I’ve got a job coming up where we are trying to use teradek 500 and 1000 with each other. Have any of you done this before? I don’t have access to test before our prep day but I don’t want to scramble last minute. thanks!
Monitors have become a standard tool for pulling focus. However sometimes any equipment can fail, but you still need to make sure to get the job done. What are your 10 tips and tricks of how to keep it sharp, even without a monitor? How do you train to judge the distance? Share your tips and tricks with the community:
another tip... Mental Mapping Meditation... Once you know the shot, or in our time of improv, the approximate shot, rehearse it in your mind, preferably while moving your hand to hit those approximate marks. If I am on a WCU 4, I will put the focus on LOCK and do this with the focus wheel/knob.
10 things for desert shoots cameraassistant conditions desert extreme shooting By Fabio on 3/2/20, 2:11 PM • 492 views Hi all, I've just returned from a 4 week shooting in the Maroccan desert and since it was my first time in such an extreme environment, I found out a lot of things during the journey, but I feel I'm still missing a lot so this thread wants to be more a shout out to fellow focus pullers that are more experienced in this particular kind of shooting. Here's my 10-thing-list, curious about yours! 1- AIR! It's really incredible the amount of dust that sticks to the gear each and every day, even doring takes. So, air in all its forms is crucial. Make sure your camera truck has a compressor and that in occasion it will be able to power it even if the big genny is away. A small 5Kw genny is…
I would add these comments as I faced that a few times, in deserts, not Morocco but Namibia, Gobi, Atacama ...
1- sand storms: you might be looked liker a fool but take a DIVING MASK... water proof is sand proof and there is nothing better once the sand storm approaches and you are trapped in there. NO other choice to keep your eyes open (not to shoot because once you are in you won't see a damend think further than a your arm... but to pack your gear and protect yourself if you had no time to make it happen earlier on or if you HAD/HAVE to shoot the storm approaching and blasting at you...
and a snorkel which you fill with cotton damped with water ... again you 'd look stupid but then. you ca breath !
actually all this is also valid ids you shoot INSIDE hurricanes ... I shot several Cat 1-4 hurricanes ... deep into them ... and the wind blasting a mix of sand, salted water and dust is HORIZONTAL ... so your angle of vision is not over 45° (the angle you are already bending because you have to counterbalance to those fierce winds with your own body ... no any other glasses or breathing methods are possible....
another VERY important trick when you shoot in sandy deserts and dunes ... guess what ?...your tripod levelling ... legs into sand keep sinking, you can't use any spreader ... user a system called (back last century) the "matman"... it's triangle of very strong material (like cordura or plastic sheet) which you cut the size of your usual spreader or even wider (like your spreader fully open) and get pouches at each corner to link and strap to your tripod legs ... then you have a bigger ground surface and the tripod stops sinking in the sand ... same as the snow shoes ... simple
10 crucial things on long takes
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By Fabio
on 4/5/19, 9:21 AM • 781 views
Long takes
One of the tricky parts of our craft are long takes or one take shots. There, a little mistake can screw the whole take and force to repeat from the top, so you definitely don’t want to be responsible for that. Here are my tips for this kind of situations.
battery and card: probably is not even worth saying BUT, since sometimes we are a bit overwhelmed with all the rest is always better to double check. Also, keep in mind that the director could prefer to retake from the beginning at any moment WITHOUT cutting, so if you want my two cents, have always a 50% extra on your card, just in case. The take is lasting ten minutes? Unless you have 15 on your card... reload! Same goes for…
Thanks for the help! What do you recommend?