Steadicam

/ 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

Example Sentences

“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

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

So we used Steadicam in almost every setup, which was very different than the way ‘The Walking Dead’ was conceived.”

From Los Angeles Times

Steadicam is a camera-stabilization system that allows handheld operators to move freely through environments, rather than being restricted to dolly tracks, while still providing smooth, non-jittery images.

From Los Angeles Times

“So that was one of the first things that I noticed — the use of Steadicam in almost every scenario to allow the audience to absorb a lot of information as the camera drifts around the set and in between characters.”

From Los Angeles Times