Camera crane
The camera crane is used in film and television technology to enable tracking shots in three dimensions. For example, the subject is "flown over", the camera can move towards the subject from above or move away from it. It is also possible to simulate aerial photographs from a low altitude.
There are camera cranes with platforms on which the cameraman and sometimes also the camera assistant can ride - these cranes are known as manned cranes.
There are also remote cranes. Instead of the manned platform, only a remote head (remote-controlled 2- or 3-axis head) and camera are mounted here. All camera functions and the remote head are controlled remotely from the remote console, and the image section is controlled via a monitor. Remote versions have the great advantage that greater crane lengths are possible due to the lower payload. Another advantage is the unobstructed view (vertically) downwards when the remote head is hung. With the 2-axis head, the camera can be moved to the left and right as well as up and down, with the 3-axis head it can also be rolled around the viewing axis.
On February 12, 2005, the German Horst Burbulla was awarded a technology Oscar in Los Angeles . The American Film Academy honored the development of a camera crane system with a telescopic mechanism that Burbulla developed and implemented on the market. The French Jean-Marie Lavalou and Alain Masseronin also received a technology Oscar for the development of the Louma Crane.
With the advances in materials and electronics, remote-controlled drones have also been used as "flying camera cranes" for some years .
