I needed a jib/crane shot for one of my scenes, and like most indie film makers, my budget was somewhere below $0. So, I took it upon myself to fashion something that suit my needs.
After about 2 hours of planning and rummaging around my garage, I came up with this:
A little shawdy, but it does the trick. I didn't have to buy one thing to make this, it was all laying around my garage. It works wel with a little practice.
(P.S. at the time these photos were taken, I still wasn't confident enough to stick my XL1 on the end of it, so I stuck an old broken camera on there for testing purposes.
Let me know what you think.
Im Zach and im an independant film maker.
I would think the camera and weight might rock a bit, is that the case? If not very nicely done.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
In this prototype, it does a bit if you move too fast or jerky it does, but I believe that if I were to lengthen the piece the weight is attached to, it wouldn't move much at all. Also, there is a greased up rubber washer between the two pieces (at the point of rotation). That makes it fairly steady, but it does take practice.
Im Zach and im an independant film maker.
Im Zach and im an independant film maker.
Seems to me you are right about increasing the length of the pipe holding the weight. Your only restriction then is that the camera will always be parallel to the ground. You might want to consider attaching a rope to the weight, that way you could pull the weight towards the pole a bit and the camera would aim downwards. Then as you lower the jib you let out the rope a bit and the camera could possibly stay aimed at the same target.
Just a thought, and a tricky one at that, but it seems doable with your rig and should be easy enough to try.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
i dont' know about the rig, but your shirt makes you look like that guy from "blue's clues". that in and of itself is awesome.
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