I think the masters of cinematography would highly disapprove of the heavy use of camera shake to film action scenes that are poorly choreographed and executed. A lack a sense of visual aesthetics to tell the story makes for poor photography in a film. Camera shake is when movement of the camera results in an image that lacks clarity. The film medium is visual and if the visuals are sacrificed then it is just a set of photographs of people talking or executing an action and then the whole scene is lost. Sometimes I see slow drama films where there is not even any action and the DP chooses to film a two person scene chasing with the camera the dialog as each person speaks instead of making a master shot and then covering the reaction shots. Then to try to give the scene intensity, the scene is cut with fast splices as if that is going to make the scene more dramatice or give it an even more sense of urgency. Sometimes those efforts are used when the script lacks good writing and good dialog that should stand alone and tell the story.
