Cloverfield
Nathan Beaman
I have to say that Cloverfield is hands down one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. I won’t use the hyperbole of saying that its the worst, but it’s definitely down there.
The film is a classic example of excellent marketing that shares little or no information about the film, but just enough to encourage large ticket sales.
The film is dizzying, irritating and unbearable. I had a migraine halfway through. Handheld action taken way to far. No still frames or images to focus on, which help take attention from mid quality CG - tricking the viewer into potentially thinking that it looks better than it does.
Cloverfield is a rip off of the Blair Witch, but with Aliens. The Marketing ploy is the same, the structure is similar and even the ending and final shot of the film is the same as Blair Witch.
Now that I’ve finished bitching. The technical stuff. The film was shot with a the Viper, the F23 and the HVX. Director of Photography, Michael Bonvillian said that they would use the HVX whenever possible, when the shots weren’t needed for compositing. Makes sense as the other cameras are difficult to whip around like that.
This month’s ICG has an article on filming. The link is on the mainpage. I’d post direct, but the php is preventing it.
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