Part 1: The Principle of Panoramic Movement and Selecting Site-Specific...
Today, with technological advances and the arrival on the market of lighter weight HD-DSLR cameras and the Canon Cinema EOS system, everyone is seeking that incredible shot that combines shallow depth...
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Equipment specifically designed for panoramic movements without having to carry the equipment across space. The principle of panoramic movement. 2- Mini Tripods and Monopods Mini Tripods provide...
View ArticlePart 3: How to manage stabilization and movement with light-weight cameras
Equipment dedicated to classic tracking movements. Tracking is often defined as movement parallel to the action, “Dollying” is often defined as moving closer or further away from the action. Optical...
View ArticlePart 4: How to manage stabilization and movement with light-weight cameras
Equipment dedicated to classic tracking movements. Tracking is often defined as movement parallel to the action, “Dollying” is often defined as moving closer or further away from the action. 2 – Dolly...
View ArticlePart 5: Equipment Dedicated to Tracking Movements with Handheld Cameras
Principle of tracking with a handheld camera. The effect created by a tracking shot can also be obtained by manually moving the camera (on the shoulder or with a Steadycam). The idea is to make the...
View ArticlePart 6: Shot Stabilizing Equipment for Tracking Movements with Handheld Cameras
Equipment dedicated to tracking movements with handheld cameras. Principle of tracking with a handheld camera.. 2- Steadycams, a perfectly balanced invention The Steadycam is a shot stabilizer used in...
View ArticlePart 7: How to manage stabilization and movement with light-weight cameras
Equipment dedicated to tracking movements on board with remote setting 1- Mini-Jibs, vertical height and sense of levitation A crane is composed of a base with a boom arm attached : the camera is set...
View ArticlePart 8: How to manage stabilization and movement with light-weight cameras
"Do It Yourself" movement accessories Under the generic "do it yourself" category, there are all of those movements using supports that are designed or adapted in the workshop. In English, the common...
View ArticleManfrotto Follow Focus Product Review – Part One
I received the new manual Manfrotto Follow Focus MVA511FF to test out in a professional filming situation. I had the opportunity of using it in various shoots (outdoors and in the studio) which allowed...
View ArticleManfrotto Follow Focus Product Review – Part Two
Utilisation UseAs made clear since the start of this report, a follow focus has the job of making focusing easier and more precise. In the traditional field of cinematography, focus tracking is the...
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