I have never used a crane / jib before, I wish someone would explain to this total newbie how they work with the camera, and camera person (me). I am having a hard time understanding how the cameraman focuses the camera, sees what is going on through the camera, when the camera is 12 feet away from me. I am looking for a cheap way to do crane shots.
The camera man looks at a monitor that is at the bottom of the crane and dose his work that way. Building your own is the "cheap" way to go but this takes a bit of time and very very very carefull planing. Search on google and you can find some very good blueprints.
"Imperfection equals Realism"
This site should have plenty of instructions on making a jib, along with stabilizers and anything else you may wish to make yourself:
?url? http://homebuiltstabilizers.com/greytipsDIY.htm?/url?
Nice url link, thank you.
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Originally posted by andyc52042
This site should have plenty of instructions on making a jib, along with stabilizers and anything else you may wish to make yourself:
?url? http://homebuiltstabilizers.com/greytipsDIY.htm?/url?
So could I rig a cheap portable DVD player and a long video cable or something from the camera on the end of the crane to near the tripod? Do I have to, or should I buy an expensive TFT HD monitor to use with the crane?
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Originally posted by Henry701
The camera man looks at a monitor that is at the bottom of the crane and dose his work that way. Building your own is the "cheap" way to go but this takes a bit of time and very very very carefull planing. Search on google and you can find some very good blueprints.
You dont need a good quality monitor for that, as long as you can see were the camera is pointing to. I would go for the cheapest way too, its just that thing were you dont need a 50" HD plasma screen.
Have fun building that thing, your gonna get some really awsome shots with that.
"Imperfection equals Realism"
