Technocrane is a telescopic

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widely utilised in the

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and in

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production worldwide. Initial Technocranes were made by Technovision and today derivates are available from several manufacturers such as SuperTechno, MovieBird, Servicevision amongst others, and come in many different sizes with various specifications, from to reach. The camera is mounted on the remote head on the end of the crane and is remote controlled by a camera operator at a control desk. The Technocrane can telescope at variable speeds of up to 2.5m/s on demand. It allows camera moves that cannot be achieved using a jib arm or a

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, and the telescoping can be used to compensate for the camera moving in an arc called "arc compensation".

History

Originally commissioned, manufactured, named and marketed by Technovision Ltd. in

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, the first TechnoCrane was exhibited by Technovision during Photokina Expo in

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in September 1986. The first Technocrane relate
U.S. Patent #4943019
was granted t
Gyula Mester
Technovision and filed in 1988 by the

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. The Technocrane was first introduced to Hollywood in the late 1980s by one of the Technovision trained crane technicians, Simon Jayes. In 1999, the Society of Camera Operatorsbr>(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, at the 77th annual ceremony
the

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presented

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to Horst Burbulla
Gyula Mester
and Keith Edward
for the invention and development of the Technocrane

Usage

Productions that have used the Technocrane or the later SuperTechnocrane include ''

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'', the '' Harry Potter'' films, the ''

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'' films, and all the

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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:MovieBird in production.jpg, Technocrane rental from ALPHA GRIP in production File:NEWTON stabilized camera head on a technocrane.jpg, Technocrane derivative Moviebird, a 52 foot telescopic camera crane with a camera remote head at a live TV show in Norway File:Technocrane demo 2006.jpg, SuperTechno 30 File:Telescopic Camera Crane MovieBird 45.jpg, MovieBird 45 () 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:Carling Premier 1998 Iceland4.jpg, alt=SuperTechnoCrane commercial shoot in Iceland 1998, SuperTechnoCrane commercial shoot in Iceland 1998

References

External links

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History

Usage

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