John Smith Gr Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I am currently a camera operator for a regional television station in Manchester England. I am writing my dissertation about the steadicam. I was wondering if anyone knew of any links to recources about steadicam. I specifically need opinions of steadicam users to use as references within my critique. Can anyone help me? It would be much appreciated. Books, online articles, etc. would be a great. Thanks, Gr3ggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Go to this site's sister site, the steadicamforum.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars.Erik Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) As Mitch said, go to that site. As far as books goes, there's only written one real book on Steadicam so far. http://www.theasc.com/cgibin/store/acsstor...catalogno=11114 I know this book is written by a former workshop participant. It's a book that interviews operators, it's not a "how to" book. On steadicamforum.com you have operators like L. McConkey (Snake Eyes, Carlito's Way, Goodfellas), G. Brown (inventor of the steadicam), Jerry Holway (Donnie Brasco, As Good as it Gets) and the list goes on. Good luck in your search. Also check out this site: http://www.steadishots.org/ Edited March 20, 2006 by Lars.Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted March 22, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 22, 2006 You should email Garett and see if he'll grant you an interview. He's a really nice guy and I bet he'd be willing to help. I believe you can find his email on his website. garrettcam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Gr Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 I emailed garrett about 2weeks ago asking that very question but still heard nothing. Ive emailed him a few times since but still nothing. I can only presume that he is very busy or hates students??? anyway thanks for the help so far guys, if any1 has any other help it would be much appreciated. Gr3ggy :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alexandre Lucena Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Lars steadishots.org is a wonderful source. Thank for the tip :rolleyes: Alexandre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coolbreeze Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I can only presume that he is very busy or hates students??? Gr3ggy :D He definitely DOESNT hate students! He is probably just very busy or maybe his firewall blocked all your emails. There was a series of articles called "Steadicam hits its stride" in American Cinematographer which are well worth a read but my memorys is so bad i cant remember when it was printed sorry - thinking early '90's. The late Ted Churchill wrote some superb articles for AC on his use of steadicam for films like Bad Boys (sean penn not will smith) in the eighties and those would also be worth reading. Hope this helps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars.Erik Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I emailed garrett about 2weeks ago asking that very question but still heard nothing. Ive emailed him a few times since but still nothing. I can only presume that he is very busy or hates students??? anyway thanks for the help so far guys, if any1 has any other help it would be much appreciated. Gr3ggy :D Try contacing Jerry Holway. He and Garret have been working together for years on different workshops and inventing new gear for the steadicam. Maybe he can get you in contact with Garret. Other than that, Jerry himself is also a great resource. I know he's the inventor of at least one steadicam arm. http://www.jerryholway.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smith Gr Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 Guys u dont know what a big help you have all been. Really appreciated! Thankyou :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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