a shot gone wrong..

[chris grieder]

heres the deal. i wanted to get a shot looking up a baskettball hoop, as the ball falls into the lens, then make it transition to a soccer ball flying out. i was told the best way to do it would be to have some strong kind of glass above it so a friend and baught a thick sheet of glass and i held one end as he help the other, luckilly we had a tripod so no one was under looking up. i threw the ball in, and instead of a perfect swoosh, it hit the rim, fell in at the wrong angle, and heres what happened.

http://media.putfile.com/fun-23

[PaPa]

yikes.
" oh my f*^king god "

[chris grieder]

haha yea we were a bit shocked as the glass shattered out of our hands on the first shot :/ haha

[Lake Films]

"Plexiglass" my good man....

[J.R. Hudson]

Rocket Science is underrated.

[FilmMakerr]

lol..try a mirror next time =)

[marlenedegrood]

Yep.......plexiglass! I've used the plexiglass tricks on a few occassions and it saved the camera while getting the shot. Most of the time I was protecting the camera from shrapnel.

[alex0]

hahaha, you guys got hoop dreams!

[chris grieder]

haha yeah i thaught what i got was plexi glass. im only 16 so i dunno too much haha.
the glass i got was sturdy, i dropped the ball on it a few times from the same hieght and nothing happened, but the time i shot it in the hoop it hit the side of the glass instead of the center. oh well. live and learn

[mastertee31]

You do know plexiglass is not actually glass right? (It flexes based on the thickness)

[TimurCivan]

Yep.......plexiglass! I've used the plexiglass tricks on a few occassions and it saved the camera while getting the shot. Most of the time I was protecting the camera from shrapnel.


I dont know why i found this so funny!