How to Use camerawork in a Sentence

camerawork

noun
  • The camerawork is loose and ’70s as all get out, adding to the art-film vibe of the episode.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Field wanted the sound, and score, to be as subtle as the camerawork.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Most of the camerawork in the film was done by Hauser, who also wrote and produced.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 July 2024
  • The simulcast is less glitchy, the camerawork more assured and the video image sharper.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The hyperactive camerawork of the first episode works to keep pace with a script that’s written in the bing-bang-boom rhythm of a Mamet play, where the joke’s on everyone.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • In the meantime, Leif has kept up his Cornelia Street camerawork.
    Curbed, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Early reactions seem to bear that out, with praise for the camerawork, the VFX, Oda's respect for the source material, and the sheer scale of the series.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The director’s unadorned camerawork and calm rhythms convey a sense of orderliness: This is just the way things are, the film seems to say.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 May 2024
  • The inventiveness of the camerawork from scene to scene really makes this feel fresh too.
    Amon Warmann, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Elsewhere, the craft elements add surface sheen but not much style, and some of the fussy camerawork is just distracting.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The soundtrack is bass dropped half to death, some of the acting ain’t so great, and the fight scenes are more notable for their choreography than for the camerawork deployed to capture it all.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The camerawork is respectful, matter-of-fact, with no hint of a lingering eye.
    Maya Phillips, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The hovering camerawork peeks over shoulders to catch a kiss or embrace.
    New York Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The camerawork is loose and supple, the moody textures of the many night scenes are effective and the use of vibrant color is invigorating.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
  • The frantic score and loopy camerawork are often dizzying.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
  • No amount of clever camerawork could skew the obvious love Laura and her daughters had for one another—even if that love felt like fear at times, or resentment.
    Alyse Burnside, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The camerawork to me evoked the imagery of Hades stalking Persephone underwater.
    Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And the intimacy is not only reflected in the camerawork, with shots very close to the actors’ faces — it is also expressed in Ludwig Göransson’s score.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But whereas Carruth’s filmmaking was assured and inspired, Moshé tends to fall back on indie tropes — lots of handheld camerawork, a nonstop score that gets gushy in spots — that fail to give his movie the same edge.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
  • You are pulled along by the seductive glide of Soderbergh’s filmmaking, by the jazzy riffs of David Holmes’ score and the suavity of the camerawork, only to be jolted into high alertness by the nasty, bloody surprises in Solomon’s script.
    Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
  • Equally chilling is the camerawork that puts the viewer directly within ground zero of the virus, and the maelstrom of fear and ignorance about what halting the outbreak entails.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The plot moves really, really fast, but within that, a lot of our camerawork happens very slowly.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 May 2023
  • Dack takes obvious care to make sure that the filmmaking and camerawork don’t further exploit the character.
    Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Part of that can be attributed to the camerawork by cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes, which never distances us from Gia.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
  • And with minimalism, deft camerawork, and and an all-time-great score, John Carpenter set the industry standard for slasher films that remains to this day.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Even so, Angela seems at ease and in control, even if the distinctive camerawork — which isn’t always tethered to her P.O.V. — suggests forces beyond her control.
    New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Through atmospheric camerawork, whip-smart dialogue, and a sea of film references for cinephiles to bathe in, The Half of It spins a coming-of-age love story that bleeds wisdom beyond its years.
    Lia Beck, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Cho Hyung-rae’s gimbaled, dextrous camerawork makes the tacky action fluid and fun, sometimes playing it out in the reflection of a puddle or through the shutter-motion of a passing train.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
  • His journey is a scrappy montage of handheld camerawork, overlaid with the voice of his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones), from whom he has been forcibly parted.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The camerawork also draws us inward, evoking a movie not made by A24 but that sits in a stylistically adjacent space to it: Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 1 May 2024

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