MTV school of cinematography

MTV school of cinematography is a type of cinematography that utilizes snap zooms (zooming in or out rapidly without acceleration/deceleration at the beginning and end of the zoom, and zooming too far in), quick tilt & pan (moving the point of view of the camera to a point of action very quickly, often overshooting the point, and needing to pan/tilt back to the correct point) & focus cycling (leaving the camera in autofocus mode, or attempting to focus on a subject several times).
The type of cinematography was popularized by MTV with its reality TV shows. It has started to make its way into other productions, such as Battlestar Galactica.
It is considered by some to be an unprofessional type of cinematography, since these traits are usually done by amateurs learning to use a camera.
 
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