Clint Eastwood) is shown crawling away, and cast on Joe's body and the sand floor is the shadow of the camera as it pulls back from him (left side of screen). (01:13:47)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: In the film's final moments, as the camera revolves around the raft, you can see the wake made by the camera boat on the river's surface. (01:32:49)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When the news reporter is about to snort the cocaine, she stops her car, turns the radio off and takes the cocaine out. When she does this you can see the top of a crew member's head reflected in her car window. (00:09:23)

Jack Vaughan

22nd Oct 2020

Coherence (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: After Emily attacks the "other Emily" in the bathroom, she leaves, and walks through a doorway to rejoin the rest of the group (just before she collapses). If you look at the alcove type doorway adjacent to the group you can see the head of the boom microphone slowly move into the shot then slowly move out again. (01:20:04)

Jack Vaughan

22nd Oct 2020

Coherence (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning when everyone is sat at the dining table, Hugh asks if anybody other than him is having trouble getting reception on their mobile phones. Then there is a reaction shot of Emily and then another cut to Lee laughing and holding her glass of wine. In this shot of Lee you can see the living room behind her and if you pay attention you can see a crew member (possibly holding a camera) who appears to be crouched behind the sofa, raise his head into the shot. (00:07:15)

Jack Vaughan

22nd Oct 2020

Coherence (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: When Kevin and Emily are alone in the dining room and Kevin asks her if she wants to go on a trip with him to Vietnam and Emily says she needs more time to think about it, you can see a cameraman sat on the other side of the table filming them. The filmmakers have tried to obscure him by placing a wooden table chair in the foreground but you can still see his arms/elbows between the chairs slats. (00:05:54)

Jack Vaughan

22nd Oct 2020

Hawk the Slayer (1980)

Visible crew/equipment: In one of the flashback sequences, Voltan has Hawk tied to a tree and is firing a crossbow at him while holding his fiancé hostage. When Voltan says "The next one will send you to hell, little brother" you can see the arm of a hidden crew member move into view from behind the tent on the right side of the screen. (00:46:08)

Jack Vaughan

21st Oct 2020

Only God Forgives (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: After Julian finds out about his brother's murderer we see him washing his hands in a sink and the water turns to blood (indicating the start of another dream/subconscious sequence). Then Julian appears standing in a dark hallway outside an open door, something about the room scares Julian, and he walks away from the door. As the camera moves backwards down the hallway you can see its distinct blocky shadow cast on the wall. (00:27:08)

Jack Vaughan

21st Oct 2020

Only God Forgives (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: When Julian follows Chang around the streets, during the second point-of-view shot from Julian's perspective, you can see the distinct shadow of a cameraman with a camera on his shoulder cast on the wall. (00:38:02)

Jack Vaughan

14th Oct 2020

Coherence (2013)

Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning, when Mike, Beth and Lee are in the kitchen, immediately after Mike asks Beth "How long have you been cleansing for?", Beth answers and you can see a camera lens in the bottom right corner of the screen filming the actors. (00:02:11)

Jack Vaughan

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