Perfect tilting and panning.

Started by prophet, February 27, 2004, 09:17:00 PM

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prophet

February 27, 2004, 09:17:00 PM
How do you they get the camera movements so perfect whena  actor goes a direction the camera follow like its aiming at him its like it knows where hes going. e.g:when denzel is shooting the basketball in the credits "He Got Game" the cameras follows him really quick and it stops. starts stops follows the balls and stops right were he is.

how can you control that thing so well?


and even if you dont have that how does the camera stay so stable when they are moving it by hand?

We gonna do a little Q&A Mr. Worley, and at the risk of sounding redundant please... make your answers Genuine...

metroshane

#1
February 27, 2004, 09:39:29 PM
One contributing factor is the weight of the camera and appliances.  It's not like moving a camcorder.  Secondly, they are professionals...they spend time perfecting it.
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Ghostboy

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February 27, 2004, 09:42:43 PM
Also, on any good gear head like the ones you pictured, you can adjust the resistance, which helps immensely.

Pedro

#3
February 27, 2004, 10:34:13 PM
an awesome head on a tripod. thats how.

Recce

#4
February 28, 2004, 09:42:28 AM
Plus, on 'handheld' stuff, they have steadycams, which ties the camera to the cinematographers body, as opposed to trying to hold the weight with jsut your arms and shoulders...so I've been told.
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prophet

#5
February 28, 2004, 07:29:23 PM
ahah i know all about the steadicams i tryed to build one im talking about they type of hand controled one thats the 2nd image.
We gonna do a little Q&A Mr. Worley, and at the risk of sounding redundant please... make your answers Genuine...

Recce

#6
February 28, 2004, 10:26:17 PM
Quote from: prophetahah i know all about the steadicams i tryed to build one im talking about they type of hand controled one thats the 2nd image.

Oh, sorry. I actually jsut recently found out how steadycams work (that's right, I've been living under a rock) so I was a bit anxious to show off the knowledge.
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Ghostboy

#7
February 29, 2004, 02:46:13 AM
Both of the heads in those two pictures are hand controlled; one just offers more control than the other.

prophet

#8
February 29, 2004, 05:38:55 PM
well one you only use your wrists the other you use your sholder to move.

but yeah you can build your down steadicam at home you just need to know what parts to buy and the springs are important too you can probably make one for around 600 bux. (vs 60,000)
We gonna do a little Q&A Mr. Worley, and at the risk of sounding redundant please... make your answers Genuine...

SoNowThen

#9
February 29, 2004, 06:21:52 PM
Quote from: prophetwell one you only use your wrists the other you use your sholder to move.

but yeah you can build your down steadicam at home you just need to know what parts to buy and the springs are important too you can probably make one for around 600 bux. (vs 60,000)

Please post instructions. The old $15 home-made steadicam just ain't gonna do the trick...
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metroshane

#10
February 29, 2004, 06:43:00 PM
From what I understand the steadicam patent has run out so prices should come down soon.

Go here and read the patents...then make your own.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=steadicam&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=ptxt
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metroshane

#11
February 29, 2004, 06:44:28 PM
We live in an age that reads too much to be intelligent and thinks too much to be beautiful.

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#12
March 03, 2004, 11:24:30 AM
how does a patent "run out"?
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March 03, 2004, 02:07:20 PM
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