Premium Members Aaron Medick SOC Posted February 4, 2008 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 It looks like your moves are tentative. I can see you think about moving then move. Try not to think so much. Just pick your moves and make them. This is a problem that plagues all operators, dolly, ped, sticks, crane, steadi. There are times that I start a move and all I think is Sh@t. I blew it. It's that split second unnatural role for steadicam. A deliberate move, starts and stops all together. A tentative move, starts out of sync. I make a move from my torso, not my feet or hands. Your hands and feet come into sync quickly, so it might help to think of everything moving together, but for me I feel the move start from my core. also there was a miss step or bad step down coming around the bar. also check that your in dynamic balance. good luck and hard work, Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Mike McGowan SOC Posted February 7, 2008 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Great comments, no need to type them again. A totally different idea (just for the sake of an alternate perspective) is to ride on something. It's obvously important to learn to walk slow perfectly if you want to be a steadicam operator. It's part of your job description. In addition to that skill, I've found that the ability to ride on various things have helped me out in many strange situations. Personally, I rollerblade with my steadicam from time to time. Now I don't recommend you slap on your blades and pick up an Arri D20 on your Revolution with a master prime and try skating downt the street in the rain but, if you can skate well already, try skating with your rig in a controled environment with a light camera and a few grips around you. Rollerblades can fit anywhere your feet can (unlike a door way dolly) and a good grip can push you as smoothly as a dolly on a track. mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jerry Holway Posted February 7, 2008 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Sometimes we all feel like a broken record (remember those?)... anyway, all these sorts of questions and concerns are worked on in workshops, this is basic stuff. So for basic stuff, take a workshop and get a comprehensive overview so that the bits of cherry picked advice given here on the forum fit into a larger picture ? rather than it is your picture. So many of the tips and ideas (even in short workshops) are useful only if you have some perspective... Sometimes even during a workshop it's very hard to figure out why someone's basic technique isn't working, there's some nuance of posture, handgrip, some combination of obscure things that come together to screw up the operating, and it takes a while to sort it out. Techniques that work for most or for one operator don't always translate well to others. One avenue other than the broken record, "take a workshop," route will soon be available for $20 - the re-mastered EFP Video training manual on DVD, with Ted and yours truly demoing the basics, about as comprehensively as possible in the time alloted. It's not a workshop; nobody's watching you operate closely over and over, but you can see what decent, basic technique looks like and what it gets you. And I look younger! And it's now so easy to ignore the EFP specific stuff (use the remote, Luke)... Jerry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Grammatikos Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 1 drop time 3-4 seconds ORE MORE(its up to operator) 2 loose your arm 3 relax RELAX RELAX 4 feel yoyr rig with your back at maximoum (almost like no hands ) 5 FEEL THE MOVEMENT IN THE HANDLE (NOT IN THE GIMBAL) AND FINALY THE MOST IMPORTAND HAVE A RYTHM IN YOUR MIND AND TRAVEL WITH IT (OR COUNTER 1,2,3,4,5....ALWAYS WITH THE SAME TEMPO ,THIS HELP YOU MOST OFF ALL)fUNNY BUT IT WORK!!!FOR ME AT LEAST!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Peter Hoare Posted February 17, 2008 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I also find walking slowly harder than anything else and so far I have managed to solve the problem by sliding the lower hip pad part of the vest up so that my legs moving dosn't bang into them. Its not ideal but it works, but I will defiantly try the other suggested techniques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Mueller Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Wow, This thread is nearing it's first birthday. The way I solved the problem was to add weight to the rig. The clips in the earlier post were done on a Flyer with the HVX200 and a few accessories. The camera weight was only about 6.5 lbs. and very twitchy. I added an 8 lb. steel weight plate that is 1" thick by 3.5" by 8" with a quick-release adapter. Inspired by one I saw in another post by Erwin I think. (Royalty check is in the mail...) Total camera weight is just under 15 lbs. and is behaving nicely. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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