Similar to the Glidecam, Sliders are tools used by filmmakers to help add to their production value, moving away from that cheap doco look. Almost like a dolly, Sliders allow your camera to move steadily on a track, moving from left to right, or back to forward, depending on how you configure it. Great thing is is that they are extremely simple to use and unlike dollies, they take no time to set up. Slider shots are used a lot in scene videos to add a bit of visual interest to shots. Just a bit of movement makes a shot of a historic landmark just a bit less boring, and again, adds a certain level of production value to the look of your work.

I used the Warp Stabilizer tool again when creating the Sketch for my Slider shot, as I do not own a camera slider. When shooting I used my monopod again to get my hands away from the camera body, and moved from left to right, trying as hard as I could to shake my hands at all and to keep the shot steady. I experienced the same problem with the Glidecam shot – there is a distinct digital look to the way the shot has been stablized as you can see a bit of wobbling and digital zooming with the shot to reduce the in-camera shake. However, I also think the subject I chose worked really well for this kind of shot as well, with the foreground of the bushes and the background being blurred out. It gives me some ideas about what kind of shots we could do in the future.