By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2026-06-08 00:11:40
纽约——看着这位摄像师的 iPhone 屏幕，你几乎辨认不出镜头里拍的是什么。一个近乎不透明、色彩黯淡的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的身影掠过屏幕，这位电影人坐得刚好足够远，才将这位身高7英尺4英寸的圣安东尼奥马刺球星框进画面中。
坐在全场距离文班亚马最近的位置，他拥有记录下那一投的完美视角。当文班亚马接球、拔起、出手，随后在球砸筐弹出、全场终场哨声响起的同时倒在地上，镜头开始剧烈晃动，伴随着这个男人兴奋的尖叫：“耶！”这是一个虔诚的尼克斯球迷目睹球队一步步接近历史的真实第一视角（POV），他拍下的这段场边画面戏剧张力十足，足以为这位摄像师再赢一座艾美奖。
在总决赛中，文班亚马压哨中投偏出，尼克斯从而取得大比分 2-0 的领先。而这一幕最令人兴奋的拍摄视角，正出自好莱坞标志性人物本·斯蒂勒 (Ben Stiller) 之手。
尼克斯4场横扫 pic.twitter.com/xoJjimzbo7
— 本·斯蒂勒 (@ BenStiller) June 6, 2026
“如果你足够幸运，能够拥有这样的入场机会和视角，我觉得能把它分享出来是非常棒的，”斯蒂勒在接受《The Athletic》采访时表示。“我认为这是最核心的部分，就是能够分享那个视角，因为能拥有它让我心存感激。而且，仅仅是作为见证者本身就非常有趣。”
在整个季后赛期间，斯蒂勒一直坐在尼克斯的场边，并且把自己的 X（原推特）个人主页变成了尼克斯的“死忠粉”账号。他的头像是一张杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 球衣的照片。头像背后的背景图则是尼克斯庆祝自1999年以来首次赢得东部决赛冠军的画面。他是众多常年驻守在名人席的尼克斯明星拥趸之一，但他正在将自己的热爱转化为送给大众的一份礼物。
他不仅是21世纪最著名的喜剧演员之一，还成为了一位备受赞誉的导演和制片人。
在每场比赛产出的数百个球迷视频中，他的视频与众不同。这不仅仅是因为斯蒂勒坐得离文班亚马太近，以至于他必须使用超广角镜头（0.5倍）才能将所有画面框进镜头。更在于视频本身独特的色调，其色彩和阴影都带有鲜明的“斯蒂勒风格”。
大多数用 iPhone 拍摄的视频看起来都大同小异：阴影被拉高、过度锐化、色彩过于饱和。这种设置是为了让任何人都能掏出手机，无需剪辑就能轻松拍出清晰的画面。但斯蒂勒开启了手机深层设置中的一项特殊功能，用 Log 模式进行拍摄，这种格式在拍摄时会刻意呈现出近乎灰色的画面。它相当于视频领域的复古胶片底片。
使用 Log 模式拍摄需要敏锐的眼光和构图感，因为它拍出来的所有东西都褪色得厉害，以至于你几乎看不清屏幕上的画面。但它保留了每一个微小的细节，以便在后期手动剪辑时呈现出精美的画面。这是属于电影人的格式，专为那些脑海中早已勾勒出最终画面的人而准备。
“显然，这样你就可以在后期控制你想要的色彩，”斯蒂勒说道。“在后续的处理中，拥有这种灵活性是非常棒的。”
斯蒂勒对拍摄文班亚马的镜头进行了后期处理，使其带有强烈的蓝色阴影和深橙色高光。甚至连他的调色都是尼克斯队的配色。这完美地体现了 Log 格式的设计初衷——让艺术家在所见之处盖上自己的印记，更深层次地呈现斯蒂勒的视觉构想。
他一直在为大家带来独一无二的视觉享受——一个戴着尼克斯球帽、目睹自己心爱球队开启神奇之旅的普通球迷，所拍下的具有电影质感的场边镜头。
“这简直不可思议。太令人兴奋了，”斯蒂勒说道。“显然，做着我热爱的事情，而我最喜欢做的事又是去看尼克斯的比赛，（能将这两者结合在一起）真的很特别。”
斯蒂勒的这些视频是他两大热爱的完美结合。他采用横屏而非竖屏拍摄，以电影般的方式来呈现画面。这并不是为了迎合社交媒体的快餐式传播。而且在拍摄时，他特意避免把镜头转回自己身上，不像现在 spiritual 许多人那样。
“那是我最不想做的事（把镜头对准自己），”斯蒂勒说。
就在斯蒂勒准备结束他的想法时，一名媒体成员拿着手机闯入采访，请求斯蒂勒向波多黎各送上问候。
“我爱波多黎各！”斯蒂勒说道，在镜头转动时迅速进入营业状态。“波多黎各，我太爱了！（西班牙语：me encanta！）”
这展现了他需要时可以多么轻松地切换到好莱坞演员模式，慷慨地给予时间和精力。在场边拍摄这些场景纯粹是他取悦自己的方式，用他体验生活的方式来创造回忆，并希望每一个观看的人都能享受他的视角。
“这只是为了努力去珍惜并享受当下，”斯蒂勒说道。“这其实挺难的，即使在我拍摄的时候也是，因为我也想作为一个球迷去享受比赛。所以，这需要一种平衡。很多时候，我会直接放下手机，然后开始兴奋地蹦蹦跳跳。对我来说，我更感兴趣的是看场上发生的事情，而不是看我自己。”
令人啼笑皆非的是，当他在第二场比赛结束时拍下文班亚马投失的那一球时，他太兴奋了，以至于一直没有关掉相机，在发布视频时，里面还留了一大段拍到自己裆部的画面。你可以称之为艺术表达，或者也许只是一个忙着欢呼雀跃而忘了剪掉废片的尼克斯球迷。
但斯蒂勒是一位电影制作人，而不仅仅是个摄像师。制作电影的第一阶段是拍摄素材。然后，魔力在剪辑室中产生，将故事拼接在一起，传达出比单一镜头更宏大的意义。到目前为止，他只是在发布自己最喜欢的瞬间，进行简单的快速剪辑，将他的 Log 文件转换成带有独特个性的作品。
但未来还会有更多惊喜吗？
“展望未来，谁知道会诞生什么呢？”斯蒂勒说。
目前，他正沉浸在尼克斯球迷的天堂中。他获得了周日麦迪逊广场花园训练的特殊媒体通行证——纽约说唱传奇胖乔 (Fat Joe) 和杰达基斯 (Jadakiss) 也同样拿到了——他拿着手机，记录着现场的画面。在马刺球星的新闻发布会上，他甚至单膝跪地，给文班亚马拍了另一个特写镜头。
斯蒂勒在媒体采访环节的现身，甚至让尼克斯主教练迈克·布朗 (Mike Brown) 感到格外惊喜，因为他终于见到了斯蒂勒。
“对迈克·布朗来说，今天是个伟大的日子，”这位尼克斯主教练在周日说道，他双拳高举，脸上洋溢着灿烂的笑容。
事实是，尽管斯蒂勒一生中取得了如此多令人难以置信的成就，但他依然像是一个置身于蓝橙相间糖果店里的孩子。他戴着尼克斯的帽子，在后台穿梭，追逐着下一个镜头，并为能身处其中而心怀感激。因此，当斯蒂勒在 X 上看到布朗兴奋不已的视频时，他也给予了同样热情的回应。
“对本·斯蒂勒来说，今天也是个伟大的日子。”
但这依然比不上尼克斯真正夺冠的那一天。这最早可能在第四场比赛中实现，就在他的“第二个家”。他届时会在现场，近距离就位，准备好按下拍摄键。或者至少，他会尽力而为。
“我会试试的。我肯定会一直开着摄像机，”斯蒂勒说。“那场面一定会疯狂至极。”
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点击查看原文：Meet the Knicks fan shooting NBA Finals courtside magic on his iPhone: Hollywood legend Ben Stiller
Meet the Knicks fan shooting NBA Finals courtside magic on his iPhone: Hollywood legend Ben Stiller
NEW YORK — Looking at this camera operator’s iPhone, you can hardly make out what is coming through his lens. A nearly opaque, washed-out image of Victor Wembanyama cuts through the screen, as the filmmaker sits just far enough away to fit the 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs star in frame.
Sitting in the closest spot in the building to Wembanyama, he has the perfect shot of the shot. As Wembanyama gets the ball, pulls, fires away, and then falls back to the floor as the ball clanks off the rim and the final buzzer rings out, the camera shakes as the man screams, “Yeah!” It’s a genuine POV of a devout Knicks fan watching his team inch closer to history, shooting a courtside scene dramatic enough to win this cameraman another Emmy.
The most exciting angle of Wembanyama’s missed jumper at the buzzer, giving the Knicks a 2-0 series lead in the NBA Finals, was filmed by Hollywood icon Ben Stiller.
KNICKS IN 4 pic.twitter.com/xoJjimzbo7
— Ben Stiller (@ BenStiller) June 6, 2026
“If you’re lucky enough to have that access and have that point of view, I feel like it’s great to be able to share that,” Stiller tells The Athletic. “I think that’s the biggest part of it, is to be able to share that point of view because I feel so grateful to have that. And then it’s fun to be just witnessing it.”
Stiller has been courtside for the Knicks throughout the playoff run and has turned his X profile into a Knicks Stan account. His profile picture is a photo of a Jalen Brunson jersey. His banner image behind that avatar is a shot of the Knicks celebrating their first Eastern Conference finals win since 1999. He is one of the many famous Knicks fans who are celebrity row mainstays, but he is turning his fandom into a gift for the masses.
He is not only one of the most renowned comedic actors of the 21st century, but has also become an acclaimed director and producer.
Of the hundreds of fan videos that come out of each game, his was different from them all. It wasn’t just that Stiller was sitting so close to Wembanyama that he had to shoot on the ultra-wide lens (0.5x) to fit everything into frame. It was the distinctive tone of the footage itself, colors and shadows that had a Stiller touch.
Most video shot on an iPhone looks more or less the same: lifted shadows, overtly sharpened, ripened colors. It’s set up that way to allow anyone to pull out their phone and easily capture a clean image without editing. But Stiller turns on a special feature deep in his phone’s settings to shoot in Log, a format that deliberately appears nearly grey upon capture. It’s the video equivalent of an old-school film negative.
It takes a keen eye and sense of composition to shoot in Log, as it films everything washed out to the point that you can barely see what’s coming through the screen. But it captures every little detail to allow for a beautiful composition once it’s manually edited in post-production. It’s a filmmaker’s format, reserved for those who can see the final shot in their mind.
“Obviously, you can then control what you want to do with the color,” Stiller says. “Down the line, it’s great to have that flexibility.”
Stiller edited the Wembanyama shot to have strong, blue shadows, with deep orange highlights. Even his color grade is in Knicks colors. It epitomizes how the Log format is designed for the artist to put their stamp on everything you see, capturing Stiller’s vision at a deeper level.
He has been gracing everyone with something unique, courtside footage of cinematic quality from a fan in a Knicks hat just watching their favorite team on a magical run.
“It’s just incredible. It’s so exciting,” Stiller says. “Obviously, to do what I love doing, and then my favorite thing to do is to go see the Knicks play, (it’s special) to have that come together.”
These videos from Stiller are a genuine marriage of his passions. He films in landscape instead of vertical, capturing the shot to be experienced in a cinematic way. It’s not made for social. And while he is filming, he makes it a point not to turn the camera back onto himself, as so many people do these days.
“That’s the last thing in the world (I want),” Stiller says.
Just as Stiller is about to finish his thought, a media member jumps into the interview with their phone out and asks Stiller for a shoutout to Puerto Rico.
“Love Puerto Rico!” Stiller says, turning on his game face as the camera is rolling. “Puerto Rico, me encanta!”
It shows how easily he can jump into Hollywood actor mode when called upon, gracious with his time and energy. Filming these scenes courtside is truly just for him, creating memories in the way he experiences them and hoping everyone watching can enjoy his perspective.
“It’s that thing of just trying to appreciate the moment,” Stiller says. “It’s actually hard, even when I’m filming, because I want to enjoy it as a fan, too. So, it’s kind of that balance. So, half the time I’ll drop the phone and just go jump up and down. For me, I’m much more interested in seeing what’s going on out there instead of myself.”
The irony is that when he filmed Wembanyama’s missed shot at the end of Game 2, he got so excited that he kept the camera rolling and left a whole bunch of footage of his crotch in the video when he posted it. Call it artistic expression, or maybe just a Knicks fan too busy jumping for joy to cut the outtakes.
But Stiller is a filmmaker, not just a cameraman. The first stage of making a film is capturing it. Then, the magic comes in the editing room, piecing together the story to say something bigger than one shot ever could. So far, he has just been posting his favorite moments, making quick edits to convert his Log files into something with character.
But could there be something more coming?
“Down the line, who knows what comes out of it?” Stiller says.
For now, he is reveling in Knicks fan heaven. He got a special media pass to Sunday’s practice at Madison Square Garden — as did New York rap legends Fat Joe and Jadakiss — and had his phone out, capturing the scenes. He was even on one knee, getting another close-up shot of Wembanyama during the Spurs star’s press conference.
Stiller even made showing up to the media duties special for Knicks coach Mike Brown, who finally got to meet Stiller.
“This is a great day for Mike Brown,” the Knicks coach said Sunday, with two fists in the air and a big smile.
The truth is, even with all the incredible things Stiller has accomplished in his life, he’s still a kid in a blue and orange candy store. With his Knicks hat on, he’s roaming backstage, chasing the next shot, grateful to be there. So, when Stiller saw the video of Brown’s excitement on X, he responded in kind.
“Great day for Ben Stiller.”
But not as great as the day the Knicks could actually win it all. It could happen as soon as Game 4 in his home away from home. He’ll be there, up close, ready to shoot. Or at least he will do his best.
“I’ll try. I’ll definitely keep the camera going,” Stiller says. “It’s going to be insane.”
By Jared Weiss, via The Athletic