My Sh*& Don't Stink and Yours Doesn't Either. What's the best shot you've done and why?

[Steve Peterson]

Great thread!!!!! Dave, how about posting up the oner from The Wedding Planner?

[Dave Chameides]

Charles, some of the best panaglide stuff I've seen! Classic. I love the energy in all of that. I can just imagine your sweaty little body after balls out running shots like that (was that inappropriate?). IS the movie worth watching? I remember the stories but never saw it.

[Dave Chameides]

Glad you like the thread Steve. It's great seeing so many awesome shots. Here's a link to the Wedding Planner shot with an explanation. It's really Gregg Bubbs shot and I don't really know who's shot they ended up using but he kicked that shots arse so I'm guessing it's his.

 

http://steadishots.org/shots_detail.cfm?shotID=260

 

And how cool to hear from you Steve!

[Stew Cantrell]

Dave,

This thread is great, I've enjoyed checking out everyone's stuff. I've posted this before but it is still the best oner that I've done that has been released so far (and it was my first).

 

Shot on a Scarlet with a wide open compact prime, my first AC killed it. The art dept, wardrobe, and lighting all did a fantastic job as well.

 

I have a few things that I'm unhappy with, such as some horizon issues and some vibrations at the very end, but overall I'm pretty happy with the result.

 

https://vimeo.com/64113164

[Samuel Angus Campbell]

Steadi-Newbie here!

I am not %100 confident posting this here after all these great shots. What the heck though!? The shot in my reel that starts approx 00:36 in is from a short student film I worked on. It was an ambitious shot considering our budget of time and G and E. We were working with all found light, and had to flag off what seemed like 600 shadows. Some of the floodlights in that courtyard area were out of reach and had to be flagged by grips walking behind me, some grips with flags jumped out of bushes on my queue. At the very beginning of the take you can see a grip's hand emerging from underneath my jerry hill standby cover holding a c-stand tucked behind a garbage can. This was the only take that looked OK in terms of camera shadow. It was an adventurous one, and I really enjoyed it. Thanks.

http://steadisamcampbell.com/

[Janice Arthur]

Samuel

 

Welcome and glad you posted.

 

Your work looks really good and only the woman with the keys did you seem to hesitate on the framing of either the head or including the keys. It's tiny detail but the only detail I saw on some new really great shots.

 

I wish you continued success.

 

Please post new material in the future.

 

Janice

[Samuel Angus Campbell]

Thanks very much Janice!

[Brian Freesh]

I love that this thread is still going, I hope people keep posting here for years.

 

I did another oner with Kurt Schneider, the director of (and the guy on the left in) the Jingle Bell Rock video I posted to this thread in December. This one is more traditional steadicam oner use so I thought I'd post it. I also happen to be very, very proud of this. We only had 3 hours with the band, and there were tons of cues, and as you can see tons of off screen changes. It was pretty insane. By the time the band left we only had 3 takes that went to the end, and only one that we liked, the last take.

 

Full disclosure, on that last take I hit a door with my rig, badly. As a fix, they cut in a section from a different take (other than the bump, that section was much better in the final take). Unfortunately that section was the OTHER time I bumped the door, just not as bad. So they did some stabilizing. It's still quite noticeable, but it's probably better than leaving the original bump. They also did some post zooming throughout, less out of necessity and more because that's the way Kurt works. They also were going to paint out the black tape marks on the floor, but apparently ran outta time (wasted it all fixing my bump!)

 

I wish we'd had another 30 minutes to get a better take, but really I wish we'd had the band for 8 hours or more.... We did what we could, and I'm very proud of what we accomplished. Kurt's got a great head for oner's and a great team of loyal PAs who speedily move things without being seen or bumping into me.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fy6ssU9m-E

[Mike Heathcote SOC]

Hey Guys! Here are two more Steadicam oners from the TV series "Remedy" I wanted to share. Thanks!

 

 

Mike

[Brian Molloy]

Here is my best so far... Nothing special but it was my first decent few shots since I first started. (I am a newbie ;).

https://vimeo.com/93244043

[Jordan Tetewsky]

 

 

I have a few things that I'm unhappy with, such as some horizon issues and some vibrations at the very end, but overall I'm pretty happy with the result.

 

https://vimeo.com/64113164

 

Is this a common issue with Red cameras on steadicam? I had a shoot a few weeks ago, and anytime I moved faster than 3 miles per hour the image would have jitters like those in the video- I thought it was something wrong with the arm, and I got the springs adjusted, but now I'm not so sure.

[Dave Chameides]

Stew,

Some really great work there especially some of the pass offs. I didn't really see your horizon issues but an op is always harder on themselves than others. Solid stuff. Tahnks for sharing.

[Dave Chameides]

Samuel,

I hate to break it to you but you aren't a newbie. Nice stuff. I'm confused as to what shot you were talking about though because 36 seconds in seems to be a commercial for automotive something or other. Either way, nice frames and moves. Keep it up.

[Dave Chameides]

Brian,

Nice work. We all wish we had 30 more minutes (well I did before I got old, now not so much). I liked the strong moves and locks on the calendar. Kudos.

[Dave Chameides]

Mike,

One word. Solid. Nice stuff. Takes me back to ER a bit.