steadicam joy

Bit of a simple topic but there are enough film nerds here to hopefully make it worthwhile. What are your favourite steadicam shots?

Though I didn't think much of the film itself this from Atonement is quite special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dqmUgu0SI

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searching for that led me to a weird charlie rose interview with pta circa boogie nights. he seems totally different in this. coked up or super neurotic or something.

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Children of Men, anyone?

Chmenyone?

you're talking about that single shot where he runs past the tank and gets the baby rite?

how about low mode steadicam shots?

  On 3/12/2013 at 10:36 PM, tec said:

Bit of a simple topic but there are enough film nerds here to hopefully make it worthwhile. What are your favourite steadicam shots?

 

Though I didn't think much of the film itself this from Atonement is quite special.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5dqmUgu0SI

I loved Atonement and that scene was a great use of steadicam. Joe Wright's cinematography in Pride and Prejudice is absolutely lovely too, lot of ridiculously gorgeous shots in terms of lighting and there's a neat steadicam shot concluding one of the ball scenes.

  On 3/13/2013 at 4:56 AM, sheatheman said:

you're talking about that single shot where he runs past the tank and gets the baby rite?

That part was great, especially as a realistic battle scene, but for me the whole car attack scene takes the cake. I mean, just, FUCK!

Spoiler because the sceenshot is a bit revealing plot wise.

Whoa! Apparently there's a steadicam scene archive, sorted by film and cinematographer:

http://www.steadishots.org/

Found it when I was looking for examples from Full Metal Jacket, which are far shorter than those in Children of Men but similar in effectiveness as battle scenes.

  On 3/13/2013 at 5:17 AM, joshuatx said:

Whoa! Apparently there's a steadicam scene archive, sorted by film and cinematographer:

 

http://www.steadishots.org/

that's a great find, will be soaking that up tonight, thanks

Godard's Weekend

15:15 - 21:45

This is the one that blows my mind - imagine the logistics involved in getting this together. I realised after watching this a few times that they do a circular lap of the kitchen for no reason whatsoever, even though it's meant to be a shortcut into the club:

That's something I'd watch in a film and not notice. Pretty impressive.

One of my favorite shots is in Empire of Sun, where Jim arrives at the camp/airfield, but I can't find it on youtube.

This one is fucking epic, as is the whole film and Coppola himself has a neat cameo (one of the few clever/tasteful cameos in a movie):

I always liked the scene in Alien 3 where they were trying to trap the alien, and the camera was from the alien's perspective. Looked really cool when it would shift to the ceiling and along the wall.