{"id":11340,"date":"2011-03-28T19:20:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11340"},"modified":"2011-03-28T21:22:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T20:22:19","slug":"a-brief-history-of-the-steadicam-garrett-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/03\/28\/a-brief-history-of-the-steadicam-garrett-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of the Steadicam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Garrett Brown<\/a> invented the Steadicam<\/a> in the 1970s it had an immediate impact on how films were shot.<\/p>\n

Before his invention if filmmakers wanted tracking shots<\/a> (i.e. ones where the camera moves), they were limited to using a dolly track<\/a> or hand-held<\/a> work.<\/p>\n

After shooting a demo reel with a prototype rig, he caught the attention of Hollywood and it led to work on such films as Bound for Glory<\/a> (1976), Rocky<\/a> (1976) and The Shining<\/a> (1980) as well as an Academy Award of Merit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year at the EG conference<\/a> Brown gave a talk where he described how he came up with the idea for his revolutionary camera rig and its subsequent application\u00a0in movies, sports broadcasting and industry.<\/p>\n