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Trailer - light stand as a jib. · February 15th, 2011, 08:07 PM

I wanted to get some new movements out there on my videos. I used one of my light stands with a head on top and used it as a camera jib. I was pretty impressed with how fluid the motion was (for just being a light stand). Not sure if this is an old trick or not... But I thought it was cool. Oh well
Steve

Michael Simons · February 16th, 2011, 07:27 PM

really nice work. great camera movements.

Ken Diewert · February 17th, 2011, 12:03 AM

very nice work Steve. How about a behind the scenes shot of your jib/stand

Stephen J. Williams · February 17th, 2011, 09:54 PM

Thanks for checking it out... Ken, the setup is a little ridiculous looking... but really easy. all you need is a way to mount your camera to the top (head), piece of an shirt (and a little bit of wd-40 seemed to help). Hoist your camera to the top, wrap the shirt around the base of the third tier**, loosed the locking nut, and let gravity do the rest.

Also depending on where the center of gravity is for your camera you'll get a slight slow turn on the way down. For me if it's front end heavy it'll turn left, and visa versa.

** put one wrap around the pole, and grab the two ends with your hands.. pull to create the tension to set the drag thats needed.

Steve

Susanto Widjaja · February 22nd, 2011, 08:30 PM

lol! this is great stuff steven! I would never thought of using light stand and a piece of clothing can turn into a nice fluid jib! You are super creative and innovative!

too bad it can only come down :P

Stephen J. Williams · February 23rd, 2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Susanto Widjaja

lol! this is great stuff steven! I would never thought of using light stand and a piece of clothing can turn into a nice fluid jib! You are super creative and innovative!

too bad it can only come down :P

Lol... Thanks Santo.. This is a great compliment coming from you. I guess a little work in post and you could make it go up :-)

February 17th, 2011, 12:03 AM	#3
Ken Diewert Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 1,200	very nice work Steve. How about a behind the scenes shot of your jib/stand __________________ C100, 5DMk2, FCPX

February 22nd, 2011, 08:30 PM	#5
Susanto Widjaja Major Player Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 622	Re: Trailer - light stand as a jib. lol! this is great stuff steven! I would never thought of using light stand and a piece of clothing can turn into a nice fluid jib! You are super creative and innovative! too bad it can only come down :P __________________ If a picture is worth a thousand words, what about motion picture? website: www.papercranes.com.au \| blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net

February 16th, 2011, 07:27 PM	#2
Michael Simons Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Red Bank, NJ Posts: 553	really nice work. great camera movements.

February 17th, 2011, 09:54 PM	#4
Stephen J. Williams Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 768	Thanks for checking it out... Ken, the setup is a little ridiculous looking... but really easy. all you need is a way to mount your camera to the top (head), piece of an shirt (and a little bit of wd-40 seemed to help). Hoist your camera to the top, wrap the shirt around the base of the third tier, loosed the locking nut, and let gravity do the rest. Also depending on where the center of gravity is for your camera you'll get a slight slow turn on the way down. For me if it's front end heavy it'll turn left, and visa versa. put one wrap around the pole, and grab the two ends with your hands.. pull to create the tension to set the drag thats needed. Steve