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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 [...]
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 [...]
Panavised Steadicam Running
Posted: 22nd January 2010 by admin in Blog, Equipment, Feature Films, News, Operating, Steadicam, WorkTags: fast, panaflex, panavision, running, steadicam, steadycam
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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 do [...]
Vehicle Mount: Polar Commercial
Posted: 5th October 2009 by admin in Blog, Commercials, Equipment, News, Operating, Steadicam, Thomas EnglishTags: Hard Mount, SI-2K, SI2K, Silicon Imaging, steadicam, steadycam, Thomas English, Tom English, Vehicle mount
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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 [...]