Did anyone else notice that the camera visuals in Minority Report were different from those in other movies?
I’m not talking about the special visual effects or Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). I mean the actual coloration of the film and the speed of the tone. For instance, in the first five minutes of the film, we witness a murder. The screen image appears a hazy-blue-ish color, and certain objects in the frames seem to be speeded up. For example, when detective Anderton (T. Cruise) is standing in front of the row of houses lined along the street, we see a merry-go-round behind him. If you watch carefully, the merry-go-round appears to be moving extremely fast whereas he appears in normal motion - yet it’s all caught in the same shot. I’ve seen it done very rarely, if at all. How do they do that?
And the scene where he runs from the federal authorities into an automotive manufacturing plant. There’s the same blue-ish haze about the camerawork, and it’s almost like there’s an added sense of realism because of it. Also, the same technique of speeding up certain objects (while allowing others at normal pace) appears to have been used.
What’s the difference between the camerawork here and say, another film like Jumanji (sorry, couldn’t think of any others)? Or what is the difference here at all? Why does the film appear the way it does (more realistic and “realtime”)?