For example, I’m watching season 1 of The Americans and there’s a lot of it in the dialogue between two of the main characters. I also remember seeing it a lot on Law & Order episodes.
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It’s supposed to make it look documentary-ish, like they’re recording the stuff live as it happens rather than scripted and rehearsed. More ‘real’.
[Wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaky_camera) says that it’s used to give film an improvised, news reporter type, or documentary feel.
I can’t think of an example off the top of my head, but I’ve also seen it used in some first person point of view shots especially when the director wants to emphasize the character is dizzy, afraid, or otherwise feeling “out of it”.
it can either be used to make it look more chaotic and intense, it can be used to make it look more real and authentic and it can also be used to place you in the scene as if you’re running alongside the characters
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