Technocrane
{{Short description|Telescopic camera crane}}
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Technocrane is a telescopic camera crane widely utilised in the film industry and in television production. Originally commissioned, manufactured, named and marketed by Technovision Ltd. in London, United Kingdom, the first TechnoCrane was exhibited by Technovision during Photokina Expo in Cologne, Germany in September 1986.
Today, TechnoCrane derivatives are available from several different manufacturers, such as SuperTechno, MovieBird, Filmotechnic, Servicevision among others, and come in many different sizes and various specifications, with extended arms reaching {{Convert|10|ft|m}} to {{Convert|100|ft|m|abbr=}}.
The camera is mounted on a remote head on the end of the crane arm and is remote controlled by a camera operator at a control desk. The Technocrane can telescope at variable speeds on demand. It allows camera moves that cannot be achieved using a jib arm crane and camera dolly,{{cite book |last=Cury |first=Ivan |title=TV commercials: how to make them, or, how big is the boat? |publisher=Elsevier |date=2005 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/tvcommercialshow00cury/page/235 235] |isbn=0-240-80592-5|url=https://archive.org/details/tvcommercialshow00cury|url-access=registration }} and the telescoping can be used to compensate for the camera moving in an arc called "arc compensation".{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Blaine |title=Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image making for Cinematographers |publisher=Focal Press |date=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/cinematographyth0000brow/page/303 303] |isbn=0-240-80500-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/cinematographyth0000brow|url-access=registration }}
History
The Technocrane was first introduced to Hollywood by Simon Jayes in the late 1980s who was one of the first Technovision trained crane technicians in London. Similar camera crane technology was also introduced to the Soviet film industry by Ukrainian Academy Award winning cinema engineer Anatoliy Kokush ( Filmotechnic ) at the same period of time.
In 1999, the Society of Camera Operators (S.O.C.) presented their technical achievement award to Technovision, Gyula Mester and Keith Edwards for the "First Telescopic Camera Crane" and for their significant contributions to the Art, Craft and Safety of the Camera Operator.
In 2005, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards to Horst Burbulla, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gyulamester/ Gyula Mester] and Keith Edwards for the invention and development of the Technocrane.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10011085 |title=Makers of Cranes, Illusions take home first Oscars |agency=Reuters|work=New Zealand Herald |accessdate=2009-11-14 |date=2005-02-15}}{{cite news |url=https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4R9rFD2x0B6bzBTbDRINjBQVkk?resourcekey=0-gCrSGzjRfxCKErsoMpHCOw&usp=sharing |last=Hewitt |first=Charles |title=Crane Wars |date=February 2001 |work=Eyepiece}}{{cite book |last=Laufenberg |first=Norbert B. |title=Entertainment Celebrities |publisher=Trafford Publishing |date=2005 |page=888 |isbn=1-4120-5335-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mzTW9Nitee4C&pg=PA330}}
Usage
Productions that have used the Technocrane or the later SuperTechnocrane include Titanic, the Harry Potter films, the Lord of the Rings films, and all the James Bond films of the late 1990s and 2000s, among many others.
Gallery
File:X-MEN First Class.JPG|Technocrane used during the filming of X-Men: First Class (2011)
File:Technocrane with Newton stabilized remote camera head.jpg|Technocrane with remote camera head
File:MovieBird in production.jpg|Technocrane in production
File:NEWTON stabilized camera head on a technocrane.jpg|Moviebird 52, telescopic camera crane with stabilized head to control the camera at a live TV show in Norway
File:Technocrane demo 2006.jpg|SuperTechno 30
File:Telescopic Camera Crane MovieBird 45.jpg|MovieBird 45 ({{Convert|45|ft|m|abbr=}})
File:Inside plane mounted with MovieBird Crane.jpg|MovieBird Crane mounted inside airplane
File:MB-Ghost-Protocol.jpg|Technocrane used during the filming of Ghost Protocol
File:Technodolly12.jpg|The incrdedibly versatile TechnoDolly10/12 installed with PGA Tour Studios.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://patents.justia.com/patent/4943019 1st Technocrane related Patent - 1988 - by Gyula Mester / Technovision]
- [https://www.moviebird.com Maker of MovieBird telescopic cranes]
- [https://www.supertechno.com/ Maker of Super Technocranes]
- [https://www.servicevision.es/en Maker of the Scorpio telescopic cranes]
- [https://filmotechnic.nl/ Maker of Technoscope telescopic cranes]
Category:Film and video technology
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