TV Show Drive; How can shots like these be achieved?

[Paulus]

It's the camera locked to car shot at 2:55;

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvdtFNz0Wk&feature=related

There was a similar shot in Dawn of the Dead (2004) but here you can see the car totally. How is this achieved? Is there a special name for shots like these?

 

[Tim Joy]

I'm pretty sure they attach a giant steel arm to the frame of the car, and stick the camera on that. Then, in post, they erase the parts of the arm that are visible.

I've seen some of these contraptions that they use on car commercials. Pretty cool.

 

[Tom Wills]

Those shots are made with a crane mounted to the roof of the car, and then the crane is painted out in post-production.

Possibly something like this: (found on Crewpix.com) http://www.crewpix.com/gallery2/v/StuntsFX/Radial+Rig_BMW+side+view.jpg.html

 

[Paulus]

Thanks! I always thought the crane was attached at the bottom of the car, I guess not! Do any of you know how much a crane like that costs?

 

[Glen Gustafson]

The term is "rig removal". You'd be surprised how often it's necessary....

 

[Tom Wills]

Thanks! I always thought the crane was attached at the bottom of the car, I guess not! Do any of you know how much a crane like that costs?

Well, I'm sure there are some that attach to the frame of the car directly. I believe that this kind requires extensive modification of the car - probably to tie it into the frame somewhere.

 

[Paulus]

The term is "rig removal". You'd be surprised how often it's necessary....

Google is my friend! Thanks! :thumbsup:

What I'd like to know is, is there a cheap(er) way of doing the whole rigging system?

 

[emretufekci]

Google: Russian Arm

 

[hoarp001]

Pursuit Systems do this crazy carbon fiber rig that sitcks out a looong way from the back of the car...

http://www.pursuitsystems.com/r1.html

 

[CreativeFilm]

Could be Go Mobile aswell, its the rig they used in Bourne Supremacy which has some of the best car chases i've seen.

 

[Paulus]

Thanks guys but does anyone know if a 'budget' version can be made?

 

[NinjaVsPenguin]

I've been looking into the "Gripper"

http://www.filmtools.com/gripsuccupca.html

It's essentially a massive suction cup that you can stick to cars. They have varying sizes for different cameras and weights.

I don't have one, so I don't know how good it is in practice.

 

[Paulus]

Those look good but I'm looking for a mount that can film a few feet from the car like shown in my first post.

 

[funkco]

Drive tow rig removal

Drive tow rig removal

If this is the (2 shots) I'm thinking of, I did them. The car was shot on the road with a tow rig under the car.
The actors were shot in a half car with a windshield ion greenscreen.
It took a few days of comp work to restore/rebuild the road under the car/remove the tow rig.
Because the car and camera were always locked together it was possible to add in the actors
with a minimum of fuss.
Some comp problems were generated by the tow rig plate being scaled and repo'd by a junior before I started on the shot. This meant that the the GS palte din't line up as wellas it should have at the end of the day.
My question is, what is the episode that is from?
I'm trying to get the shots from the facility I was working at, but it's been a few years now and I can't remember what the episode name or number is, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, B