Wrap Shot The Shining In our August 1980 issue, Steadicam inventor/operator and ASC associate member Garrett Brown detailed how his novel device was applied during filming of the memorable hedge-maze sequence for The Shining, in collaboration with John Alcott, BSC and director Stanley Kubrick: " The 'hedges' consisted of pine boughs stapled to plywood forms. It was exceedingly difficult to find one's way in or out without reference to the map which accompanied each call sheet. Most of the crew got lost at various times, and it wasn't much use to call out, 'Stanley,' as his laughter seemed to come from everywhere! It was amusing to be lost carrying nothing more than a walkie-talkie. It was positively hilarious if you happened to be wearing the Steadicam. " I discovered at this time that young [actor] Danny Lloyd weighed exactly as much as the camera, so we made a chair out of webbing and he would yell with delight as he swooped along riding suspended from the Steadicam arm. (I was sorry that I hadn't thought of that one before my own son weighed as much as a BNC!) " Brown's complete story can be read here: ascmag.com/articles/ steadicam-shining-revisited. 72 / MAY 2022 PHOTOS COURTESY OF GARRETT BROWN / THE ASC ARCHIVE.http://ascmag.com/articles/steadicam-shining-revisited http://ascmag.com/articles/steadicam-shining-revisited