Camera tropes

In this thread I'd like to know the differences between the following tropes:

• Camera Abuse
• Jitter Cam
• Screen Shake

edited 2nd Dec '16 2:25:42 PM by Gosicrystal

• Camera Abuse: Basically doing stuff to the lens of the camera. Or simulating it, at least. Sometimes done to represent damage done to the TV screen of the viewers.
• Jitter Cam: Simulating a viewpoint of a character at the scene or otherwise trying to draw the audience into the scene by making the camera seem present at the scene, rather than as an out-of-universe observer. It's not necessary that the character's viewpoint it's simulating is actually behind the camera.
• Screen Shake: Simulating impacts or earthquakes by shaking the camera, or as a more theatrical way to emphasise something happening.

I'd say there are two general differences between the latter two. Jitter Cam is more in universe, as it represents a viewpoint from within the story, and it's more of an on-going effect. Screen Shake is simulating the entire set shaking, and more for singular effects (which in the case of an earthquake can last a while). There's definitely some overlap between them, and they probably don't take each other's descriptions into account. I suppose you could also say that Jitter Cam is about the viewpoint shaking, while Screen Shake is about the set shaking (literally or figuratively).