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Thomas English, UK based Steadicam Operator 07970 025 389
Whilst not a Steadicam job. A few months ago I was asked to operate on a promo for Bonobo. The orginal idea was to come up with some kind of hot head that would constantly turn with no remorse for framing. The choreography was going to have to happen to the frame rather than the frame to the action. This seemed all well and good and I considered doing it on my jimmy jib remote head or choosing one of the number of Motion Control options.
Budget was an issue and I knew I could produce this remorseless moving frame using a geared head. Importantly I knew that I could subvert that remorselessness if needed because things were not working. I also felt better hitting marks for nice tilts if I was not using a cheap remote head. So I voted for using an Arri mk2 geared head. I love operating the wheels, I rigged an apple mac metronome on head phones so I knew I would have exactly the same marks at exactly the same musical keyframes. This promo went very well. As we were running out of time I did have to subvert the timing a little.
Bonobo – The Keeper – Dir Steve Glashier 2009 from Steve Glashier on Vimeo.
