Wow,

This is a great thread.

My wife and I just watched the Bourne Ultimatum and to be honest it was hard to tell what was going on half the time (not sure if it was just wobble).

As far as Galactica, I think that it seems to have influenced the Bionic Woman show somehow (not only by hiring Katee Sackhoff), since the camera wobbles there too.

I suspect that the wobble-cam effect could be done entirely in software (if you have played Hitman II and used the M-50 sniper rifle on maximum zoom, you saw a pretty darned good simulation of wobble-cam). That way, you could have a set-up choice on your DVD as to whether you wanted wobble-cam on or off, along with subtitles on or off. You could also wobble a shot that didn't work without the wobble. Probably easier than trying to remove it.

An easy way to get the Bourne effect is to open up Pinnacle Studio and tell it to make an "extreme music video" (I think that's the choice) from your movie. You end up with something similar to Bourne (especially if you let Pinnacle put clips together in random order).

Take it easy.

Zam
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