manthabeat

15th Mar 2022

The Dead Pool (1988)

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning after they pull Harry's shot up car upright, there is a shot with a bunch of shadows on the vehicle. One of them is the camera operator and you can see the outline of it.

manthabeat

2nd Mar 2022

Vegas Vacation (1997)

Visible crew/equipment: When Christie Brinkley is keeping pace with Clark in her sports car, the camera vehicle is reflected in the passenger side window of her car. It's not the Griswold's minivan.

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1st Mar 2022

The Fugitive (1993)

Visible crew/equipment: The camera filming the wide shot of the press conference with the US Marshals and Chicago PD blends in with the rest of the camera crews there doing the conference. It is blatantly visible behind everyone asking questions. The angle from this camera is used at least twice. You can identify it by its film magazine. Almost all news organizations in the 1990s used video tape as opposed to film, so a film camera used during a press conference would and does stick out like a sore thumb.

manthabeat

18th Feb 2022

Ozark (2017)

12th Feb 2022

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Visible crew/equipment: Right before Munro is attacked by Magua and killed, there is a shot of a soldier falling right toward the camera. The shadow of the camera becomes very obvious on him.

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22nd Jan 2022

The Truman Show (1998)

Visible crew/equipment: Right as Truman is leaving to go to Fiji in the sedan, he backs out of the driveway. The shot is a camera attached to the rear of the vehicle. The rig is reflected in the bumper on both sides of the license plate.

manthabeat

13th Nov 2021

Jurassic Park (1993)

Visible crew/equipment: When Dr. Grant discovers the eggs in the wild, the camera comes down a tad bit too far. The operator obviously notices because the shadow of the camera creeps in along with the shadow of wires attached to it. To correct this, the shot pans up a bit.

manthabeat

1st Nov 2021

Blackout (1985)

27th Oct 2021

Squid Game (2021)

Gganbu - S1-E6

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.

manthabeat

25th Oct 2021

Squid Game (2021)

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)

manthabeat

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.

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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.

manthabeat

1st Sep 2021

Black Summer (2019)

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.

manthabeat

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.

manthabeat

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.

manthabeat

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.

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