Los Angeles based Steadicam Op
Looking for a skilled, LA based Steadicam Operator and Filmmaker? David Parrella has over six years of experience operating Steadicam for various media forms such as film, TV, live broadcast, commercials, and music videos. Based in Los Angeles, Steadicam Operator David Parrella can capture the perfect shot with any professional camera setup, and travel globally to assist your production!
David’s unique background, which includes eight years of experience in the marching arts, offers him an advantage in executing precise and artful shots. With thousands of hours of rehearsal and field performance, learning a new show for every game meant an incredible ability for rapid muscle memory retention, combined with his love of cinema, David approaches each shot with great care and precision.
FILMMAKER
Outside of the camera department, Davidâs other filmmaking work includes directing, producing, and post-production. His thesis film Origin debuted at the Berlin Sci-Fi Film Fest in 2018 where it was nominated for best drama short. It won at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival and STUFF (South Texas Underground…), and was nominated and selected at several other festivals around the country and globe. His documentary series Take The Field with collegemarching.com goes behind the scenes of elite college marching bands as they prepare for and perform shows in front of hundreds of thousands of fans in some of the most insane stadium environments on earth.
I’m tired by DragonWulf, directed by Sid Dalvi, starring Eman Esfandi
Cinematography, Editing, Visual Effects, and Coloring by David Parrella
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Tiffen Certified Steadicam Operator
David was instructed and certified by Tiffen, the manufacturer of the original Steadicam, in Los Angeles in 2019.
Licensed Drone Operator
David is an FAA Part 107 Unmanned Aerial Systems Certificate holder with dozens of hours of flight time on cinema drone platforms.
David is also a PADI certified Advanced Open Water Diver who has been scuba diving since the age of 12. As an Advanced diver, David is qualified to dive deeper and use specialized equipment.
Blackmagic Design Certified Editor
DaVinci Resolve 18
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Plastic is one of the worst things for the environment that we can actually make a conscious choice to avoid, but some industries (and governments) force its use through convenience and cost. The brain coral below me in this photo has bleached itself because of rising temperatures, and it might not be around much longer.
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That single plastic bag you threw away from takeout one day back in 2013 will still be in the ground decomposing. The only thing anyone who's left will remember about this era is 'Obama, Trump, and basically everyone TP'd the planet with plastic.'
The worst part is this shit did not even exist before the 1960's, and it doesn't need to. We got along just fine without it for nearly every application. I remember going almost 4 years in Austin without seeing single-use plastic bags until the now impeached #kenpaxton, whose campaigns have received over $4 million from oil companies and CEOs, struck the local bans down across the state for "unlawfully passing their duty to manage solid waste on to their residents and retailers in violation of settled Texas law." Dude, what the fuck does that even mean? All I hear is "fuck you, I like money."
Even the recyclable plastics only save 30% of the production energy and emissions at most, and it can only be done up to 3 times. Aluminum, something we've had a hundred years longer than plastic, recycles 95% and can do so infinitely. Some numbers even say đđ˛'đđ˛ đşđśđťđ˛đą đ˛đťđźđđ´đľ đŽđšđđşđśđťđđş đđź đšđŽđđ đđ đłđźđżđ˛đđ˛đż if we just keep recycling it.
//Rant over.
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Los Angeles Steadicam Operator
David Parrella is an LA based Steadicam Operator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film from The University of Texas at Austin. Although he resides in Los Angeles, Steadicam is inherently a mobile platform. David loves to travel, and can operate Steadicam anywhere that three checked bags can go.