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Steadicam operator on roller blades?
I've wondered many times how the camera work is achieved when the dancers are spinning one way and the camera is going the other.
The obvious answer is that there is a skilled Steadicam operator on the dance floor wearing silent roller blades and, whenever the director cuts to a wider view, he's careful not to include the floor bound cameraman in the frame. If that's not how it's done (and I don't really think for a second that it is!) does anybody know how the ground level dance floor shots are achieved? |
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I've wondered many times how the camera work is achieved when the dancers are spinning one way and the camera is going the other.
The obvious answer is that there is a skilled Steadicam operator on the dance floor wearing silent roller blades and, whenever the director cuts to a wider view, he's careful not to include the floor bound cameraman in the frame. If that's not how it's done (and I don't really think for a second that it is!) does anybody know how the ground level dance floor shots are achieved? Here's how they do it at DWTS |
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A few years ago, the SCD website showed a fixed camera view of some dances as well as the televised intercut version.
In this you could see the steadicam guy. It was interesting how his movements were planned around the dance |
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I'd suggest he doesn't have to travel far as the dance floor is much smaller than it seems on TV.
They do a good job, mind. |
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it's because they feed the cameramen a special diet of titbiscuits, which dopes them to superhuman levels of pointless idiocy.
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