Drill Rig! - Always wanted to do this type of shot - (test)

[Matthew Bennett]

Yesterday I took a hobby motor and built a drill/corkscrew type rig - ridiculously rough as you can see from the photo - but it worked great - see footage below.

Now I can finally do those dramatic slowly spinning shots from the ceiling!

http://qmediasolutions.com/guest/CAMERA_TESTS/Drill_rig_h264.mov

It scares me to death to have my 7D hanging off a crummy little surplus motor, but I finally manned up and took this test - now I just have to figure out few safety precautions and I'm good to shoot:

It's impossible to get it in a photo, but here's one anyway:

Enjoy!

 

[Richard J. Johnson]

whatever you do, don't have some guy drop to his knees and scream NOOOOOOO! with his head back, as this shot takes place.rogar-Shock(DBG):

seriously, it looks very cool.

 

[hermmermferm]

Love this! Nice job, please post more pictures of your rig!

 

[vcfilms]

Very cool. Love the look of the shot.

 

[vnguyen972]

Very cool. It'd be much cooler if the camera starts spinning down slowly

 

[Matthew Bennett]

Very cool. It'd be much cooler if the camera starts spinning down slowly

Yeah, the best example of this would be attached to a slow crane down to subject...

 

[jls4]

I know I'm late, but just checked out your website and the Terminal - d&mn that's hot. Great work. Love the spinning cam too! Wow!

 

[FatDaddy]

Pretty cool (not sure about the acting though :violin

 

[SonicStates]

Very cool indeed. Your reel was really gripping. Impressed.