Test Footage

Over the weekend, Coupy had a practise with the StradiCam in preparation for our filming sessions over the Christmas holidays.

Steadicam Practice

Upon discovering that I would in fact have to use the steadicam during filming, I thought I’d better get a bit of practise in. I watched a few videos on YouTube, which as it turns out are fairly unhelpful, and then resorted to just having a play with this new equipment. It took me around 15 minutes to balance up the weights correctly in order for the device to stay steady in my hand. And that’s when I had my dumb blonde moment… I had been charging the battery, so forgot to put it back in the camera. Upon putting the battery in, I discovered this added an extra few pounds to one side of the camera; thus completely throwing it off balance and declaring the past 15 minutes of careful weighing pointless.

But none-the-less, I re-balanced the device and managed to get the hang of handling it. All in a good days work!