Crane-Jib-Boom footage

[Alexa]

Finally, here is some footage for those of you have asked.

http://homepage.mac.com/inspiration_room/dvxuser/crane_092005.htm

I've had a skycrane jr for about 9 months now and get lots of usage. Even after many, many shoots ( a good bunch on my own, with no assists), I still feel it's shabby. Practice, my friends...Once you put several thousand dollars on a boom and some legs, it takes awhile to feel confident enough to really FLY. If you are alone, add to the stress and danger factor. If you are in a rush, ditto. Most of these shots where put up in less than 15 minutes from in the cases- setup-shoot-pack and leave. And almost all of them had to be done in 1-4 takes, even the architechural shots. My setup to get that kind of quickness, you should know, has amounted to over $1k for elements to enhance portability, efficiency, and performance.

Some random notes:
- the shot with the sky, has strobing cause I messed up and put a software filter on it, but it demonstrates the 360 degree movement and the creative possibities for editing.
-though I do I could use more practice, patience, and finesse in operation, some of these shots are quite smooth on DVD, but a little not so online. Which is probably why you really don't see much demonstration footage regarding these products.

- I don't particularly recommend bringing it out for wedding shoots, though I have, mostly to see how I could or could not incorporate this tool in wedding productions. Don't do it unless you are really pretty competent or have good help. There are a lot of accidents that can happen, plus it is a lot to lug, even with this particular crane being relatively compact and lighter.

*this clip probably won't be up for more than a few days..


Lastly, I wanted to put a credit out to the music clips. There are three samples there. I put out a job post for composed music and things seem to be working out.

#1 Bluespider
#2 InvictusX
#3 Bluespider

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Nice work Pooh and nice of you to show-off the Skycrane. The production value a moving camera makes (Dollies, jibs, cranes, etc) is immediate.

My favorite was the opening shot of the vineyards. Awesome.

(FYI - I had to pause and rewind at the that one part to admire the composition)

 

[arielman]

It would seem everytime I click onto the site my Internet Explore crashes . Doesn't like this site for some reason .

 

[Alexa]

hmmm. others speak up if you get nothin' or problems. wouldn't surprise me.

the file is 22 mb..

 

[limehouse]

Yeah, it's just sitting there showing the QT symbol for me, with no play bar at the bottom. It's not the file size, because I often look at stuff that big. Maybe it's embedded incorrectly?

 

[Alexa]

ok, here is another link. if none of them work, welll have to save it for another day..

http://homepage.mac.com/inspiration_room/dvxuser/crane_092005-V2.htm

 

[Johnnyfive]

Same here. I only get the QT symbol.

 

[Norm Sanders]

This made explorer crash on my laptop earlier today, but now trying it from one of the home PC's it worked fine.

Pooh, some nice shots. Are some of those shots (i.e. final with couple laying down) from films you've done? Would love to see some other work as well. Do you use wide angle on nearly all your shots?

Thanks for sharing ... when I've got the extra dough, and my wife's not confiscating it for bills, etc., I'm certainly going Skycrane ... spoken to the owner/creator of it before as well, and I like it's set up.

 

[StMad]

It's also crashing my windows Pooh. It's a shame, it'd be good to have a look at.

 

[SergejIvanovits]

try this: http://homepage.mac.com/inspiration_room/dvxuser/movies/crane_beginner.mov

 

[Alexa]

glad you're interested, but I can't do anything about it for awhile or answers many questions for awhile. ( deadlines)

these problems are interesting though. If your browser is crashing or other trauma, let us know some specs..

? do you have QuickTime 7?
? browser?

I'm suspecting it the lame Apple server.

for now, I think this link, listed above is a better bet, just because the file is smaller. only 11 mb

http://homepage.mac.com/inspiration_room/dvxuser/crane_092005-V2.htm

 

[StMad]

Got it working when I allowed Quicktime to alter my registry settings (uucckkkk
Nice work...it's a good ad for the product - even with the issues you mentioned. I wonder how many married couples have footage like that to look back on?

 

[Justin_Kirch]

that's a wide ass lens you have. what were you using?

 

[arielman]

Working just fine now ...Excellent clip

 

[Alexa]

Are some of those shots (i.e. final with couple laying down) from films you've done? Would love to see some other work as well. Do you use wide angle on nearly all your shots?

the shots with the prettier people were from commercial shoots I started doing just this year. there might have been a shot or two for projects commissioned by "regular" people who want personal productions. they haven't been edited yet, though. Yes, I have the century optics .6x.

that's a wide ass lens you have. what were you using?

century fish eye

Got it working when I allowed Quicktime to alter my registry settings (uucckkkk
Nice work...it's a good ad for the product - even with the issues you mentioned. I wonder how many married couples have footage like that to look back on?

What are these registry settings? damm. it just sucks that the QT can be a pain. I still don't know if I want to use it for clients...

thanks for the compliments. I cut that in a hurry and I'm sure I didn't pick out the best shots. I think these cranes are all very similar. I'm sure there are people out there that think the skycrane sucks, but its been working for me alright and I absolutely would not be able to use anything heavier or anything that took longer to set up.