Deuceofspades
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INDIE DOLLY TEST FOOTAGE IS UPLOADED !!
Got my PC back and last night I was able to view and quickly edit my Indie Dolly test footage (at long last).
Basically this footage was done in the warehouse of Indie Dolly headquarter's in Burbank, I rolled camera as I tried different things, like pushing and pulling and reframing, crabbing slow and fast, left to rigth and right to left, also tried crabbing and stopping into a tight shot on girl's face. I then tried more ambitious moves such as rotating while crabbing... I had never used or been on a dolly before.
You will notice most of the shots are tentative since neither me nor my friend who pushed the dolly knew what we were doing. But you will also notice that despite all, the footage looks gracious, artistic and has a certain beauty to it. The first shot was shaky, but when I tried it again pulling back it looked a lot smoother (my reframing while pulling away - see end of the girl section). So it looks like with a bit of practice one gets better fast...
I also added at the end some footage done after I bought the dolly when I took it to the DVXuser meet in LA, a day later. Those shots (with French/American actor Daniel Lafitte in them) were done with just me pushing or pulling dolly and the last shots (reflection of Daniel in glass door) were also done alone by pushing or pulling the dolly and reframing at the same time, with no help from anyone. You will notice those shots are not perfect, but considering how I did them, it is a wonder they came out as good as they did.
MODELS: Lisa of Indie Dolly and Daniel Lafitte (Daniel is available for music videos, commercials, shorts and films if any of the local Los Angeles filmmakers are interested in using him, PM me. He is very reliable, dedicated and currently looking for exposure so he will probably donate his time for the right film or short project - he speaks fluent english and French - as well as German).
MUSIC: Jai Uttal (www.jaiuttal.com)
SEE THE FOOTAGE HERE:
1. best version: http://www.bettatalk.com/dvxuser.htm
2. faster but crappy res version (in case above will not play for you ) http://www.dailymotion.com/FaithGranger/video/6534679
Got my PC back and last night I was able to view and quickly edit my Indie Dolly test footage (at long last).
Basically this footage was done in the warehouse of Indie Dolly headquarter's in Burbank, I rolled camera as I tried different things, like pushing and pulling and reframing, crabbing slow and fast, left to rigth and right to left, also tried crabbing and stopping into a tight shot on girl's face. I then tried more ambitious moves such as rotating while crabbing... I had never used or been on a dolly before.
You will notice most of the shots are tentative since neither me nor my friend who pushed the dolly knew what we were doing. But you will also notice that despite all, the footage looks gracious, artistic and has a certain beauty to it. The first shot was shaky, but when I tried it again pulling back it looked a lot smoother (my reframing while pulling away - see end of the girl section). So it looks like with a bit of practice one gets better fast...
I also added at the end some footage done after I bought the dolly when I took it to the DVXuser meet in LA, a day later. Those shots (with French/American actor Daniel Lafitte in them) were done with just me pushing or pulling dolly and the last shots (reflection of Daniel in glass door) were also done alone by pushing or pulling the dolly and reframing at the same time, with no help from anyone. You will notice those shots are not perfect, but considering how I did them, it is a wonder they came out as good as they did.
MODELS: Lisa of Indie Dolly and Daniel Lafitte (Daniel is available for music videos, commercials, shorts and films if any of the local Los Angeles filmmakers are interested in using him, PM me. He is very reliable, dedicated and currently looking for exposure so he will probably donate his time for the right film or short project - he speaks fluent english and French - as well as German).
MUSIC: Jai Uttal (www.jaiuttal.com)
SEE THE FOOTAGE HERE:
1. best version: http://www.bettatalk.com/dvxuser.htm
2. faster but crappy res version (in case above will not play for you ) http://www.dailymotion.com/FaithGranger/video/6534679
