October 07 - 10, 2008

Basic Camera Stabilizing Systems

The next camera stabilizing systems workshop will be taking place at Wendelin Sachtler Academy's studio in October 2008 - and for the first time the workshop will be in German and in English. The big advantag of workshops at the Wendelin Sachtler Academy is that participants can train with their own, familiar equipment or borrow professional equipment free of charge.

Details:

• Where – why – how to use a camera balance system

• Philosophical basics und creative possibilities
• Introduction in the equipment, physical basics
• Function and set up of the rig, arm, vest, monitor, batteries
• Basics of the to be used cameras, lenses, wireless accessories
• Setup the system for SD, HD, 16mm & 33mm
• Balancing the rig / final adjustments
• Operating and moving techniques
• Remote systems (lens control, video transmission)

Tutors: Curt O. Schaller

Theoretical training on camera balance, the basics of optics and practical or theoretical exercises make up the workshop curriculum. “Our workshops include such disciplines as direction, acting and choreography, so that our participants can develop real scenic motifs,” stressed Curt Schaller, one of the course instructors.

Participants: Pros and ambitious amateures

Anybody, who likes to experience the camera stabilizing systems of artemis, is invited to join to the workshop.