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DAVE CHAMEIDES - Camera and Steadicam Operator

Team Deakins

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How to Choose the Right Equipment for Your Job

Josh Richards: "I have to know all the techniques that are available and choose the right thing" On Empire of Light, we needed like a Steadicam, but we didn't really need exactly a Steadicom. Sometimes we needed a stabilizing system for a long tracking shot. And then other times we just stuck it on a deli and did a long track without having to lay the tracks because we didn't have the time. So you, and we needed something cheap,. so we, you choose the piece of equipment on the per movie, don't you? You know, per shot per movie.

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