Polecam Studio Shoot In Hollywood

Polecam operator John Gillan has completed a multi-week shoot in Hollywood for a competition-style reality television show produced by Pie Town Productions for broadcast in 2009 on Home & Garden Television Network (HGTV).
Fitted with a Toshiba SD camera, the Polecam rig was used as a studio jib alongside studio pedestal cameras and portable Sony cameras.
John Gillan explained: "The Polecam system was chosen for this project because of its portability, its fast set-up time and its ability to keep pace with the high-intensity shooting schedule.
"Although more often used on location than in a traditional studio, Polecam makes an ideal studio rig because it allows a much wider range of camera heights and angles than any traditional pedestal-mounted or shoulder-mounted camera. This generates a visual freshness that is missing in studio programmes shot predominantly at normal eye level. The production itself runs at a fast pace, but the Polecam's light weight made the rig, as ever, fast and easy to use."
John Gillan of JGBroadcast is one of the top Polecam operators in Europe having owned and operated two Polecam rigs since Polecam itself began in 1998. He is now based in the USA. Regular clients such as the BBC, GMTV and Giant Film & TV in Britain already know the great production value Polecam offers and John flies back to Britain at least once a month on their behalf.
(KMcA)