$28 skater dolly

marlenedegrood

marlenedegrood

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I put together a easy to build and cheap skater dolly. A 16"x20" sheet of 3/4" plywood, three 2" dolly wheels, a 1" pvc threaded flange, some pvc for a handle and then mounted a bogen tripod head on it with a quick release mount. So it looks like one of those train dollys but with no track, won't work on anything but smooth surface. Sorry I don't have any photos, I just put it together today and was anxious to test it out. It worked pretty smooth after I put some machine oil on the wheel bearings. The handle to push this thing is short so I have to bend over to push it, I tried making it higher but it tended to want to lift up the back. Anyway here's my very first test with this and I think it's gonna work ok.....especially with a little practice.

This is a very small and highly compressed file but it will give you the idea without a wait. BTW....I had no idea where my runner was going to go....I just followed.

http://homepage.mac.com/marlene.mac/iMovieTheater10.html

Marlene
 
hey justvn, dont bother with that thing for skating, just ride a board along side the skateboarder, its easier, and you wont draw stares and ridicule from other skateboarders.
 
d4v1dz33 said:
hey justvn, dont bother with that thing for skating, just ride a board along side the skateboarder, its easier, and you wont draw stares and ridicule from other skateboarders.
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Yep....you'd look pretty silly and still end up with major jumpy footage.

Marlene
 
for skateboarding, a steady cam/jib arm rig would work really well i think, then just along side them on another skateboarding or something.
 
I just got back to see the photos. Nice. So simple, yet you got such good results. This one certainly looks like it's worth a try. :thumbsup:
 
Yes thanks all. When I do skating videos I do a bunch of those thigns. I ride along with my board.. sometimes on a bike... and then with a track if I'm at a location we'll use a lot. I was going to buld something more like a giant radio flyer cart.. with inflatable wheels and crazy flames on the side. Then i was moving back in with my folks to really rock out in the basement


Let's see what people cn come up wtith
 
general if you have a wide enough fish eye to shoot skating with, you dont need a steady-anything. plus filming skateboarding with your own two hands is just tradition, like turkey at thanksgiving. Ive been skating for about five years, and me and my freinds have made a few videos as well.
 
haha yeah you dont need a dolly to film skateboarding. heres a prime example of a contest i shot and compiled into a teaser type thing. Theres only 1 "follow-cam" shot and thats with the kid in the brown t-shirts doing a back nosegrind on the smaller sized ledge. anyways if you practice you can get it very steady.

http://www.skatetpc.com/12.08update.html
 
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