Spiking the Camera: Difference between revisions

* In the opening scene of ''[[The Marx Brothers|A Night At The Opera]]'' there's a woman in the background who is framed precisely in the center between between Sig Ruman and MagretMargaret Dumont, who stares into the camera the entire time. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9sRTTKwvys Here starting around 5:00])

* In ''[[Love Actually]]'', Kiera[[Keira KnightlyKnightley]]'s character looks at the camera as the boat she's on is pulling out of the dock. Of course, it's a film taken by an in-story amateur on her wedding day, so the slip is more forgiveableforgivable. The director commented on it, because the character filming is in love with Kiera, and so by looking at the camera, it's like she's looking straight at him.

* Averted in ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]''. It is pointed out in the DVD commentary, where one of the actors looked at the camera as he was exiting the scene, that they covered it up by digitally replacing his head in the relevant frames with his head from the last frame before he looked. It's all over in less than a second, so you don't notice it unless it's pointed out.