Which Camera Movement Works Best For Point Of View Shots?

After watching the clip of, “It Follows” I knew that we were going to incorporate the animosity of the monster. However, we also wanted to include the point of view of the monster without getting the point of view shots mixed up with the overall shots of the situation. I thought about this for a while and then came up with the idea of using a handheld camera for the monster. However, I was not sure if the handheld camera would be the best option for the point of view shots so I decided to do some research. It was difficult to find much about whether using a handheld camera would be the best option to shoot a point of view shot. At the end of the day, I did end up finding a website that helped in reassuring me that a hand held camera would work just fine for the point of view shot. The article, “What Camera Movement Should You Use — and When and Why?” by Zach Ramelan talked about why certain camera movements should and should not be used and how they effect the final outcome. Although it did not go into depth about handheld cameras it did say using handheld cameras can, in some instances, “bring the viewers in while making them anxious.” When I read this sentence I knew that this was the type of camera movement we would use to distinguish the monster’s point of view from the other shots because we want to not only distinguish the shots, but also create some anxiousness in the audience. In addition to this, the author described the handheld camera technique as shaky and I thought that having that shaky element would distinguish the point of view from other shots since the rest are most likely going to be shot on a tripod and this would help clear up the different types of shots.