More Steadicam from Garrett Brown

Image by mikefatsB&H has Part 2 of their interview with Garrett Brown, inventor of the Steadicam. We featured Part 1 last month. In this addition, Brown talks about his early experiences using the Steadicam on film sets, the advent of post-production tools for correcting shaky footage, and combo-shots using the Steadicam along with [...]

July 7, 2008 • Tags: , , , , , • Posted in: Tips • Comments Off

Johnny Chung Lee: My newest hero

Image by ElDavid1Chances are you haven’t heard of Johnny Chung Lee yet – but it’s probably only a matter of time. Lee has demonstrated some pretty neat tricks with the Wii remote, and actually tells you how to accomplish them at home (I could devote an entire post to how awesome he is at [...]

June 27, 2008 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Tips • Comments Off

Steadicam for Indies

B&H has an video interview with the inventor of the Steadicam, Garrett Brown. The Steadicam, for those who don’t know, is a stabilizing mount for a camera that isolates the camera’s movement from the camera operator’s movement. On terrain that is too rough, or other situations where a track and dolly are not [...]