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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.

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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.

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4th May 2021

Shameless (2011)

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.

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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.

manthabeat

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.

manthabeat

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.

manthabeat

23rd Dec 2020

Quantum Leap (1989)

23rd Oct 2020

Knives Out (2019)

Visible crew/equipment: Marta and the detective are driving to the 1209 location, and he is talking. During this entire scene, the reflection of the camera is visible on the left side of the glass.

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17th Oct 2020

Knives Out (2019)

Visible crew/equipment: During the car chase, Marta pulls her car into a dead end and the camera moves up to the window. The top of the camera operator's head is visible in the reflection. Later in the same shot, the camera is visible in the glass left of screen.

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13th Oct 2020

Raising Arizona (1987)

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning when the babies are trying to escape the bedroom, there are several low angle shots of them crawling. The shadow of the camera is visible on the floor.

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13th Oct 2020

Ricochet (1991)

Visible crew/equipment: When Denzel and Kevin are playing basketball in the beginning there are several low angle shots of their legs moving. The sun is behind the camera and the operator's shadow is visible.

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10th Sep 2020

True Lies (1994)

Visible crew/equipment: After Harry finds out Helen is cheating on him with Simon, there is a scene at the house where the camera pulls in on the family eating dinner. In this shot the shadow of the camera can be seen creeping onto the windowsill.

manthabeat

3rd Sep 2020

Shameless (2011)

Citizen Carl - S10-E7

Visible crew/equipment: Carl is walking along the reporters trying to get their attention. At the bottom of the screen is the shadow of the camera filming the shot. It moves as the scene moves. At one point there is even a boom mic shadow on the right. While this may be a member of the news crew, it's likely the boom mic for the show as the reporter has a mic of her own and the shadow follows Carl.

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3rd Jul 2020

McLintock! (1963)

Visible crew/equipment: When Kathrine is trying to get away from GW, she runs into an alleyway and the camera pushes in on her. Its shadow becomes visible on the left side. Fairly obvious as it hangs there.

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7th May 2020

Hop (2011)

Visible crew/equipment: When James Marsden arrives at the house he is watching, he hurriedly opens the door and the camera pushes in on him. The reflection of a crew member can be seen in the left window. It's clear enough you can see the person turn their head.

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5th Jan 2020

Star Wars (1977)

Visible crew/equipment: When Leia and the others come back to the rebel base, she says "there's no time for sorrows." The camera is moving during this shot and its shadow is cast on the actors.

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