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A device that stabilizes a hand-held camera so that the operator can move freely without jiggling the camera. The [[Steadicam]] liberated camera operators from dollies and tracks -- the camera could move anywhere that the operator could walk.
The [[Steadicam]] was first used by its inventor, Garrett Brown, in the film ''[[Rocky (
A [[Steadicam]] rig for a motion picture camera is very heavy and attaches to the operator's torso with straps; the operator "wears" the camera. Smaller versions (such as the [[Steadicam]] JR) are available for video production, and these are often light enough to hold with one hand.
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* The Steadicam [[The Oner|long take]] is a staple of ''[[ER]]'''s visual style.
* Steadicam is the ''sine qua non'' of the [[Walk and Talk]], and hence are indispensable whenever [[Aaron Sorkin]] and Thomas Schlamme are on the other side of the camera. ''[[Sports Night]]'' and ''[[The West Wing]]'' were particularly notorious.
* ''[[Scream (
* ''[[WALL-E]]'' was meticulously animated to contrast [[Steadicam]]-like shots aboard the ''Axiom'' with [[Jittercam]]-esque shots on Earth to add another layer of Technology vs. Nature to the film.
* In ''[[Goodfellas]]'' director [[Martin Scorsese]] uses a steadicam for a three minute shot that follows Henry Hill and his girlfriend as they enter though the back door of the Copacapana restaurant, through the kitchen and up to the bar, stopping to meet patrons all the way.
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