Bob Fisher (photos by Frank Masi)
ICG (Usa)
May, 2004
Monster's Ball
Allen Daviau, ASC captures classic creatures for Van Helsing
 (...) The second unit led by Josh Bleibtreu was responsible for filming extensive footage, including establishing scenes and background elements for effects shots. Their tools included a Flying-Cam, a remote controlled helicopter that carries a 35mm motion picture camera, and a cable-cam, which was rigged to acquire point-of-view shots from the perspective of Dracula's brides flying into a village, and for other dramatic sequences. (...)
(...) Daviau says that Sommers wanted the energy of moving cameras almost all the time, including Steadicam shots and tracking with dollies, small cranes, 30 and 50 foot Technocranes usually with remote heads, and occasional Flying-Cam and cable-cam |
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