Video Test of Woodturning Lathe

marlenedegrood

marlenedegrood

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I've been doing some test footage of what I think could be some of the more difficults shoots in the upcoming doc I'll be doing. This is close to home...out my backdoor in my own woodshop. This is my friend doing some woodturning. My shop is really small and full of equipment so a tripod is out of the question. I did this test today, all handheld at 1/500 wide open so I could see the chips flying but what is most noticable in the side shots is that the high speed lathe appears to be barely moving and I think this is a resulf of using a fast shutter speed....hmmmmm....what to do. Anyway I'm open to all suggestions, technical and creatively. The end product of this particular segment will only be about 5 minutes including a chat with Lea (the woodturner) about her art.

http://www.stickypod.com/stickypod_upload/uploads/TheShop.mov

Thanks,
Marlene
 
matt s. said:
beautiful footage marlene! i loved the wood chips. is she wearing a back pack vac?
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There's a big vac running (you may notice the hose for it in the video) but it's a respirator she's wearing to give her clean air so she's not breathing in the dust, trust me it's nasty....my DVX was covered, so I would be wise to wrap the DVX in plastic. She's also wearing a battery pack for the respirator. Looks kinda alien spacey huh? And thanks....I don't want to lose the woodchips, I'll try a test at a slower shutter speed but I'm guessing I'll go with the high shutter speed and sacrifice the stop action on the fast moving lathe.

Marlene
 
"all handheld"

"all handheld"

Hey Marlene,

Really nice work. You did such a great job with the limited space. With that limitation, I'm not sure if you could do either, but a bit higher ots shot or one looking down on the lathe might be interesting . Probably not practical. Just an idea.

The shots were well composed, especially the cu of the hand and the lathe at 1:20 to the end. The flyiing chips were great.

So many people need to watch this to see how handheld should be done. Smooth.

Great job!
 
Thanks Brian
Yes...I am going to try an elevated ots shot. Looking down the lathe is a great idea that I may try if I feel ambitious enough to move a very heavy and loaded tool chest out of the way that sits on the end of the lathe. The other option might be to set the DVX on the end of the lathe and then pray. I've always tended to use my camera equipment in what same may say is a bit abusive. We once dug a hole in the ground, put an Arri in it, then a piece of plexiglass over the hole opening, ran remote cable from it and then shot a air to ground bombing of a fighter jet sitting on the ground about 100 feet from the camera. The plexiglass got covered with debris but we still got some great footage even through the plexiglass..... so what's a few projectile wood chips.

Thanks for your opinion!

Marlene
 
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