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Falling camera

I'm filming a scene where a cameraman is shot and falls to the ground with his camera. We see this only through the lens of the camera he is holding (think the end of Blair Witch project), so we, the audience, are made to feel that we fall with him. How can I film this realistically, really making it seem like the camera falls, without having to drop a camera onto the ground?
He will be holding a prosumer camera, like an XL-1 or about that size.
 
i like Will's idea...but have another similar

Drop the camera and then get a new one...just kidding

Drop the camera into a sound blanket a few times...then pick the fall you like best...just before you see the sound blanket, that will be a cut point...then cut to video distortions...then cut to the image of the camera on the ground...maybe give it a little shake and let it settel....and sound efffects will help sell the effect as well...

maybe this will work
 
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