Steadicam Gold
Steadicam Gold
About the WorKshop
The Steadicam Gold Workshop, conducted and refined for over 30 years, provides participants with extensive practical and theoretical experience in professional applications, along with additional mental tools needed to face the challenges of each set. Students will also engage in numerous exercises and scene designs to enhance their ability to add value to productions.
There will be at least one Steadicam rig and one instructor/operator for every group of four participants. The minimum number of students is 16, and the maximum is 20.
The workshop is designed both for operators with little or no experience, who will leave prepared for a safe career start, and for experienced operators looking to improve their technique.
At the end of the course, a scene designed with a high degree of complexity must be executed by the operator as a final test. Each operator will be filmed during this scene. The videos and the image of the operator working will be analyzed as a form of evaluation.
Program
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• Physical principles – vest, arm, sled.
• Steadicam balancing - static and dynamic
• Demonstrations of different inertia control options
• How to optimize the use of each setup option (compact, extended, etc.)
• High mode and low mode
• Long mode (ultra high and ultra low modes)
• Working with vehicles (hard and soft mounts)
• Segway
• Safety
• Left and right side operation
• Safe operation techniques on stairs
• New equipment and prototypes
• Focus control
• Video transmission and reception
• Video Assist
• Video recording
The Participants will receive the official Steadicam certificate!
Check out some images from the latest edition in Brazil
Instructors
Ari Robbins, SOC
Ari Robbins is an American camera and Steadicam operator with more than two decades of experience across film, television, commercials, and music videos.
Throughout his career, he has established himself as a leading Steadicam professional, working on major productions alongside renowned directors, cinematographers, and artists.
His credits include La La Land, It Ends with Us, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Mean Girls, and Daredevil: Born Again, as well as music videos for artists including Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, and Tate McRae.
With a career defined by the integration of technical precision, movement, and cinematic language, Robbins is also recognized for his involvement with the international Steadicam community and his contribution to the technical and artistic development of camera operating.
Aline Ballestero
Camera and Steadicam operator, graduated in Radio and Television from UNESP - Bauru, with a specialization in Cinematography from the University of Southern California, she has been in the audiovisual production market for over 20 years.
She worked in television until 2004, when she began working solely as a freelancer. She has brief experience as a camera assistant and focus puller.
A certified Steadicam operator by Garrett Brown and Jerry Holway, she also assists and translates Tiffen/Steadicam workshops and training in Brazil and the United States. Website: alineballestero.com
Dan IKEDA
Graduated from the University of Southern California, he served as the technical services director at Tiffen for eight years, coordinating and teaching Tiffen/Steadicam courses since 2008. In addition to training at universities such as AFI and TV channels like CNN and Globo, he also conducts private courses in the United States, Japan, and Latin America.
He has been working in the audiovisual market since he started at the IDX battery factory in 2002. He was part of the sales team at Thales/Angenieux.
Dave Chameides, SOC
Dave Chameides é um operador de steadicam e ocasional diretor de televisão americano. Ele ganhou dois prêmios Emmy por seu trabalho na peça televisiva ao vivo Fail Safe (2000) e no episódio ao vivo Ambush da quarta temporada de ER (1998). Como diretor, Chameides trabalhou em episódios de ER, Third Watch e Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, além de comerciais e videoclipes. Ele também foi operador de câmera em filmes notáveis como Donnie Darko, Shame, The Harder They Fall e em séries como The West Wing e Ozark.
Ele foi indicado ao prêmio SOC Feature Film Operator of the Year por seu trabalho no filme St. Vincent em 2014 e venceu o prêmio SOC Television Operator of the Year em 2023 por seu trabalho em Ozark, junto com o operador de câmera B Christian Trova.
Além dos dois prêmios Emmy mencionados, Chameides é um membro ativo do National Executive Board do ICG Local 600, o Sindicato Internacional de Cinematógrafos, onde atuou como presidente do comitê de segurança e também foi membro do Comitê Educacional da Society of Camera Operators.
Upcoming Classes
January 31st to February 6th
Classes from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Location: Fazenda Caturama, Areal - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Nearest Airports:
Rio de Janeiro - Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)
*The school will assist participantes with transportation to the course location.
Fees
$4,800 - until September 31
$5,300 - from October
*Accomodation, meals and transportation (from Rio de Janeiro to Areal) are already included in the course fee.