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the machine that taught cameras how to walk without stumbling.
means a body-worn camera stabilizing rig that isolates the operator's motion, turning a jittery handheld shot into a glide.
from invented by cameraman garrett brown in the 1970s after he built a spring-loaded arm to smooth his own footsteps; debuted publicly in bound for glory and rocky, where that famous training-stairs run was pure steadicam.
first oscarbrown won a technical academy award for it
shining hallwayskubrick used it for the shining's tricycle scenes
counterweight tricka gimbal and weighted arm cancel operator bounce
still hand-operatedunlike drones, a human still walks the shot