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Burberry SS10 Campaign_ Accessories Collection
Posted: 19th June 2010 by admin in Blog, Commercials, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas English, Work0
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Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
Here is just some of the work I do for Burberry. It is intercut with some stills work by Mario Testino and some “Making off” footage of bags being manufactured and catwalk. All the beauty accessories shots are done by myself on Steadicam [...]
4321 Feature Film in general cinema release
Posted: 8th June 2010 by admin in Blog, Feature Films, Steadicam, Thomas EnglishNEWS AND BLOG
Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
I was the Steadicam Operator last year on this feature film; 4321. I also did Noel Clarke’s previous film “Kidulthood”. The DoP was Franco Pezzino and I had worked for him before on music videos including a James Blunt one. It was a [...]
DJ ZINC FT MS DYNAMITE – ‘WILE OUT’ OFFICIAL VIDEO
Posted: 6th June 2010 by admin in Blog, Music Videos, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas English, WorkNEWS AND BLOG
Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
Another solid all day Steadicam promo for Dave Miller DoP. A little rest at the end for the body rig. I am frequently asked on Steadicam jobs to make it less “Steady”. They want something smoother than handheld but they don’t want nailed [...]
AR rig- Anti smoking commercial
Posted: 4th June 2010 by admin in Blog, Commercials, Equipment, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas English, WorkI have only just managed to get a copy of this commercial we shot years ago. It actually never aired because of the polonium 235 incident where a Russian dissident was killed with a sprinkling of radioactive sushi. Apparently this spot was too similar to these sushi murdering activities. Anyhow, an awesome commercial directed by [...]
Pendulum “Watercolor” : Lens Baby Operator
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by admin in Blog, Equipment, Handheld, Music Videos, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas EnglishNEWS AND BLOG
Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
Pendulum Watercolor from Thomas English on Vimeo.
I camera operated for the world renowned Joe Dyer DoP extraordinaire and my good buddies Barney Steel and Mike Sharpe from The Found Collective. These guys are geniuses at integrating VFX and SFX. They know their [...]
Two RED cameras on a Steadicam 3D rig
Posted: 22nd March 2010 by admin in 3D, Blog, Equipment, News, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas EnglishComments Off
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Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389
3D RED cameras on Steadicam from Thomas English on Vimeo.
Patric at Fava rental has had his P+S Technik Freestyle 3D rig delivered. So I did some Steadicam testing. I could not wait to try it out with two RED cameras in.
OK… It is heavy [...]
P+S Technik Freestyle 3D Mirror Rig for Steadicam and Handheld
Posted: 24th February 2010 by admin in 3D, Blog, Equipment, News, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas EnglishComments Off
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Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389
P+S Technik Freestyle 3D Mirror Rig from Thomas English on Vimeo.
So this is the lightweight 3D mirror rig, enabling 2 cameras for stereoscopic production, from P+S Technik called the “Freestyle 3D Rig” developed by Philippe Bordelais. Its great for Steadicam! It turned up on [...]
Geared Head Action
Posted: 12th February 2010 by admin in Blog, Equipment, Geared Head / Remote Head, Music Videos, News, Operating, WorkThomas 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 [...]
Operating Super Low-Mode
Posted: 5th February 2010 by admin in Blog, Commercials, Equipment, News, Operating, Steadicam, WorkComments Off
Thomas English, UK based Steadicam Operator 07970 025 389
from Thomas English on Vimeo.
Here. I am Operating Steadicam in super low mode with 8 inch actors! You see here I was asked by Malcolm Hadley to shoot 8 inch actors as though they were 6 ft humans.
So to get the camera this low to the [...]
Low mode Steadicam shot over car bonnet
Posted: 23rd January 2010 by admin in Blog, Equipment, Music Videos, News, Operating, Steadicam, WorkTags: lowmode, red, steadicam
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Thomas English, UK based Steadicam Operator 07970 025 389
I am doing what is a dirty low-mode shot. The rig is turned upside down to get the camera lower however here the camera is upside down too (the dirty part). The advantage of the dirty low-mode is how quickly I can get into low-mode. It can [...]