Sam Raimi: Encyclopedia II - Sam Raimi - Trademarks

Sam Raimi - Trademarks

In his film and television projects, Sam Raimi's brother Ted Raimi and his friend Bruce Campbell often appear in on-screen roles, though these appearances are often just short cameos. He has included a 1973 yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88 automobile (nicknamed "The Classic") in most of his films.

Other director trademarks include: a distinctive type of camera shot where the camera follows a moving object such as an arrow at high speeds in first person or side view; dolly zooms; choppy montage-style sequences to cover a lengthy set of actions in a short space of time; and shots of smoke or fog in the first few minutes of most of his films.

Raimi often borrows scenes and ideas from Hong Kong films, especially A Chinese Ghost Story for use in at least one of the Evil Dead movies and in some episodes of Xena. [1][2][3]

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