studiomaxer3d
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has anyone ever used a wheel chair as a dolly? does it work well?
wheel chair dolly
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HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Re: wheel chair dolly
I used to use one for a dolly, but it only really works on extremely smooth surfaces.
I used to use one for a dolly, but it only really works on extremely smooth surfaces.
235 Studios
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Re: wheel chair dolly
If that is what you have access to, and you've got a smooth surface, then use it. You would be in good company - if you watch the movie El Mariachi all of the dolly moves are done with a wheel chair - so you would be in good company.
If that is what you have access to, and you've got a smooth surface, then use it. You would be in good company - if you watch the movie El Mariachi all of the dolly moves are done with a wheel chair - so you would be in good company.
HorseFilms
Look ma no hands
Re: wheel chair dolly
For The Evil Dead, Raimi used one. For rougher terrain, they put down plywood and dollied across that.
For The Evil Dead, Raimi used one. For rougher terrain, they put down plywood and dollied across that.
Re: wheel chair dolly
If you put a large bean bag in the wheel chair and strap the DVX to the top, it's like a CINESADDLE that absorbs the bumps and gets the camera up around chest level. Looks funny but is smooth.
Also tried a cardboardbox or two stacked in the wheelchair with the DVX on top strapped to a CINESADDLE or any other mini bean bag. Not to shabby.
Yes I sometimes have too much free time.
If you put a large bean bag in the wheel chair and strap the DVX to the top, it's like a CINESADDLE that absorbs the bumps and gets the camera up around chest level. Looks funny but is smooth.
Also tried a cardboardbox or two stacked in the wheelchair with the DVX on top strapped to a CINESADDLE or any other mini bean bag. Not to shabby.
Yes I sometimes have too much free time.
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Well-known member
Re: wheel chair dolly
I used one on my short film, Those Sneaky Devils! Some people have told me that shot was their favorite/ funniest part of the movie. I just sat in the wheelchair and propped the camera up on a totally compressed monopod. I called action and my soundrecordist (it was an MOS shot) pushed me through the course. It was a ceramic tile floor, but you cannot see the "bumps" in the final shot, it was really smooth. I plan to keep the wheelchair just in case, even though I have a real dolly with track now. You never know.
I used one on my short film, Those Sneaky Devils! Some people have told me that shot was their favorite/ funniest part of the movie. I just sat in the wheelchair and propped the camera up on a totally compressed monopod. I called action and my soundrecordist (it was an MOS shot) pushed me through the course. It was a ceramic tile floor, but you cannot see the "bumps" in the final shot, it was really smooth. I plan to keep the wheelchair just in case, even though I have a real dolly with track now. You never know.
go watch El Mariachi. They used a wheelchair for a dolly alot in that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/
monte
Bag of Douche
I used one with 30 lbs of cement in the seat in an art gallery here in Minnesota once, and just took a 3x4, clamped it to the armrests, drilled a hole through the wood and attached a camera head to one side
It was a little bumpy even though the floor was super super smooth and even, would've helped if I was in the chair with a monopod or some such nonsense, and it would of helped if the camera itself wasn't a little shitebox (canon zr60) versus something with a weight to it.
It was a little bumpy even though the floor was super super smooth and even, would've helped if I was in the chair with a monopod or some such nonsense, and it would of helped if the camera itself wasn't a little shitebox (canon zr60) versus something with a weight to it.
