I am the proud owner/operator of a FloatCam FC-12, which I just used on a film course assignment, partly as a pseudo-dolly for a tracking shot, and partly for a path-walking scene. One of my peer-reviewers asked about it. That prompted me to see what there was on the web about it. Here I record the main useful links I found.
There are a number of FloatCam demos and showreels on YouTube. Here is a small selection of good ones I found just now. And of course their “related” links can be valuable.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TztpfhLOvyw&feature=related
- By the guy I bought it from: Adam Coop of Angelic Films.
- http://www.floatcam.co.uk/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_FAo9d95lM&feature=related
- Includes some of the shots from the previous (above) one, but this time also shows the operator. Additionally demonstrates using it on board a hydraulic platform and a helicopter.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MBwVr95WgA
- “Like a Walk in the Park” – but literally.
- Interesting, I didn’t know a steadicam could also sit still 🙂
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INiEIa0x4pw&feature=related
- Apparently it doesn’t have to be straight either! I get the impression (rightly or wrongly) that some of these tilts are creative, some otherwise. But it surely does demonstrate one can be “outside the box”.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQB2RWfPQiI&feature=related
- Some beautiful work here, despite occasionally breezy conditions.
- It was trance/dreams like these that led me to getting a FloatCam in the first place!
- (So far I have used it sparingly, mainly for constrained corporate work and assignments. Must get out there and play!)