Left-Handed Camera

Several of the mistakes in Titanic were the result of flipping the camera image in order to have the ship pointed in the right direction. Because we know where the Titanic sailed from and the direction it was heading, James Cameron wanted to have it right. To achieve this, some of the shots were inverted, but this caused other issues. The changing of Rose’s beauty mark was a big one. Another is this magical left-handed crank camera we see. In 1912, crank cameras were all the rage, but there were none that were cranked on the left side. Since most photographers are right-handed, it made sense to cater to the majority. Perhaps an even bigger mistake is that this crowd, when we get another shot of the ship’s exterior from inside a nearby building, has completely vanished shortly after this shot.