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Here is a commercial we shot for Age UK. Directed by Becky Martin and DoP’ed by the infamous Captain Jamie Cairney and off course; Steadicam Operated by myself..
Using the Arri Alexa with a Gekko Ringlight and Panatape on an optimo zoom. All the people in the advert are non-actors and we suspected they would [...]
6 Music – Building 6 Music
Posted: 13th April 2011 by admin in Commercials, Equipment, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas English, WorkComments Off
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Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
Directed by the now famous Dom Bridges and DoP’d by the renowned Chris Sabogal; This advert for 6 music was a lot of fun to work on. All the faces and very little time. I have to say that the Arri Alexa colour [...]
Ringlight control
Posted: 13th November 2010 by admin in Blog, Equipment, News, Steadicam, Thomas EnglishComments Off
When the subject gets too close to a ringlight often they become too hot (bright). We quickly want to start controlling the ringlight power on the move. For a commercial for Liang O’rouk we had a beam of light fly through a building. Time for ringlight control!
I ended up using blue tak to fix [...]
3D Feature Film: Isle of Mann TT
Posted: 15th September 2010 by admin in 3D, Blog, Equipment, Feature Films, News, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas English, WorkNEWS AND BLOG
Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
I worked earlier this year on a 3D feature film using 2 RED cameras on the PS Technik flyer rig. Really proving that it is all possible in anger. I did a lot of my shots off the rickshaw, which incidentally we broke [...]
Primo Anamorphics, Tim Westwood and the News of the world
Posted: 18th June 2010 by admin in Commercials, Equipment, News, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas English, WorkNEWS AND BLOG
Thomas English, UK based Freelance Steadicam Owner/Operator 07970 025 389 .
Shooting on some of Dan Bronks’s (DoP) favourite lenses, the Panavision Primo Anamorphics proved to be interesting. The little buggers are so big! Some of them larger than the camera. They are amazing though; opening up to T1.9. The problem is the size [...]
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 [...]