Probably mentioned already, but when they take a sip from a cup that's obviously empty of any liquid. Or lift boxes that have nothing in them. I know they don't want to accidentally throw out their backs lifting a heavy box, but at least put a little weight in it, so there's some sense of resistance, and not light as a feather.
Extras look at the camera. Especially in crowd scenes.
There's a humorous Directors commentary about this very thing on The Mummy DVD. An extra looked right into the camera, so in post they CGI'ed out his eyes.
Extras look at the camera. Especially in crowd scenes.
Even worse. Over excited. No matter how obscure the rock band the crowd acts like they're The Beatles. Or sporting events. Check out the hysterically screaming losers in REAL STEEL, cheering for robots! Lol.
Extras look at the camera. Especially in crowd scenes.
Even worse. Over excited. No matter how obscure the rock band the crowd acts like they're The Beatles. Or sporting events. Check out the hysterically screaming losers in REAL STEEL, cheering for robots! Lol.
Or the opposite. Hardly putting in any effort looking excited.
Whenever someone is using binoculars, a rifle scope, etc., and we see from their viewing perspective and it's always about 10,000 times closer looking than it would be in real life. I mean, they can make out all these details as if they were only a foot away from whatever they're observing and they're like a mile away, when in reality it would never be even close to how well they can see.
The 360 degree circling perspective of someone on camera. I seem to recall it being used when two foes would be facing each other in a showdown of some sort or other (two gunslingers, etc.). It was used a lot back a few years ago on TV shows like Nat Geo when showing some scientist pontificating on the topic of the episode. Don't see it much now, thankfully. I found it to be very annoying, plus it made me feel like my vertigo was going to act up.
Kelly's Heroes was on TCM last night, not a film I've ever liked, but while channel hopping I saw a bit where Clint hands Don Rickles a big bar of gold, & on that bar there's big patches where the gold paint has worn off & you can see the silver metal underneath, it's really obvious.
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