How do you do the top-down arc shot?

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chlywly

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I've seen this several times, especially in some Wedding films.

If the subject is below, say a ring. The camera is coming in on an arc from above (sliding) and is pointed down at the subject.

Creates instead of a normal slide. A sort of Arc, slide. Like a Half Circle.

Does anyone know what I mean?

I thought that maybe this was done with one of the Manfrotto tripods that has the middle that can come out the go horizontal, but it doesn't produce smooth movement.

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do you have an example?

I don't follow you.

From the description, I'm assuming you mean the camera is dollying and booming at the same time. Either a dolly with a pneumatic arm or a small jib arm. But again, I'm not clear on your description.
 
To help explain it, maybe you can tell us how you know it was without a jib? Because... it sounds like they're just using a jib, unless there's something specific that lets you know they're not, which is what you're asking about.
 
Perhaps they are using the tripod as a pivot - poor man's crane. Line up two legs of the tripod forward and one back and rock the tripod forward on the front two legs. Lock off the pan and free the tilt on the head and use the pan handle to frame the shot. Don't drop it!
 
Yup. And if you have a head on the slider, you can boom and tilt (while sliding), which I bet would give the effect you're talking about (though I'm still not sure what effect it is, exactly... but if you're talking about a jib shot without a jib, that's as close as I can think of)

edit: to give you an idea of how that would work, i actually got a slider a few weeks ago and played around with it, and edited some of the clips together. now this was just me in my apartment, so having two or more people to operate would be a little smoother and longer of a shot, but if you look at about 7 seconds you can see what i'm talking about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH9NTfsLEYg
 
Probably just a monopod (particularly if you're referring to a stillmotion video). You can get some really cool motion arcs by tilting the camera as you move the monopod in an arc towards your subject. You can do some cool dutch angle pseudo-slides too, and some awesome coming into/out of focus effects.
 
Don't know exactly what you are talking about either but perhaps a monopod with feet such as the 561bhdv......with the resisitance at the bottom as well as the head on top you can get some very versatile and smooth movements
 
Most likely a monopod with a video tripod head mounted on top. I do these type of shots that I believe you're describing with a 501HDV screwed to a Manfrotto monopod. Tilt the monopod down and pan up with the head. Great effect.
 
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