to be so fed up with shaky camera shots and quick cuts in films?

I was really looking forward to the programme about "Mrs Bach" yesterday but had to switch it of because of the flashy intense light shots.

It makes me smile that they warn viewers about the presence of flash photography so that epileptics etc can look away and then programmes are full of these sort of shots that are just as problematical.

I quite agree about loud background music in documentaries on tv. Extremely annoying.

Background music in documentaries!!! What is the point of having an expert explaining something when they are completely drowned out by the music? Oh for the days of Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man, when he just stood there and talked to the camera!

Agreed about both the too fast camera movements/zooms and having too little lighting. The low lighting thing even happens in films where te action is supposed to be happening in what would be a very well lit place. The other thing that annoys me is unnecessary background music as if nothing was worth looking at without noise.

I think these things are done simply because they can be done and have nothing to do with quality or good design. Just techy geeks showing off in effect. I've nothing against techiness or geekiness in the right place, but showing off is silly.

This drives me mad, and the habit of revolving the shot round the performer - guaranteed sea sickness!

What bothers me is the blurred shot coming artistically into focus, and vice versa.
I can't watch a blurred picture, my eyes are trying to fix it, so I have to look away.
Gardeners World and Countryfile do it a lot.

Unfortunately the trend of reducing the credits after programmes (making them illegible) to advertise future events just when you're trying to see the cast list, has carried over from the UK to NZ.

I am also fed up with films that seem to have been shot in the dark. I think Ridley Scott started the trend and this has now led to a completely new meaning for film noir.

How I do agree! I suffer with migraine and it really makes me notice these sort of shots. I have to wear sunglasses to watch the TV and have enormous problems with moving shots from cars, trains or walking along - and all this zooming in and out is a nightmare for me. And the whirling patterns of such things as the start of the news etc. are very hard to deal with. How I wish they would not do it! Everything is so over-produced.