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 [...]
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Low mode Steadicam shot over car bonnet
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 [...]
Panavised Steadicam Running
Thomas English, UK based Steadicam Operator 07970 025 389 Here I am shooting a running sequence on the Panaflex 35mm camera. Really I should be using a quad bike or a much lighter camera but sometimes you don’t have a quad bike nor a lighter camera. Dave Miller asked me so nicely, I had to [...]
Vehicle Mount: Polar Commercial
Thomas English, UK based Steadicam Operator 07970 025 389 JP Gossart was shooting a commercial / viral for the new Polar computer. He kindly asked me to Steadicam for him. These Professional cyclists are often able to hit speeds of 50mph. I can’t run that fast so the only option was to vehicle mount onto [...]
