The hot head, a big step forward in camera movement

Editorial UOC publishes a book written by Manuel Balseiro Pérez in which he discusses the history, use and technique of the hot head camera operation and its supports.

Manuel Balseiro Pérez, founder of TecnicaTv.com and senior Image technician at TVE, where he works as a hot-headed operator and robotic cameras, addresses in the book The hot head, a big step forward in camera movement the history, use and technique of the use of hot heads and their supports.

The book was born as a response to the non-existent research and publications on camera work in hot heads. An audiovisual world exponential in its growth since remote operation and robotic cameras are already the future.

The author, who is a member of the prestigious Guild of Television Cameramen (GTC) and the Digital Cinema Society (DCS), analyzes in this 176-page book from the simplest to the stabilized six-axis heads, as well as his way of working with different cameras and the supports where they are mounted (fixed cranes, telescopic cranes, motion control, etc.). aerial,...)

It is the first publication in Spanish that delves into the principles of the hot head camera and its supports. Since its invention at the end of the seventies, the hot head has become one of the best supports to move the camera in large television and film productions, indispensable in sports broadcasts, musicals or in the last shootings of blockbusters.

The unstoppable development of the hot head has imposed its use in both conventional cranes and motorized tracks, off-road vehicles, helicopters, drones, and aerial cable systems, among others. This book is a study that ranges from the simplest two-axis heads to the six-axis gyrostabilized heads, and it explains their use with different cameras. It also includes an introductory guide for the student or camera operator who is facing remote operation for the first time.