TheBerrics.com recently posted a video sponsored by Gatorade featuring Chaz Ortiz, a 17 yr old skateboarding phenom. I was given the honor of operating, and it turned out to be some of my proudest work. Thank you to TheBerriks.com and thanks to all of the operators in the Steadicam community that took notice and have [...]
Not too unfamiliar words. I’m sure we are all familiar with the PA standing outside of the camera truck waiting to escort you to set. Sometimes you arrive, and production is truly ready for you. Other times you’ve simply been brought on set way too early by an overzealous AD. And if there’s no work [...]
I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was in a Steadicam Operators Association Workshop listening to Peter Abraham talk about tuning the arm. To paraphrase, Peter’s take on tuning the arm consisted of tweaking the lifting force of each section until the two sections bottomed out simultaneously when you boomed from the top [...]
I’m on a plane back from Sweden after picking up my new (used) Ultra 2 from the guys at Camera Center in Gothenburg (shout out to Paul Blomgren, Hans Johansson, Michael Petersen, Richard, Michelle & Christian). Since I was already going there to evaluate the gear I figured I should make a trip out of [...]
Anyone familiar with Steadicam knows what I mean when I say “Walk The Line.” We’ve all danced back and forth along that 1″ strip of gaffers tape too many times to count. There are some basic rules to walking the line that we’ve probably all been taught. Keep the post over the line! Hit your [...]
I’ve always taken the approach with Steadicam that the best work is achieved when you (as an operator) are doing as little as possible. For instance, when you are in the zone… flying the rig with your body and not manhandling it with your hands… that’s where your best work comes from! In this particular [...]
Back in the very early days of Steadicam, Garrett had conceived the device as a stunt rig to be used for fast paced action shots. Early films like “The Shining” changed this forever. The collaboration between Kubrick and Brown realized the potential of Steadicam as a precise tool, that could be use for even the [...]
I received my first formal Steadicam instruction at a Steadicam Operators Association Workshop in 2002 lead by Garrett Brown, Steadicam Inventor. One of Garrett’s lectures focused on a discussion about “The Look.” The Look is the composure that a Steadicam Operator should maintain while working. Initially, I didn’t understand why this was so important… but [...]
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