How do i get this shot? And what mount did they use?

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GRENCH

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I figured this would be the best place to post this question. Where can I find a suction car mount kit with extensions that would allow me to get this type of image and dimension of a moving car? Go to 1:07 on the video link below. I'm only interested in how and what type of camera mounts they may have used. Some brandsand models that can achieve this type of angle would be appreciated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=800l8mpLupA#at=68
 
Went to Microdolly's site and still could not find the type of configuration that would make this type of footage. I did email them for more info on how it was shot.
Has anyone used the MicroDolly kit or another kit to get the type of image displayed in the video. Please give details.

Thanks
 
Are you taking about the shot where the entire car is in view, or the slightly canted shot that appears to be coming from the back left bumper? That would help.

I'd highly imagine, given its a bentley commercial, the full frame car shot has a chase car following it, with some sort of ultra stabalized camera system that none of us will probably ever be able to afford to be honest.
 
Looks to me like it was shot from a second car with the camera mounted somewhere in the area of the front bumper. Or am I missing something obvious there? Later in the spot, there are shots from out in front of the car that were taken from little farther away, but otherwise look like they were done with the same technique.

- Greg
 
IF that wide shot looking at the rear bumper is in fact mounted on the bentley, I imagine it was custom built for that purpose. I have seen custom rigs that modify jibs to attach into the trailer hitch on trucks, but since the bentley doesnt have a hitch, I assume it would be attached to the subframe underneath the car in order to give it the rigidity to keep smooth with that long of an arm.

In reality, not expensive to build, but time consuming.
 
If you are talking about the view of it "following" just off the left rear (at about 1:07 to 1:10), I noticed you do not see any pavement behind that rear tire. They may have cropped it just to the bumper to take the mount out of frame. This would allow them to mount it under the car in some way.
 
Crafters of Light said:
If you are talking about the view of it "following" just off the left rear (at about 1:07 to 1:10), I noticed you do not see any pavement behind that rear tire. They may have cropped it just to the bumper to take the mount out of frame. This would allow them to mount it under the car in some way.
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I did notice that cropping too. Seems liek it was a frame mounted from underneath the bumper that came up to support the camera. I dont think there's any gyro stabalized cam that can keep sooooo still and close to a moving car without it wavering a bit. Look at it again its definately anchored to the car in some way.
Awesome find BTW
 
I considered that but the car stays perfectly in frame as the environment consistently changes like a mini montage. I would think that would be extremely hard to do with a secondary car. One would have to match speeds and angle perfectly on every location.
awbacon said:
Are you taking about the shot where the entire car is in view, or the slightly canted shot that appears to be coming from the back left bumper? That would help.

I'd highly imagine, given its a bentley commercial, the full frame car shot has a chase car following it, with some sort of ultra stabalized camera system that none of us will probably ever be able to afford to be honest.
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hmmmmmm......Interesting.
natums said:
IF that wide shot looking at the rear bumper is in fact mounted on the bentley, I imagine it was custom built for that purpose. I have seen custom rigs that modify jibs to attach into the trailer hitch on trucks, but since the bentley doesnt have a hitch, I assume it would be attached to the subframe underneath the car in order to give it the rigidity to keep smooth with that long of an arm.

In reality, not expensive to build, but time consuming.
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Exactly my thoughts. And since this was on the microDolly site I was hoping they would have a rig could achieve this amazing look.

Crafters of Light said:
If you are talking about the view of it "following" just off the left rear (at about 1:07 to 1:10), I noticed you do not see any pavement behind that rear tire. They may have cropped it just to the bumper to take the mount out of frame. This would allow them to mount it under the car in some way.
Click to expand...

+1!
Boncrek said:
I did notice that cropping too. Seems liek it was a frame mounted from underneath the bumper that came up to support the camera. I dont think there's any gyro stabalized cam that can keep sooooo still and close to a moving car without it wavering a bit. Look at it again its definately anchored to the car in some way.
Awesome find BTW
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Right you are Erik! I spoke with some people at MicroDolly who shot the video at the top of this post. He explained hot the shot those scenes at a very slow speed. They were actually still shots using the Hassleblad (hope I spelled that correctly). It was really informative to say the least. But I am trying to buy, or build a rig that could accomplish this effect at higher rates of speed. Any suggestions?
 
looks like you may be able to accomplish the lighting changes and jumps by using a car rig and running the track multiple times at different lighting conditions, and then editing together separate passes from the exact same turn(doesn't have to be the same turn the car just has to be same position as some of the jumps are significantly different from each other). Whether this could be accomplished with road bumps maintaining speed and all the many variables I'm not sure.

I see you are more interested in the rig but seems to be a normal one to me used in a interesting way in the editing room, I could be wrong though(most likely I am the rig may not be normal but whether it is the rig or the technique that makes this what it is I'm not sure).

have fun!
 
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