Replay: 3-axis gimbals revolutionised the idea of getting stable shots without any lengthy Steadicam training, but there's a couple of rather sizeable elephants in the room, the need for five axes and ...

Being a parent – already a full-time job in itself – also comes with scores of additionally attached vocations. You are likely, on any given day, a chauffeur, a chef, a banker, a mediator and a ...

If Caerus, the son of Zeus and the Greek god of opportunity zips by, one is supposed to seize the single lock of hair on his head to capture the golden fortune it symbolizes. That can be declared of ...

It's humbling, and in fact almost a little scary, when you realize just how far the video quality of mobile phones and pocket camcorders has progressed over the past few years. While features such as ...

The evolution of cinematic language in the 1980s was, in large part, due to an invention born in the 1970s. In the late '60s and early '70s, "New Hollywood" looked to challenge the audience, nudging ...

Replay: Forty-eight years ago, in 1975, a device was invented that changed the face of cinematography. It was called the Steadicam, and it is still keeping pace today, even in a world full of gimbals.

The Steadicam — it can make things so easy, and so beautiful. It can be simply efficient, allowing you to bang out a smooth walk-and-talk without track. Or it can be a show piece, a shot whose ...

The steadicam has become a staple in the cinematography industry. The problem more often than not, though, is that not a lot of people can afford one. And so, since production models range in price ...

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You know all those lame old camera stabilizers for the iPhone, the ones that promise you "steadicam" shooting? Well, you can forget them. Tiffen, the people who make ...

Today we launch another semi-regular feature: “From the Short Stack,” which consists of offerings from the three dozen or so film and TV-related books that I never tire of reading. Today’s short stack ...