Actual name for camera shake effect

[amymadison182]

This effect has been used countless times in film, television and video games where the camera shake is used when something hits the ground, a explosion, crash, etc, the effect is ubiquitously used in animation and video games because it's easier to manipulate than live-action, I want to know what is the actual of this effect, the effect doesn't have a Wikipedia page and TV Tropes calls it ''Screen Shake'', what is the actual name of this effect?

[NickRowler]

I think it is called Shaky Camera or Jitter.

Shaky camera

[amymadison182]

Shaky camera is a hand held effect, camera shake is not a hand held effect, It's commonly used in animation that use the shake effect not shaky cam.

[rosierubycardinal]

I’ve heard it called the wobble effect in like AP CS? Not sure if that’s helpful.

[NickRowler]

Do you want something more like Wiggle?

[amymadison182]

No, it isn't an actual name of this effect, Here's a example of the effect used in a video game like Mario being crushed by a Thwomp, the camera shakes when the Thwomp hits the ground:

[amymadison182]

No, The camera usually shakes up and down or back and forth, It's commonly used in every animation and video game.

[NickRowler]

There are different types of wiggle effects

Wiggle Expression Variations - ReelSmart Productions

[amymadison182]

I'm not talking about wiggle effects, can give me a example of an animated short film that uses the camera shake effect?

[ar-ninetysix]

From what I'm seeing I don't think there's an official term for this aside from the basic "camera shake on impact".. but if I had to give a name to what you're describing, I'd be more to-the-point and call it "impact shake"

[amymadison182]

So, there's no official term of this effect? the term ''Impact Shake'' sounds good, but the camera shake isn't just used for impact, this effect needs a Wikipedia page.

[ar-ninetysix]

Hmmm.. Just so we're clear, I didn't mean impact as in emotional or artistic. I meant it in the literal definition of stuff getting hit or slammed into, or I guess anything with heavy amounts of sudden energetic release that'd shake the ground. Like car crashes, or explosions. That's what falls in line with the scenarios you gave as examples.

If you wanted a more general term that isn't attached to literal impacts, it doesn't get more concise than "camera shake".

[Ordinaryaverageguy]

Like you, I kinda suspect that in the film industry there's a special term for it that's used between members of that community. Yet it's possible they didn't bother making up one, either.

[amymadison182]

Yes, there's a particular term for the effect, especially in screenwriting or storyboards, the effect is used for impact like something hitting the ground, a giant stomping, crashes, explosions, etc, but in screenwriting or storyboards, do they put the terms ''camera shake'' or a similar term on it?

[margodraws]

idk, at school and work (animation) I've always just called it "camera shake."

[amymadison182]

That's fine with me, You can call it ''camera shake'' but it's the ''camera shake on impact'' effect, there's a similar term used in Japanese anime?

[darthmongoose]

In most videogame engines I've worked with, it's called "screen shake" or "camera shake". In film it seems to be referred to as "handheld" for live action footage, and I can't find anything to suggest that in animation storyboarding they don't also just use the term "screen shake" or "camera shake"

Just because something is used in a professional context, doesn't mean it needs a complicated or pretentious. It's often easiest to use the term that most clearly describes the effect.

The term used for anime is probably just something like "shaking effect" or "shake screen" but in Japanese, honestly, or might even be "screen shake" in katakana, since tech terms are often English loanwords. It's kind of tricky to look up.

[Legendofgenii]

Quake would be a good name for it.

Or ‘Screen Quake’?

[amymadison182]

In live-action films, it's the handheld shaky cam and the camera shake in live-action films are done in post-production, for animation storyboarding or screenwriting, they'll use the term ''camera shake'' or something similar, the use of effect is in digital software whether in a 2D or 3D animation software and in during the old days of animation, it's the animation camera.
I'll say that TV Tropes is probably wrong by using the term ''Screen Shake'' in non-interactive media, they should call it by a different name for non-interactive media that uses the effect.

[NickRowler]

In live-action films, it's the handheld shaky cam and the camera shake in live-action films are done in post-production

Not necessarily.