Wolf Tree

Matt Harris said:
oh look at you mr. steadicam! i'm def coming to visit you so we can shoot something. make sure that mine shaft doesn't go anywhere.
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oh it's not going anywhere, but it's like the Hotel California. "You can check out any time you like..."
 
Matt Harris said:
actaully, can you tell us about how the steadicam works, is it easy to use?
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my favorite thing to shoot with. Poor man's "Full Steadicam" setup. It's a Glidecam 4000 Steady Shooter setup, from I think about 2006. Easy to balance and go all day with relatively light cameras like the FS700 I'm using there. It's a vest, stabilizing arm with adjustable tension springs to make the camera "float", and a Glidecam 4000 basic gimble thingabob camera platform with the counter weights on bottom.

It's simple and easy. I could actually do a lot of the same things without the vest and arm but it gets fatigue sets in sooner. With this I can shoot fast and free all day.
 
And for anyone with a deeper geeky curiosity--the tape was because HDMI connections suck and we didn't have the locking kind of cables to more securely record to the Ninja 2.
 
Elton said:
We used about 6 or 7 lights that were about $35 a piece from Amazon (Neewer) and a large LitePanels LED panel. [..] Was happy that we never needed to fire up a generator.
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1) Good! Thanks for the info!
2) That's always a good thing when you can go "portable" to shoot.
Elton said:
Here I am in "Rebel Without A Crew But That's Good Because He Needs To Exercise" mode.
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Oh! I'm feeling poor with my little setup! ;)
Elton said:
Added new teaser poster on the first page from the talented Mr. Harris!
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Looks nice.
 
Love the new poster (great Job Matt)! I have to second the Glidecam set-up, I have the X-10 and the vest & arm make all the difference, you can go pretty much all day.
...and remember Elton, "If you can't fix it with duct tape or a hammer, it's an electrical problem"!

:shocked:After seeing all these great filmmakers stills and such, I often wonder why I even bother, but it's just too much fun. :love4:
 
ZazaCast said:
Love the new poster (great Job Matt)! I have to second the Glidecam set-up, I have the X-10 and the vest & arm make all the difference, you can go pretty much all day.
...and remember Elton, "If you can't fix it with duct tape or a hammer, it's an electrical problem"!
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"Words of wisdom, Lloyd my man. Words...of...wisdom."
 
ZazaCast said:
Love the new poster (great Job Matt):shocked:After seeing all these great filmmakers stills and such, I often wonder why I even bother, but it's just too much fun. :love4:
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Isn't that the funny thing about frame grabs, though? Can be very misleading, just like trailers. I'm confident I've got something decent, but we'll see if it blends after I chop it.
 
"Wagon Train's a really cool show, but did you notice they never get anywhere? They just keep wagon training."
 
Still looking good. Must be fun shooting in a cave...cold & damp (or at least all the caves in the northeast are)... But fun.
So glad we'll have the films ON Halloween, I'm going to have a little viewing party.
 
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