Rally Race Tips
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puredrifting
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Hi:
Wow, Rally is probably the most challenging of all motorsports to shoot effectively. I guess a question is, are you trying to cover one team/car or the whole race?
When channels like ESPN or ABC Sports cover a Rally race, they cover it with 30 to 60 cameras. They have multiple helicopters all with Gyro mounts. They have microwave RF video going all over the place. Once we find out what you are trying to cover, we could then come up with a plan of action. You will need lots of crew and lots of money to really cover a Rally race well.
As far as car mounts, internal or extrenal? Or both? I produced a Drifting documentary in 2004, we shot most of our events with 6-8 cameras and two to three crews. Adding a crane or jib arm of 20-30' long adds a lot of production value. You can get a 30' arm with most mounts and the operator for about $1,200.00 per day, it's well worth it. There are some new cheap 720P digital cameras available from www.aiptek.com at really low costs but unfortunately, there is not an easy way to get a wide angle lens on these little cams. For camera mounts, each camera definitely needs either a wide angle lens or a fisheye lens, a normal field of view won't work on a car mounted cam, it's way too narrow.
Post a LOT more details and we can work out something. If I were covering an entire one day Rally event the way it should be done, you would be looking at a minimum of $30,000.00 to $50,000.00 to do it right. You need lots of cameras and lots of crews. You need technicians whose function is to mount, secure and deal with the tapes, cards or batteries for multiple car mounted cameras. Car mounted cameras eat up a lot of time to mess with, I learned that during my doc.
All the best,
Dan
Wow, Rally is probably the most challenging of all motorsports to shoot effectively. I guess a question is, are you trying to cover one team/car or the whole race?
When channels like ESPN or ABC Sports cover a Rally race, they cover it with 30 to 60 cameras. They have multiple helicopters all with Gyro mounts. They have microwave RF video going all over the place. Once we find out what you are trying to cover, we could then come up with a plan of action. You will need lots of crew and lots of money to really cover a Rally race well.
As far as car mounts, internal or extrenal? Or both? I produced a Drifting documentary in 2004, we shot most of our events with 6-8 cameras and two to three crews. Adding a crane or jib arm of 20-30' long adds a lot of production value. You can get a 30' arm with most mounts and the operator for about $1,200.00 per day, it's well worth it. There are some new cheap 720P digital cameras available from www.aiptek.com at really low costs but unfortunately, there is not an easy way to get a wide angle lens on these little cams. For camera mounts, each camera definitely needs either a wide angle lens or a fisheye lens, a normal field of view won't work on a car mounted cam, it's way too narrow.
Post a LOT more details and we can work out something. If I were covering an entire one day Rally event the way it should be done, you would be looking at a minimum of $30,000.00 to $50,000.00 to do it right. You need lots of cameras and lots of crews. You need technicians whose function is to mount, secure and deal with the tapes, cards or batteries for multiple car mounted cameras. Car mounted cameras eat up a lot of time to mess with, I learned that during my doc.
All the best,
Dan