Visible crew/equipment: At the end when the helicopter is hovering above the two guys fighting, we see the shadow of the camera on them multiple times.
manthabeat
1st Nov 2021
Blackout (1985)
27th Oct 2021
Squid Game (2021)
Visible crew/equipment: When the old man is remembering his childhood home and walking around as the game is winding down, he walks toward the camera. This is a handheld shot. The shadow of the camera is on his shirt briefly.
25th Oct 2021
Squid Game (2021)
The Man with the Umbrella - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When the second game starts and everyone is climbing up the stairs, two of the players are talking. The camera is in front of them going up the stairs. At one point you can see the shadow of the camera on the wall to the left.
11th Oct 2021
News of the World (2020)
Visible crew/equipment: After the confederate soldiers offer to buy the girl and are encountered by the union troops, Kidd and Cicada leave. There is a shot of the confederate soldiers coming out of a building. The shadow of the camera is obvious on the lead man. (00:41:55)
6th Oct 2021
Twister (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: At Aunt Meg's house, Jo is taking a shower. There are two shots of her washing her hair. In the second one, the camera is blatantly reflected in the glass, left screen.
3rd Oct 2021
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: When Riggs and Murtaugh go to see Billy, who has just been murdered, the camera and its operator are reflected in the interrogation room door.
1st Sep 2021
Black Summer (2019)
Human Flow - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: During Ryan's segment, Sun, leads him into a house. The camera tracks behind them up some steps. The operator is visible in the glass on the left side briefly.
26th Jul 2021
Rocky III (1982)
Visible crew/equipment: During the second fight, there's a brief shot looking at the opposite side of the ring. A large motion picture camera and its operator are blatantly visible in the crowd.
15th Jul 2021
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: After school gets out, the seniors chase the freshmen in a truck. We see a shot looking at the scared freshmen in the back window. The camera's shadow is visible the entire shot.
28th Jun 2021
Citizen Kane (1941)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Thompson goes to the Thatcher library, he walks through a door and the camera follows him. Just before the shot ends, the camera casts a shadow on the left wall.
10th Jun 2021
Sudden Impact (1983)
Visible crew/equipment: On the carousel at the end, the camera is going around with the bad guys and the main female protagonist. Several times you can see its shadow and that of crew members as the light is behind the camera.
10th Jun 2021
Sudden Impact (1983)
Visible crew/equipment: A woman enters an art gallery and the camera tracks along with her, ending when she stops. To the right is a plate of glass. The heads of two crew members are painfully obvious in the reflection. Their reflections disappear when the camera backs up. Its likely the camera operator and an assistant.
15th May 2021
Field of Dreams (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: Ray and Annie are talking about going to Boston and the camera is tracking through their home. The camera is reflected in a picture hanging on a wall in the kitchen as the shot passes it.
4th May 2021
Shameless (2011)
Two at a Biker Bar, One in the Lake - S11-E7
Visible crew/equipment: Frank is confused as he's at a foreign bar. He backs up against a glass window. A few crew members are visible reflected.
5th Apr 2021
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Visible crew/equipment: Viking's goons head to Coxman's house and step out of their vehicles. In the front vehicle, the camera is reflected in the glass of the driver's side door. It lingers there for a time.
2nd Apr 2021
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When the big dozer is chasing the cooks, we see the driver. A perfect reflection of the camera is visible in the glass.
2nd Apr 2021
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When the kids slam the bus window down on Ernest's fingers, we see a shot inside. The camera is reflected in the window.
30th Mar 2021
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Visible crew/equipment: When Foley is released from the cell, he is taken to see Rosewood and Taggart. The camera tracks through the police station and it is visible reflected in the glass.
5th Jan 2021
Die Hard (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: The shadow of the camera is visible right of screen when John is wrapping himself with the fire hose and asking himself why he's doing it. It lingers for some time. It looks to be a steadycam with a monitor.
27th Dec 2020
A Christmas Story (1983)
Visible crew/equipment: During the parade, the camera moves in and back a couple of times and the operator's shadow is visible left screen. This is really obvious after the Wizard of Oz characters walk by.
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