When the shot is impossible to film

[@InCinematic]

What scene in the Shining is your favorite? I'm partial to the reb bathroom myself.

[@behelit1997]

Wendy seeing the putrid skeleton in the hotel

[@Snowman-556]

@@behelit1997 When Jack is giving the speech while backing Wendy up the steps

[@ellenripley4640]

I second the bathroom scene. The way the camera flips 180 degrees in the middle of the scene as if that is the moment Grady and Torrance switch roles.

[@nev.catalyst7478]

Love the slow room 237 reveal

[@Snowman-556]

@@nev.catalyst7478 “You ain’t got no business goin into room two three seven anyway, so stay out!”

[@a.chto.tut.pisat.]

I didn't even think we couldn't shoot shots like that

[@InCinematic]

Older films used rails and dollies to help with these shots, but it truly was a revolutionary tool

[@ToddMikosh]

@@InCinematic Yes, but the length of the shots on The Shining betrayed the absence of rails. We viewers could see that there weren't rails--that made them even creepier.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@ToddMikosh Well, you can also lay down sheets of Masonite. Picture the crew throwing down sheets of Masonite just in front of the dolly like a bucket brigade as the dolly chased Danny. 😂

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Well now you know. There’s various tricks for smoothing out a handheld camera that were used before the invention of the Steadicam but they all have drawbacks, not to mention the ergonomic toll they take on the camera operator. Some use a faux-gyro stabilization. If you go further to get true gyro stabilization, you’ve basically invented the steadicam (although you’d still need to invent the vest that provides the resting point for the spin axis, not to mention improving the ergonomics for the operator*). *Operators still suffer from strains and injuries (typically back and knee issues) from carrying the weight of the camera and rig, but the weight is better distributed by the vest/harness.

[@davidw.2791]

@@ToddMikoshTo be fair, the super long tracking shots in Das Boot were less Steady than the Danny shots iirc, but still less Wobbly than the ones like 0:27. 😮

[@marctronixx]

im a 22 year steadicam operator. i was taught by GB himself. shining was my fave movie due to the steadicam. the low mode bracket was designed to invert the steadicam upside down so the camera lens could get down to that tricycle.

[@HotTakeAndy]

So how do you feel about the use of drones being used for these types of shots now?

[@marctronixx]

@@HotTakeAndy not only drones but the ronin is used as well. its due to lower budgets and too many steadicam ops. the market is flooded with folks with little experience saying they will do a job for much less than a seasoned steadicam op. im not upset or anything about it. does not bother me. hey im even a part 107 sUAV (drone) op and im also doing drone shots for college sports for TNT as well. by doing this, im alsop taking a cut from the blimp ops who would have done this ( but for a much higher cost). you have to adapt..

[@28russ]

​@@marctronixxHey mate, I'm just curious what kinda drones do ya use? I imagine different drones for different jobs. I flew FPV racing drones for a few years (haven't for awhile now) so just curious if ya use racing drones at all as I see they're being used a bit for car chase scenes and other kinda high speed action scenes and to film action sports like mountain biking, snowboarding, motorbike racing/ freestyle, rally cars etc. They've really taken off (pun intended haha) for filming. And curious if you use any standard consumer drones like any of the DJI models?

[@marctronixx]

@@28russ mate, I have 3: DJI Inspire 2, Inspire 3, and a dutch designed acecore neo for heavy payloads ( arri ). ive not used those race drones but they produce wicked visuals! i used to have a skydio ( and various smaller DJI drones like the phantom and mavic) but never really got into it as the camera was not able to capture the quality i needed. my hat's off to you for being able to fly those fpv racing drones! there's even competition games for them!!!

[@robertstevensii4018]

Does it weird you out that youtube finds the exact video for you that you need to comment on, or have you become used to it?

[@slick4401]

When Kubrick first saw the demo, he contacted Garret Brown right away and told him that he was interested in using his machine for a film. He also told him that he should rush with getting a patent for it, because it was possible to deduce how the steadycam system worked from its shadow on the ground as it appeared in parts of the demo.

[@SteveSmith-ze5mw]

True genius

[@nicosmind3]

Now thats the actions of a top quality bloke

[@merickful]

0:54

[@techman8817]

That was very nice of Kubrick. Many of these “successful” people will take anything and everything from you if they see the opportunity.

[@AndSendMe]

Must have not had covers on the mechanism in the arms in the demo. Took me a long time to figure it out based on the final product in photos, back before the internet. Not, incidentally, because springs were obvious, but because Brown's solution to why they don't do what is needed, wasn't.

[@ChronoMune]

Alright the rocky bit blew my mind. So cool he made that shot happen in rocky because of his demo

[@Ron-d2s]

Kubrick went through the demo film frame by frame then sent a letter to the guy saying that the shadow of the rig could be seen for A SINGLE FRAME! He cut that frame and rereleased it.

[@keaton718]

I like that steady cam still has just enough wobble and visible tracking of a moving subject that you can tell it's human operated.

[@bradywilliams2951]

Yeah, it's not as 'perfect' as a gimbal, so it still has a natural feel.

[@kuromiLayfe]

yea… it gives more the sense some ethereal being is operating it in the correct setting especially at the low angle shots.

[@lukefreeman828]

@@kuromiLayfe which is a super appropriate feeling for films like The Shining

[@emilymschoener9193]

Agreed.

[@kathulhurises]

The smoothness of the shot of Dany riding his tricycle throughout the hotel’s hallways was one of those scenes I immediately took notice of on my first try, there’s something so mesmerizing about it. This movie just holds up so well still, nearly 45 years later.

[@HankAndStuff64]

I really appreciate how perfect the audio mixing in this is, I love when video essays feel great in my ears

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

Well balanced voice overs, interviews and music. I agree.

[@benniepieters]

So many video essayists do not do proper sound mixing

[@HankAndStuff64]

@benniepieters agreed

[@pierrezapata90]

If i remember correctly, "Halloween" (1978) spent almost its entire budget on a steadycam. A film about Halloween had literally 3 pumpkins in it and 1 was used for the opening. Some of this die to that it was actually filmed not in the Fall but also the the budget for everything else was so small in an already small movie. The steady cam being such a new invention it was expensive at the time but absolutely worth it for the feel of that film.

[@sle2470]

Thank you. Came here to say this.

[@00WatName00]

If only they knew to use chickens 😔

[@chrisflores4788]

​@@00WatName00The idea of a chicken with a 25 lb. camera on its head just makes me lol 😂

[@clursunny]

@@chrisflores4788or imagine the Heavy Rain chicken camera 😂😂

[@misterturkturkle]

It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken

[@TE-mu5sg]

I love people who are passionate about the art of filmmaking.

[@wrlord]

We're so used to that by now that we don't even appreciate it.

[@shanedpain7734]

Privilege is invisible to those it benefits 😉

[@Threedog1963]

My family lived next door to a camera man for the local news station when this movie came out. I was a teen ager and he was in his early 20's. When I mentioned "how cool" The Shining was to him, he told me he was blown away by the camera work more than the dialog or anything else.

[@govanentertainment1777]

That’s why Stanley Kubrick is one of my favourite directors.

[@satyrosphilbrucato9140]

My college friend and roommate Karl Hawk built a steadicam for the student films we made in the early 1980s. Worked beautifully, too. Steadicams were still kind of an arcane technology when Karl built his first one in 1983 or 84, and the effect floored audiences when he'd show those movie during student film festivals.

[@pandoracle]

It's brilliance is not only due to the use of a unnatural steady camera, it is also because of the acting, the frightening imagery and the hotel's impossible lay out, amongst several other things. But I really do appreciate you highlighting, exploring, and analyzing this aspect of it's brilliance and explaining it to us. Thanks!

[@evenstoats2639]

Never get tired of The Shining. I can watch it over and over,still gives me chills!

[@IdlewildPony]

That’s neat how it became the hotel’s POV.

[@InCinematic]

Yeah, Kubrick really knew how to use a camera

[@Snowman-556]

I love that movie and never thought of it like that. But hell yeah

[@Dustyplastic73]

@@InCinematiclots of great directors make good art with the camera, but Kubrick was one of a few who aimed to change the way we viewed cinema as an art form.

[@MSorge13]

It definitely helps that Kubrick was a photographer in the past. It helped give him a unique perspective on the way cinematography works and how it can be implemented. That, along with Garrett Brown’s use of the Steadicam, made The Shining look and feel so different. Even watching it now, it still stands out.

[@THR33STEP]

One of my favorite films of all time! Everything is perfect from the acting to the sound effects to the camera work!

[@tapasprinsen]

James Cameron used the Steady Cam arm for the Smart Guns in Aliens in ‘86. So creative!

[@saschamayer4050]

Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are. 🔫

[@HonkyReduction-b2g]

You did a great job with this video. I had heard and read about the Steadicam technique and still didn't really know what it was or how it differed from a cameraman following the actors around with the camera on his shoulders. Now I know that Steadicam is different. This is how videos should be done.

[@membear]

That poor guy must have ran miles with that camera with the 100 takes of each shot Kubrick did.

[@MrYerak5]

Next olymics he won a gold metal

[@sylviaisgod6947]

*must have RUN

[@EricaGamet]

@@sylviaisgod6947 Thank you for this... I understand language changes but this is such an annoying trend! But props to OP saying must have instead of must of.

[@Vingul]

​@@EricaGamet that's not something to give props for, only something to diss people for getting wrong.

[@EricaGamet]

@@Vingul I give props where props are due... "must of" really grinds my gears.

[@IanElías]

My confort movie its The Shining, its like... so cozy for some reazon. thank s4 the video dude

[@SandauxBeats]

Really? When I watched it first time on vcd years ago, I really thought that the camera style (steadiness) was a thing in the 70s. My goodness! This is awesome to understand. Makes me want to rewatch it again for the third time!

[@Csimon2429]

Garret Brown looks and sounds kinda like James Cameron. I wonder if anyone has asked if they were brothers ever. It's Kinda amazing that they both revolutionized camera technology in their own ways as well, so many similarities, it's uncanny

[@curttuckfield5565]

I was just thinking the same thing. Looks and sounds like.

[@InCinematic]

@@Csimon2429 I can't unsee this now

[@MouthBreatherGaming]

I thought it was Cameron at first.

[@Csimon2429]

@@InCinematic brother from another mother?

[@davidlisteresq]

ONly by reading this comment did I realise that wasnt Cameron.

[@rivapeeva]

theres a good reason kubrick is regarded as one of the most influential directors ever

[@IWASRANSOMED]

While the steady cam work is absolutely stunning, and the overall effect of the film couldn't have been achieved without it, I can't personally give all of the credit to it. The shining is a work greater than the sum of its parts, but couldn't have been all that it is without every single one of those parts.

[@andrewdubose9968]

1:34 I had no idea that this was the origin of the rocky scene! 🤯🤯

[@gregoryfilms9405]

The steadicam was definitely a game changer.

[@ravecrab]

I've always thought that the end of the 1970s was when cinema in general became much faster. The pace of editing and the dynamism of shots increased a lot. I always attributed that to new directors (most obviously Steven Spielberg) introducing a new style, but watching this video I realised that technology like the steadicam will have contributed enormously by opening a world of non-static camera movements.

[@jonl.5967]

Love the buildup with Dick Halloran and the One Light that is on above his head when Jack swings the Axe. Truly Terrifying Scene among so many unforgettable scenes. A brilliant Film by Kubrick. Still love to watch it and find new little treasures every time.

[@wizardsuth]

It was quite a surprise for those who read the novel, since in the original story he survives.

[@jonl.5967]

@@wizardsuth Yes, but apparently Kubrick and his co-writer felt they needed a murder to make it a true horror movie, and to make sure Stephen King knew it wasn’t going to be a copy of his book.

[@welkinator]

When I first saw this movie, 1980 or 81, I was instantly struck at very beginning with the follow shot of the car going through the tunnel. I had never before seen such a coherent shot made aerially.

[@dandelier]

Thank you! It was an interesting watch

[@jessebeegee]

the commentary tracks for this movie are just stellar!

[@EeveeFromAlmia]

Dude I didn’t even consider that these shots would have been impossible until now - but you’re totally right. Stabilisation has come so far and so quickly

[@peterguardiolaph]

Without a doubt, cinema and everything that goes into its production, especially the more technical part of equipment and machinery, such as steadycams, cranes and everything you can imagine, make cinema the most impressive audiovisual art. Obviously leaving aside the most important thing, the story. For those of us who do photography and the occasional video, movies inspire us to move forward and motivate us to do more things. Great video and excellent information. Have a great weekend.

[@ER_Murrow]

"The faintly diabolical quality depends on the supernatural steadiness of the shot."

[@thewatcher5271]

This Was Great, Man! REDRUM! I Love The Shining. Reminds Me Of F.E.A.R. Thank You. (Comment #216)

[@stacychipouras8741]

Thank you. I really enjoyed this video 💙

[@ichaffee1]

omg!! YES... iVE seen the Shining so many times.. and the cinematography makes the nightmare of the action get into your head.. . incredible

[@jekw23]

Reading a book shows the possibilities of the film. Think that helps support the fact Kubrick didn’t adapt a novel per se but used it as the starting point for where he took the film.

[@richardcoughlin8931]

When Stanley Kubrick is satisfied, you’ve done the nearly impossible

[@BohemianMinstrel]

Wow. BRILLIANT video. Well done.

[@stolensentience]

I guess you could say this movie was a shining example of steady cam

[@3DSage]

Fascinating to learn about where and how it all started :)

[@Spaceman500five]

Great job on this video! Short and sweet and educational. Hope you do well in the future.

[@szczypior2714]

Phenomenal video! Thank you for it, your channel is simply fantastic!

[@InCinematic]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

[@alhypo]

Yeah, and now directors intentionally use shaky cam to try to convey movement and intensity. But really it's just awful to watch. It's a crutch. I don't watch anything with shaky cam.

[@space_1073]

That’s pretty limiting. You’ll miss out on some great movies that way

[@Johnfisher12345]

This is an awful take. Granted there are many uses of shaky cam that are gratuitous and unnecessary, but there are many others which are fantastic. Time to open your brain back up.

[@alhypo]

@@Johnfisher12345 Unnecessary and gratuitous is specifically what I'm referring to. I'm not suggesting all camera work should be perfectly stable. But there are many directors obviously using it as a crutch to cover up what would otherwise be boring to watch. Good use of camera shake is measured, strategic, and balanced. Such as alternating between shaky and steady shots. Poor use of shaky cam is constant and unrelenting. And no, I don't think I'm missing anything by skipping movies with gratuitous shaky cam. They are pretty much always bad movies.

[@al2275]

Not the shaky cam!!!

[@wizardsuth]

_The Blair Witch Project_ is not for you.

[@timmothy58]

possibly the only "perfect" movie i have ever seen...wow...the passion of the art...love...

[@RobertKing00]

I was just talking to my wife about how excited I am to be seeing this in IMAX tonight and I pick up the phone and KZbin gave me this

[@richhold7775]

Nice touch with the three jump scares, Monday, Tuesday, Thanks for Watching. Like they were taken from the movie.

[@chupap1]

Nice video! Two tiny factual corrections: the “30 Impossible Shots” reel was distributed in 1974, not 1976--Kubrick’s telex in response to the reel was dated November '74. And, Garrett didn’t have to be “flown out” to Philadelphia to work on Rocky, as he already lived there! There are also a number of moving shots included that were actually done on dolly (the two from 4:49 to 4:55 for instance). Regardless, anything celebrating GB's groundbreaking work on The Shining is a good thing!

[@InCinematic]

Appreciate it. I realized the date mistake after I had made it, but it was hard to figure out exactly which shots were on a dolly.

[@chupap1]

@@InCinematic It's not easy! Because of Kubrick's insistence on doing so many takes, GB had the opportunity to improve his operating technique so that many of the shots are all but indistinguishable from dolly moves, so you really have to look close to find the "tells". A few others that are dolly: 2:06, 2:48, 3:01. .

[@PaulCanniff]

This is clear to people who make films, but I think it's less obviously impressive to the audience. Our brain naturally smooths our visual inputs, especially for motions we are making ourselves like walking or running. The steadicam is a more natural POV, and the handheld look is an artifact -- the technology of the steadicam cancels out the limitations of a bouncy camera. Steadicam immerses us, and hand-held can remind us that we're watching a film (or add the chaotic feel of truly violent motion where wanted). I think that for the general audience it's that sense of immersion that adds fear. The smooth motion doesn't feel unnatural or weird to them, but rather organic and transparent, like you'd see it if you were following the characters without technology. tl;dr: The tech and craft are impressive. The effect on a naive audience is actually to immerse them in the movement, rather than feeling odd or uneasy.

[@icescrew1]

After all these years (i saw it opening night) I finally get it. You are 100% correct.

[@JvoxProductions]

I think what the steady cam essentially does is make sure that the viewer isn't made aware of the act of filming, making the scene as immersive as possible. I wouldn't read anything further into it. The scenes aren't scary because the camera is smooth. They're scary because the smooth camera is capturing the scariness created by Kubrick without any distracting camera shake.

[@piggywahwah]

Its weird cos the backrooms is an online hit, so much so, the main creator is making a film with A24 studios. They went right back to handheld in those horror shorts.

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

Correct. The human eye and head work together to provide a degree of steadiness in our field of vision. That's what allows us to focus on things. So, yes, the steadicam makes it easier for the brain to stay focused on the subject matter being filmed. Thus, it's easy to become immersed in the horror of it all. Like the video mentioned, the center-framing is perfect, and without steadicam, the scenes wouldn't have had quite the impact. The eerie unease just wouldn't be there.

[@piggywahwah]

@@RegularCupOfJoe Yea it goes with this film, the isolation, the slow burn, the steady build of jack being possessed... That all went out the window for Clockwork', some crazy iiratic shots which go great with the movies themes.

[@wizardsuth]

In many films the presence of camera artifacts such as shaking and lens flares detract from the immersion. One notable exception is _Firefly_ in which they were deliberately added to CGI shots, enhancing the realism by making them look as though the scenes were filmed with physical cameras.

[@glennl70]

My favorite use of the steadycam was in the movie Das Boot ( The Boat). It all takes place in a german subnarine, and the camerawork is, in my opinion, unparalleled. 😊

[@afriend9428]

*Amazing!* ⭐️

[@johnwpmusic]

The shining is a masterpiece in film studies.

[@duncan-rmi]

we had two steadicams on the soap-opera I worked on in the 80s. life-savers... if you ran out of time to block & shoot a scene with the usual wide/matching two-shots/matching close-ups strategy, you could light for the wide (with some caveats) then make some changes to the blocking & then thread the camera in amongst. when GB (or one of his people) came to see what we were doing with the mk1, & to do some training, he was horrified to see a cable attached to the camera. well, it's a video camera... of course! so we had developed our own way of using it, with the cable fastened a certain way & an assistant keeping it clear of the cameraman's feet. we did reverse-scan mods for some shots too, & a fair bit of under-slung. fun-fact- the mk1 had a valve (tube) in its power supply. something absurd like 30kV on the green c.r.t. so it would be visible in daylight.

[@edwardmowton9825]

I mean even the intro is an insane shot..... being that smooth in the 80's. The way it follows the car..

[@Vpmatt]

Brilliant analysis. Got to watch the film again, been far too long.

[@InCinematic]

Much appreciated! I love going back to rewatch it every now and then

[@MissMisnomer_]

I'm so used to it at this point that I didn't even clock anything interesting or groundbreaking about the smoothness of the camera. Really goes to show how integral it is to the industry at this point, haha

[@Dumba55]

The invention of the Steadicam is revolutionary.

[@gram_gaming]

underrated channel! You deserve way more subs

[@geneve999]

Amazing to think how technology has evolved: we can now purchase a stabilizer for smartphone for around 100 Euros and there you go, you have a steadycam and can shoot a movie with your smartphone!

[@rocksk8er111]

Welp, time to rewatch the Shining again

[@luiscarlosencina2697]

Thanks to you guys….very cool…because I like the way tha it film’s…..and now I know the beginning of the first shout’s….it is the FAMOUS…….SHINING…..😮

[@Ryyi23]

I remember when I first learned about about this! It's so cool!

[@Alejoninla]

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy" 😁

[@TyroKith]

Fantastic video!

[@frogginet5353]

i think you underestimate the other details of the film a little bit, but you're definitely right about all the camera stuff

[@Snowman-556]

I knew that the steady cam was used in it. I didn’t realize it was used that much. The big wheel scenes when he’s turning the corner it makes your head try to look around it. Pretty weird feeling. Btw my favorite horror movie.

[@InCinematic]

I started the video with the intention of just talking about the big wheel scene, and then I just kept finding more and more places where it was used

[@Snowman-556]

@@InCinematic me too

[@hannuback]

Steadycam has saved a lot of time in film making. The Longest Day had a beautiful shot on the beach of Normandy, but briefly you can see the shadow of the camera and the operator in the smoke. It's obvious that they had to build a rail for that shot, but I've often wondered how different old movies would be if they had a steadycam. It's not always for the best, I guess, the static shots of the black and white era somehow make that one scene really stand out in that movie.

[@Anon54387]

Fincher almost takes an anti-steady cam approach to his directing and that turns out to be striking.

[@membear]

I knew they used the Steadicam for the tricycle shots a long time ago but didn't realize all the other shots that they also used it for.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Some of that could have been done by a dolly, but they had the Steadicam on set, so why not?

[@maxdon2001]

Great video!

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

I'm a note-to-color synesthete gone filmmaker once I began to use film to document my musical stories. My first film was shot in completely square frame. And I became so involved in the filmmaking that I had actually forgotten that has been editing the film as a square for over three months. I'm from the Mescalero Apache Reservation, and I was recording a Buffy-Sainte Marie song. (A Cree Indian from Canada who was a very influential folk singer from the 60's). During my recording it was revealed that she had actually hid her birth certificate's location and and lied about there race for her entire career. She was actually Italian/English from Boston. The news inspired me to build a film around my performance of her song. Where I, in baby-form (Snapchat animation) discover the news about Buffy in by cabin, and I wander thru the river and into the forrest until I find a giant stone cathedral (our cathedral here I the mountains) and I have an hallucinatory encounter with the Apache Christ. The film was quite a success with local viewers and what's funny is that when I stared filming and editing the footage I had played with the idea of shooting it entirely in a square frame; as an experiment about how such an extreme and isolated focal point could be taken advantage of. // I worked diligently and alone on the film for three months, and I was so focused on it that it was only when the film was complete did I sort if realize that I limiting the entire thing to a square boarder. The film was recived very positively. And, ironically, the huge Apache Christ icon (a painting) that was used in the climax scene was stolen upon the uTube release of the film. Stolen by none-other than our visiting priest from Nigeria, Africa. He ha hated the painting because he felt it was culturally wrong. When the painting went missing overnight, it caused a scandal that swept across New Mexico state and among reservations across the US. The news stations even drove up from El Paso and interviewed locals after Mass the following Sunday. My three-month long work was at about 40 minutes long, which is considered the thresh-hold between a short film and a full-length film. Looking back now, I do not think I would ever risk shooting a full-length film purely as part of an "experiment" square frames. Three months is a lot of time gamble like that. I think the reason the the film succeeded in a square ratio is that, until I encountered the Apache Christ, there was only one character: ME, Baby Lazarus. It have the film a sort of story-book quality. The story of Baby Lazarus and the Apache Christ. There was also a novelty about seeing a little square-shaped film on a mobile device, cell phones and tablets having become one of our main mediums for watching video. I"ve always been inspired by the works of Stanley Kubrick, and I even did a bit of a tribute-piece to him in my music-video for Beach Houses "PPP" (Piss Poor Planning). Thank you inCinematic for this enlightening Kubrick post, and, also, for those interested in seeing my film, it can be found here at The Acoustic Rabbit Hole under the title: "Buffy Sainte-Marie: The lie that was never told." Cheers! - _Frank Montoya_

[@LMacNeill]

The coolest part is that the average moviegoer doesn't even know its being used. The technology simply disappears and they're sucked into the film without being distracted by a shaky picture. It feels as if you're *THERE;* as if you're a *part* of the shot. And that makes _The Shining,_ in particular, so much more terrifying than it would otherwise be. That's the genius of this invention.

[@ariadneschild8460]

Its like we're silently following the characters around the hotel like ghosts. The Shining is one of the first horror movies I saw that stuck with me and something about the orange carpets gave me the creeps.

[@christopherchadwick2659]

The tracking shot following Danny as he go-karts through the hotel really unnerved me as a child when I watched the trailer. I told my missus about it and showed her but she just shrugged her shoulders as if to say, that's not scary. So I got our ten year old and let her watch the trailer from 40 years ago. She told me she'd never sleep again.

[@stratocaster1986able]

Not sure if you've studied the cinematography of 'Angst'' (1983), but it is mindblowing.

[@71janas]

The zooming in on the 1921 picture

[@miket3652]

Amazing, and yet the one thing I remember the most is being completely cheesed off, seeing the shadow of the helicopter that was filming the intro... completely baffling.

[@MrJonBertsch]

03:15 Black Christmas, an amazing horror film

[@InCinematic]

An absolute classic! At least, the original

[@Flea-Flicker]

Interesting! I watched this on the big screen theater in 1980 the day before my daughter was born. I am also a photographer and videographer who never realized WHY that movie had this eerie quality and this explains it best. That and Jack finding out in the bathroom there is a person trying to inject himself into this... situation. Did you know that sir?

[@imokay3397]

What a great video

[@PikaPetey]

at 0:45 you are demoing the way how MUCH BETTER the shot is suppose to look yet you render this footage with FRAME GHOSTING which makes the footage look worse. comeon man..

[@Hey_Its_TJ]

thats just the old footage that is making that effect. its not that big of a deal.

[@PikaPetey]

@TJ_the_Tism there is a proper filter that they could have applied in their editing software to get rid of it / make sure it doesn't render out that way. But they didn't do that...

[@Hey_Its_TJ]

@PikaPetey ok... but its not that big of a deal.

[@Roddy556]

And despite this his product still took off.

[@Hey_Its_TJ]

@@Roddy556 they're talking about the editor of the video

[@monkey_doodle]

this channel is a gem i thought this was insider for the first few seconds

[@InCinematic]

Appreciate it! That's the best channel I have been mistaken for!

[@rowdyblokland]

The Shining would have been much better without all actors, without the music and without the plot. I learn so much from KZbin !

[@SidKalarikkal]

0:26 which film is this ?????

[@SnickerBar54]

I believe it’s Mean Streets?? That’s a very very loose guess though but I’m like 80% sure it’s mean streets

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[@FingersOnly]

Martin Scorsese’s prelude to Goodfellas, ‘Mean Streets.’ Cinematic masterpiece

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[@rangerrecon]

"I'm sorry to differ with you, sir, but you are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I should know, sir. I've always been here."

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

I invented a different kind of steady-cam in the late 70's that had the same effect, especially running up and down stairs. It was a bowling ball on the end of a broom stick and a 1/4-20 screw on the other end. Camera goes on the screw, hold the stick in the middle and just twist or tilt for slow, rock solid movement.

[@JF-em6hr]

I had a bunch of nightmares last night and just wanted to add; that movement is very similar. Where I was detached at first and then slowly getting closer (floating) to a place I don't want to be involved in.

[@mii9010]

Shoutout to ER for using Steadycam because it would be "cheaper" than using the multicam setup yet gave it its unique movement and style!

[@itstonycia]

😂😂I want to watch the shining now

[@spiderdude2099]

I didn’t even consider that there was a point in time that there wasn’t a device to accomplish this

[@notreallydavid]

'one in particular proved to be the most difficult' Well, yes...

[@ronpierson]

I recall way way back when the film Marathon Man was released reading about how the use of the Steadicam allowed for many of the running shots that otherwise would have been impossible. The article said the Steadicam was the game changer that enabled the film to be made. If I recall correctly it said this was the either the first or second film to use the new technology.

[@burtrangle3546]

The W. Carlos' soundtrack contributed to the visual effect. It gives the sense that a pack of trickster coyote spirits is gliding in pursuit.

[@connozac1109]

Kill of a sacred deer has the feeling of being an outside observer. I never realised the shinning has that feel

[@kjamison5951]

All these years I have only ever thought of that as a Steadicam shot. Now I find out the Steadicam had only just been invented.

[@joshuacoldwater]

There is actually a lot more about this shot that you didn’t even mention. Most of this film was shot inside a small English studio, they didn’t actually have enough space to create the entire layout that Danny rides around. So, he begins makes a few turns and arrives back at the beginning again BUT in the time that he was gone (a mere few seconds) they moved all of the set decoration away to make it appear he was at the second floor at the top of the balcony. He then turns and continues down the hall. Where the numbers are different (only because the doors had been literally flipped around quickly while he was around the corner). This scene was nearly impossible to shoot on the set they shot it on. If you look at the actual size of the set- it would baffle you.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Another horror movie that also used SteadiCam was "Halloween", especially in the opening scene with young Michael Myers. Just want to say that Garrett looks and sounds very much like another cinema genius we all know: James Cameron.