"The specialist equipment attaches a Steadicam to the side of a wheelchair with a mount, with the operator using a control panel placed on their lap. Lynch's system has already been used in productions like Channel 4's Paralympic Homecoming and BBC documentary, In the Driving Seat. The 44-year-old said: "This is a milestone within the disabled community. It means that I can shoot and be a camera operator, something I've wanted to do for a long time.""
""Filming wasn't accessible, so I decided to create a camera system that could be not only be viewed as a gateway to disabled filmmakers, but a product that would add production value to any set," Lynch said. "I set up Diverse Made Media with a production arm because I wanted to make more of these wheelchair operated cameras and show aspiring disabled film-makers that production is possible for them.""
Chris Lynch, a London filmmaker with brittle bone disease, patented a wheelchair-mounted camera system that attaches a Steadicam to a wheelchair and uses a lap-mounted control panel for the operator. The system has been used on Channel 4's Paralympic Homecoming and the BBC documentary In the Driving Seat. Lynch founded Diverse Made Media to produce more wheelchair-operated cameras and to show that film production is accessible to disabled filmmakers. Lynch collaborated with Jack Charge from Tilta to design the kit so the wheelchair bears the weight, enabling long-duration live broadcasts, music videos and fast tracking shots. Lynch is showcasing the system to studios, filmmakers and students, and university students with disabilities have trialed the equipment.
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