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This reminds me of another impressive shot with a steadicam on a segway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TBvJUtuHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TBvJUtuH
by relix 6y ago
This reminds me of another impressive shot with a steadicam on a segway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TBvJUtuHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TBvJUtuHs
Halfway through the video you can see how it was done. Notice the "focus puller" running next to the camera, also mentioned in the original article.
The focus puller is a person holding a rotary knob which wireless adjusts the focus length of the camera. While the cameraman moves the camera around, the focus puller adjusts the focus so that the subject is always kept in focus. It impresses me how well they can do this.
- xref 6y agoAwesome thanks that’s really helpful! Reading the article I had to google what a “focus puller” was, like did they have their hand on the lens turning the focus wheel the whole shot down the hallway? That video explains it much better. Though I’m not sure why in Contact the focus puller had to be painted out of the entire shot, maybe they couldn’t get behind the camera in the hallway?