Tropescilloscope: Camera Abuse

Breaking A Camera through epic proportions to add tension ,and emotion. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes Star-Crossed Lovers Book-Ends The Great Depression Groin Attack I Have Your Wife Rich Bitch Protagonist Title Real Life Even Evil Has Loved Ones Pre-Mortem One-Liner Rule of Cool Cassandra Truth Important Haircut Off with His Head! Cool Guns Heroic BSoD Hollywood Law Rule of Funny Diabolus ex Machina Belligerent Sexual Tension Crapsack World Wounded Gazelle Gambit Drives Like Crazy MacGuffin Slap-Slap-Kiss The '70s Christmas Movies Index Amusing Injuries Redemption Equals Death Historical In-Joke Running Gag The Ditz Logo Joke Shut Up, Hannibal! Red Shirt Genre Savvy Nice Guy timeperiod Eyepatch of Power Pre-Asskicking One-Liner An Aesop Reality Ensues Hope Spot Animated Credits Opening Pay Evil unto Evil Defrosting Ice Queen Creative Closing Credits Horror Films Wretched Hive Epic Movie Toplessness from the Back A Date with Rosie Palms Downer Ending Every Car Is a Pinto Improbable Weapon User Better to Die than Be Killed Didn't Think This Through Hair-Trigger Temper Plucky Comic Relief Action Genre Shower Scene Accidental Murder The Stoic Continuity Nod The X of Y Biopic Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Adults Are Useless Nice Hat Retcon Card-Carrying Villain Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Villain Ball Stalker with a Crush Well-Intentioned Extremist Unresolved Sexual Tension The '80s Older Than They Look Covers Always Lie It's Personal Adaptational Badass Based on a True Story Award-Bait Song Blackmail Straight Gay Country Matters Ambiguously Gay The Sociopath Sadistic Choice Red Right Hand Manly Tears Insult Backfire You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Silent Movie "Well Done, Son!" Guy Karmic Death Leitmotif Extreme Doormat Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Same Language Dub Crazy-Prepared Sexy Discretion Shot Mooks Dark Action Girl Brutal Honesty Not So Above It All Race Against the Clock Adaptational Villainy Sir Swears-a-Lot Fanservice Extra Rule of Symbolism The Cameo Dwindling Party Wrong Genre Savvy Mind Screw Bland-Name Product Dirty Cop Artistic License – Military Genre Shift Jerk Jock Scenery Gorn Adaptation Dye-Job Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Hero Antagonist Hypocrite The Mole Brick Joke Chase Scene Babies Ever After Your Head A-Splode Those Two Bad Guys Freudian Excuse Spell My Name with an "S" Shoot the Shaggy Dog Reckless Gun Usage What the Hell, Hero? Cold-Blooded Torture Domestic Abuse Danny Peary Cult Movies List Black Dude Dies First Artistic License – Gun Safety Throwing Your Sword Always Works Madness Mantra Stepford Smiler Soundtrack Dissonance Epic Fail Cluster F-Bomb Cowboy Cop Amoral Attorney "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue The Un-Reveal Made of Iron Chiaroscuro Antagonist Title Disney Death Closed Circle Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Fake Shemp Half the Man He Used to Be Parental Incest Too Dumb to Live As Long as It Sounds Foreign Loophole Abuse Badass Boast Adaptational Heroism Villainous Breakdown The Cavalry Leave the Camera Running Chekhov's Gun Yandere Together in Death Morality Pet Not Using the "Z" Word Ripped from the Headlines Science Fiction Films Face Death with Dignity Missing Mom Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Ungrateful Bastard Ambiguous Disorder Punny Name Black Best Friend What You Are in the Dark Music Stories I Did What I Had to Do "The Reason You Suck" Speech Mr. Exposition Slashed Throat Reasonable Authority Figure Intergenerational Friendship Not Even Bothering with the Accent Heel Realization Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Disproportionate Retribution Dramatic Irony Ironic Echo Never Found the Body Suddenly SHOUTING! Tap on the Head Vomit Discretion Shot Ms. Fanservice Hoist by His Own Petard N-Word Privileges Depraved Bisexual Determinator aka: The Determinator Bound and Gagged Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Body Horror Re-Cut Call-Forward The Mafia Fatal Family Photo Noodle Incident Humans Are Bastards Fish out of Water Rewatch Bonus Men Are the Expendable Gender Daylight Horror Attempted Rape Once More, with Clarity! It's All About Me Artistic License – Biology Call-Back Tagline B-Movie Poor Communication Kills Central Theme More Dakka Calling the Old Man Out Bond Villain Stupidity Hero of Another Story Those Wacky Nazis The '60s No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Ghost Fiction Actor Allusion Man on Fire Children Are Innocent Riddle for the Ages Department of Redundancy Department Dark Is Not Evil All Just a Dream Alpha Bitch Pimped-Out Dress Celebrity Paradox Papa Wolf Action Survivor Faking the Dead You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Credits Gag Casting Gag Stuff Blowing Up Names to Run Away from Really Fast Cloudcuckoolander Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Aluminum Christmas Trees Action Girl Would Hurt a Child Romantic False Lead Narrator Gold Digger Daddy's Girl Eiffel Tower Effect Unreliable Narrator Pretty in Mink Immune to Bullets Mama Bear Motor Mouth What Happened to the Mouse? Big Eater Punch-Clock Villain Dirty Coward Improvised Weapon Demonic Possession Famous Last Words The Oner Instant Death Bullet Actually Pretty Funny No Ending Race Lift This Is Gonna Suck Honor Before Reason Woman Scorned Death by Irony Berserk Button Red Oni, Blue Oni The Dragon Shown Their Work Sealed Evil in a Can Visual Pun Australian Movies Redshirt Army Large Ham Developing Doomed Characters Taking the Bullet Foreshadowing Big-Bad Ensemble Shout-Out All Men Are Perverts Evil Plan Frame-Up Stock Footage Bottomless Magazines Naïve Newcomer The Big Guy Handicapped Badass Wicked Cultured Token Minority Becoming the Mask Rated M for Manly All Girls Want Bad Boys The Hero Dies Dies Wide Open Badass in a Nice Suit Gone Horribly Right Alas, Poor Villain No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Sports Stories Air-Vent Passageway Boom, Headshot! Green-Eyed Monster Implacable Man Manipulative Bastard Evil Laugh Obstructive Bureaucrat Due to the Dead Irony Ass Shove Meet Cute Brother–Sister Incest Fourth Date Marriage Your Cheating Heart Really Gets Around One Steve Limit Back from the Dead In the Back Death of a Child Malevolent Masked Men Affably Evil BFG Chekhov's Skill Undying Loyalty No-Sell Bunny-Ears Lawyer Abusive Parents Bloodier and Gorier Driven to Suicide Roaring Rampage of Revenge As You Know Gender Flip Bare Your Midriff Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Hollywood Darkness All There in the Manual Foregone Conclusion Sanity Slippage Fiery Redhead Woman in White Anti-Villain I'm a Humanitarian Dirty Old Man The Film of the Book Artistic License – History Deal with the Devil Ominous Latin Chanting Armor-Piercing Question Canadian Movies Parental Substitute NO INDOOR VOICE Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Our Zombies Are Different Death Glare Greater-Scope Villain Costume Porn Bad "Bad Acting" Friend to All Children Video Credits Vitriolic Best Buds Those Two Guys Love at First Sight Bar Brawl Combat Pragmatist Early-Bird Cameo An Arm and a Leg Empathic Environment Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Bowdlerise My Greatest Failure Big Bad Self-Deprecation Guile Hero Fanservice Slasher Movie Badass Bookworm Arc Words Politically Incorrect Villain Plot Hole Hong Kong Films Captain Obvious Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene From Nobody to Nightmare The '90s Italian Films Almost Kiss O.O.C. Is Serious Business Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Smug Snake Here We Go Again! Bi the Way For Want of a Nail The '50s Zombie Stories Big "NO!" Death Seeker Deconstruction Apocalypse How Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Jump Scare Fun with Acronyms Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Fan Disservice Broken Pedestal Vampire Fiction Fire-Forged Friends Badass Longcoat Captain Ersatz Whole Plot Reference Eagleland Dual Wielding Broken Bird Dramatic Gun Cock Butt-Monkey Eye Scream An Axe to Grind Horror Comedy Anti-Hero The Stoner Police are Useless Knight Templar Cool Shades Sequel Escalation Ax-Crazy Kids Are Cruel Good Is Not Nice It Can Think Let's Get Dangerous! Insane Troll Logic Defiant to the End Psychopathic Manchild Storming the Castle Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Sci-Fi Horror Curb-Stomp Battle Vacation Films The Ace Chewing the Scenery Super Strength The Faceless Room Full of Crazy Expy Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Villain with Good Publicity British Films He Who Fights Monsters Advertised Extra Bullying a Dragon The Starscream The Chick Pyrrhic Victory Flashback Blatant Lies Mexican Standoff It Will Never Catch On The Chessmaster Pretty Little Headshots Happily Married The Lancer Made of Explodium Cool Old Lady Last-Name Basis Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Early Installment Weirdness Rasputinian Death Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Spared by the Adaptation No Celebrities Were Harmed Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Parental Abandonment Historical Hero Upgrade Despair Event Horizon Only a Flesh Wound You Killed My Father Fainting Only Sane Man Unspoken Plan Guarantee True Companions Hooker with a Heart of Gold Bury Your Gays Random Events Plot Damsel in Distress Disguised in Drag Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping The Smurfette Principle Artistic License – Physics Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Anachronic Order Be Careful What You Wish For Mistaken for Gay Small Name, Big Ego The Smart Guy The Remake Framing Device Double-Meaning Title Demoted to Extra Index of Film Westerns The Brute Improbable Aiming Skills Bald of Evil Stealth Hi/Bye Guns Akimbo Insistent Terminology Badass Normal Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Big Applesauce Parental Neglect Gratuitous English Crucified Hero Shot The Bully Final Girl Neck Snap Precision F-Strike Fantastic Racism Blood from the Mouth Light Is Not Good Dropped a Bridge on Him Hate Sink Author Appeal Market-Based Title Rape as Drama '80s Hair Cool Old Guy Funny Foreigner Documentary German Films Very Loosely Based on a True Story Anguished Declaration of Love Grievous Bottley Harm The Casanova Dumb Blonde Product Placement Anyone Can Die Jerkass Eldritch Abomination As Himself Historical Villain Upgrade Evil vs. Evil Translation Convention Film Series Time Skip Unusually Uninteresting Sight Works Set in World War II Film Noir Index Romantic Comedy Beware the Nice Ones Deliberately Monochrome Sacrificial Lion Mugging the Monster Obviously Evil Dying Moment of Awesome Pragmatic Adaptation Beauty Is Never Tarnished Arch-Enemy Blood Knight Face–Heel Turn Breaking the Fourth Wall She's Got Legs I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Double Entendre Leaning on the Fourth Wall Tranquil Fury Gory Discretion Shot Hypocritical Humor May–December Romance Mood Whiplash Comically Missing the Point Dissonant Serenity Drill Sergeant Nasty Mercy Kill Humiliation Conga Auto Erotica Evil Brit Age Lift Faux Affably Evil Laughing Mad Freeze-Frame Bonus Villain Protagonist The Reveal And I Must Scream Break the Haughty Aside Glance Villain Song War Is Hell Funny Background Event Spanner in the Works Bond One-Liner Brainless Beauty Shell-Shocked Veteran The Load The Dreaded Red Eyes, Take Warning Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! La Résistance Evil Is Petty Big Brother Instinct Martial Arts Movie Contrived Coincidence Show Within a Show The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Television Movie Index My Beloved Smother Even Evil Has Standards Bait-and-Switch Bring My Brown Pants Soft Glass Unusual Euphemism For the Evulz Bloodless Carnage Eureka Moment Deus ex Machina And Starring Outrun the Fireball Gorn Scare Chord Not What It Looks Like Author Avatar Black Comedy Five-Man Band Heterosexual Life-Partners Cool Car Needs Wiki Magic Love Sole Survivor Get Out! Japanese Films Heroic Sacrifice Disney Villain Death Corrupt Corporate Executive Manic Pixie Dream Girl There Is No Kill Like Overkill A Minor Kidroduction Big Damn Heroes Historical-Domain Character Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Artistic License – Geography Enemy Mine Only One Name Male Frontal Nudity Failed a Spot Check Decoy Protagonist Ascended Extra Posthumous Character Male Gaze Earn Your Happy Ending I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Intrepid Reporter Bilingual Bonus Big Bad Duumvirate Canon Foreigner Lampshade Hanging Scary Black Man Ship Tease The Alleged Car Cruel and Unusual Death Suspiciously Similar Substitute Bolivian Army Ending Establishing Character Moment Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Setting Update Extremely Short Timespan Recycled IN SPACE! Superhero Exactly What It Says on the Tin Adapted Out Awesome, but Impractical Red Herring Sinister Minister Make It Look Like an Accident Truth in Television Heel–Face Turn Military and Warfare Films 20 Minutes into the Future My God, What Have I Done? Not Quite Dead Big Fancy House Four-Temperament Ensemble Revenge Black Comedy Rape The Vamp A God Am I In Medias Res Laser-Guided Karma Imagine Spot Offscreen Teleportation Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Up to Eleven Adaptation Name Change Film Noir From Bad to Worse Femme Fatale Mundane Made Awesome Exact Words Took a Level in Jerkass The Stinger Monumental Damage Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Chekhov's Gunman Arranged Marriage French Films Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Animal Motifs Refuge in Audacity Adaptation Expansion Public Domain Feature Films Oh, Crap! Adaptation Distillation Pragmatic Villainy Black and Gray Morality Psychological Thriller Offscreen Moment of Awesome Evil Is Hammy Training Montage Moment Killer Kick the Son of a Bitch All for Nothing Crazy Jealous Guy Betty and Veronica Take That! Mr. Fanservice Anachronism Stew Pet the Dog The Voiceless Interrupted Suicide Destination Defenestration Idiot Ball Dramedy Curse Cut Short Unwitting Instigator of Doom Not So Stoic Spiteful Spit Abhorrent Admirer The Ghost Took a Level in Badass Creepy Child Stealth Pun Adorkable Mystery and Detective Films Meaningful Echo You Have Failed Me Distracted by the Sexy Homage Jerkass Has a Point Fate Worse than Death No Name Given Deadpan Snarker The Alcoholic Batman Gambit Major Injury Underreaction Gainax Ending Line-of-Sight Name Darker and Edgier Not So Different Creator Cameo Meaningful Background Event Dressing as the Enemy Cat Fight Real Life Writes the Plot Sassy Black Woman Character Development Reality Is Unrealistic Informed Ability folderlabel Getting Crap Past the Radar Peek-a-Boo Corpse Victoria's Secret Compartment Say My Name One-Word Title Badass Grandpa Loads and Loads of Characters Title Drop Neck Lift Gilligan Cut Ambiguous Ending Affectionate Parody Drowning My Sorrows A.I. Is a Crapshoot Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Break the Cutie Never Trust a Trailer Kill It with Fire Word of God Facial Horror Jerk with a Heart of Gold Manchild Determinator Serial Killer Cain and Abel Meaningful Name In Name Only Henpecked Husband Taking You with Me Playing Gertrude Heroes Want Redheads Flipping the Bird Camp Gay Easily Forgiven The Quiet One Foil Fat Bastard As the Good Book Says... Beta Couple Does This Remind You of Anything? Silence Is Golden Married to the Job Off-into-the-Distance Ending The End... Or Is It? Obfuscating Stupidity Non-Indicative Name Sequel Hook Twist Ending Slasher Smile The Place No OSHA Compliance Suspiciously Specific Denial Camera Abuse Rule of Three Cat Scare Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? The Lost Lenore Have a Gay Old Time Evil Sounds Deep Knife Nut Broken Aesop Deliberate Values Dissonance Coming-of-Age Story Trailers Always Spoil Serious Business Artistic License – Law Mad Scientist Karma Houdini Maybe Ever After Tempting Fate Nothing Is Scarier Dark Reprise Put on a Bus Animal Title Index Stylistic Suck Retired Badass I Need a Freaking Drink Lock and Load Montage And the Adventure Continues Action Prologue Dutch Angle Alliterative Name How We Got Here Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Evil-Detecting Dog Vomit Indiscretion Shot Expository Hairstyle Change Worthy Opponent Rousing Speech Spiritual Successor "Shaggy Dog" Story Reality Has No Subtitles Darkest Hour Bavarian Fire Drill Composite Character Villain Opening Scene Police Brutality Mighty Whitey Evil Counterpart Totally Radical Fingore Beard of Evil Authority Equals Asskicking Adaptational Attractiveness He Knows Too Much Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Thriller Grey and Gray Morality Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Only in It for the Money Annoying Younger Sibling Psycho for Hire The Power of Love Fantasy Films A Father to His Men The Dog Bites Back Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Left the Background Music On Wham Line Scenery Porn Only Known by Their Nickname Smoking Is Cool Never My Fault Retirony Drugs Are Bad Kick the Dog Bad Boss Did Not Get the Girl Car Fu The Atoner Naked People Are Funny Does Not Like Shoes Death by Adaptation Kill 'em All Hidden Depths World of Ham Take a Third Option No Antagonist Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Conspicuous CG Genre Throwback Catapult Nightmare Properly Paranoid Fatal Flaw Asshole Victim The Bad Guy Wins Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Lighter and Softer Shipper on Deck Our Vampires Are Different Overly Long Gag Catch-Phrase Adult Fear Killed Mid-Sentence Would Hit a Girl Accidental Misnaming Dark and Troubled Past She Cleans Up Nicely Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Skewed Priorities Paper-Thin Disguise Jitter Cam Dull Surprise Love Triangle Kubrick Stare Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Novelization Russian Films Match Cut Corpsing Mythology Gag "Awesome McCool" Name Hell Is That Noise Everyone Has Standards After the End Death by Sex Agony of the Feet Disappeared Dad Overprotective Dad All There in the Script Shirtless Scene Bittersweet Ending Bloody Hilarious The Hero The Musical Dogged Nice Guy Wham Shot One-Man Army