On several occasions he used static cameras and suddenly brought the action into frame, rather than using the camera to track the action.
He uses his static, standoffish camera to create a very theatrical playing space for his cast.
The video was recorded in a single take, and is shot from a static camera.
Visually, it was far less kinetic than the style Scorsese had developed up until this point, often using a static camera and long takes.
As the character moves from screen to screen, the static camera angle changes each time.
They later return to these spots in order to set up static night-vision cameras.
"The static camera is very instinctive for me," she said.
For me, the static camera is a question of ethics, morality, politics.
Most films before phantom rides used static cameras with all the action happening within the scene.
The unedited nature and the static, mid-distance camera focused on the President were what made the testimony so exceptional as television.