the truck is loaded up...what does yours look like?

NewYorkLion

NewYorkLion

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So, I was wasting time before a shoot at lucasarts here in SF last week and I ended up on the beach for an hour shooting stills. To finish off the roll I took this shot of the back of my truck. When I was scanning my negs it occurred to me that it might be a fun thread for everyone to post what thier vehicle looks like when it's loaded up for a shoot.

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This was just a one-man-band interview so there isn't much in my ride, just a 200w HMI, a lowel kit (emergency backup), my grip bag, DVX, crappy 501 tripod (god, I hate it), litepanel kit, and a bag of stands. And don't forget the all-important coffee.
 
Ah shoot, I would love to. I wish I had picks. I have a Honda Element, and I can load crew, gear, you name it into that bad-boy. It looks like a clown car when we're all stuffed in, but man it's awesome. Next shoot, I will get some photos.
 
yeah, I was planning on buying an element when I bought this truck, but the payments were soooo much higher on an element, so I stuck with the mitsu.
 
I have a Honda Element also :thumbsup: Definitely was designed with the independent filmmaker in mind :laugh:

I can cram so much stuff in there, it's awesome!
 
When fully loaded, mine is a '97 Chevy Blazer that you can no longer see out the back window of due to the pile of gear, and attached is often a rented U-Haul trailer that holds more gear. After doing a full load like that I'm too tired to think about taking a picture!

Isn't it amazing that you can pretty much cram everything needed to make a movie into a single vehicle these days?
 
It's not the car that matters, but how you pack it.

It's not the car that matters, but how you pack it.

SUVs ... psh!

I drive a Subrau Legacy (the "Outback"s little borther). I think my record load for production was all the gear for a 4-camera live shoot, including the control room!

Gear list was something like:
  • 2 large Broadcast size cameras with heavy duty tripods, and a tripod dolly for one of them.
  • 1 shoulder mount DV camera, and 1 PD150, again both with tripods.
  • 5 (yes five) 9" JVC field monitors.
  • 2 14" Sony control room monitors.
  • A video mixer
  • A audio mixer
  • A laptop + scan converter
  • A DSR-11 DVCAM record deck
  • A 6 beltpack + control room wired PortaCom intercom system with havy duty double muff headsets
  • A couple of lights
  • And enough power, mic, video and signal cable to hook up the control room and all the cameras spread throught a church. Probably almost a mile in total.
  • And a few other little nicknacks like mics, control room speakers, etc..
  • ... I might have even had a stool or two in there for camera oprators, can't recall now.
I wish I had a picture, beacuse *that* was a packed car. I could hardly see out of the pasengers side window to the mirror, let alone the back window.
I was riding about 6 inches low on the shocks with only a few inches left before I bottomed out on a FLAT road!

- Mikko ... got gear?
 
[SIZE=+0]I don't think I have a pic. Fun idea though. I use my 15 passenger van to haul my goods around. With all but one seat out I can fill that buger up pretty quick. My jib, dolly and the other big stuff fit, so it works out well. The only drawback is that I also use the van to haul my kids around so I have to unload everything back to the garage after each shoot (in case of wreck... flying objects=bad). My plan is to sell the van and get a truck and trailer. That way I can leave all the goods in the trailer and just un-hitch it in the garage. [/SIZE]

Owen said:
After doing a full load like that I'm too tired to think about taking a picture!
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I heard that.
 
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