Jeff Melanson, Steadicam Operator

Camera/Steadicam Operator on “Source” Short film on the Redone.

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:22:16 +0000

Director: Will Simmons

Director of Photography: David Kruta

Just wrapped the short film “Source” as the “A” Camera/Steadicam Operator. It was a quick 5 days of production, but 1st AC Teresa Rhinehart and I had our work cut out, as Dave had us shooting wide open at T1.8 for the entire shoot.

It was my first time flying the red with the pro primes, found them to be a pretty nice lens. To get weight down for my lightweight rig, I had to strip down the normal camera build to just the red body with red pro primes, element technica b.o.b., aja down-converter, bartech receiver w/ m-one lens motor, and additional lighweight v-mount battery with p-tap out to power the bartech.

more info about the shoot, coming soon..

-jeff

“Bruce” Production Stills

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:36:56 +0000

“Bruce” Production Stills

Written and directed by David Kruta
Director of Photography/Steadicam Operator: Jeff Melanson
Gaffer: Jordan Parrott
Key Grip: Teresa Rhinehart
1st AC: Sarah Tricker
2nd AC: Zachary Crosby
Sound: Kevin Land
Grip: Fritz Ceriales
Production Manager: Mami Akari
Hair/Makeup: Rachel Ayars
Editor: Jose Reyes

Shot the Canon 7d, with canon and Zeiss glass.

View larger stills here on: Flickr

JeffMelanson.net New Site Launched

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:03:03 +0000

Thanks to David Kruta for helping me launch my new site today. I’ll be updating this blog periodically with news about different projects I have going on, and anything Steadicam-related. To keep up to date with some of my more recent work subscribe to my Vimeo Channel.