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Steadicam

British  
/ ˈstɛdɪˌkæm /

noun

  1. a mechanism for steadying a hand-held camera, consisting of a shock-absorbing arm to which the camera is attached and a harness worn by the camera operator

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“On broadcast, someone wins an award, a Steadicam follows them offstage, and that’s generally when you’ve got to cut to the commercial,” says Bracco.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2024

Both Ricquebourg and Tran, who favored long takes, said that at various times, they grabbed a Steadicam operator’s hips to push in for closer views of the cooking.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2024

“I have a very close relationship with my Steadicam operators, and I just say, ‘Go with it,’” Fiorilli adds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2023

This one is more for the brilliant filmmaking: the way it’s shot, the way it’s cut, the way they use the music, the way they use the crane, the Steadicam.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2023

I had an amazing Steadicam operator, and we embedded him with the boxing choreographers early in the process to design how the fights were photographed.

From Salon Mar. 16, 2023

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