The Steadicam® Operator's Handbook, 2nd Edition

Section Six

framing techniques

More on operating

focus on the frame

Through exercise and experience, moving the Steadicam becomes more and more second nature. But there is much more to operating a shot than getting the camera in the right place and not going off level.

Operating a shot is not merely to dance with the Steadicam, but to choreograph a specific dance to a carefully selected piece of music: to tell the story well by managing your movement and timing.

As a shot is worked out, a plan develops. Everything gets more and more specific, ...