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Can you add 2 transmitters to one Receiver? I have 2 cameras and I want both on my directors screen?

Freakin awesome, thanks!

Is there a specific reason for using a wheel instead of a crank when pulling focus? Surely a small crank attached to the centre of the wheel would allow an infinite degree of turn without compromising comfort/positioning of the hand or the smoothness of the pull?

Assassins Creed training?

Thanks for this video. what's the name of the umbrella you used? is it silver outside?

Thanks for the great coverage!

Terrific video really appreciate the explanation and the breakdown of how different people on the set fall into different areas. I am currently trying to get enough hour as a stills photographer to join my local 600 in Ontario Canada and would love any advice on how to find non union jobs that fit the requirements. thanks!

Thank you for this video! So little general info out there about unions for people coming into the industry! I thought I’d add some info for Canadians watching this video; in Southern Ontario we have the DGC, IATSE and NABET. The DGC is the same as the DGA but also covers accountants, production managers, production designers and Set PAs. A Set PA is part of the Assistant Directors department and not Production- despite the name. There is no real Producer’s Guild in Canada that I know of, producers might be PGA coming up North or Non Union. IATSE local 873 covers most departments including Hair/ Makeup, Costume, Props, Art, Transport, Grips & Electrics. IATSE 667 is Camera - Cinematographers, 1st/2nd ACs, Trainees etc. IA 411 is production coordinators and craft (I find it confusing that managers and coordinators aren’t in the same union), I’ve been told that if you join one IA local it is relatively easy to switch to another local. NABET I do not know too much about however, someone I talked to recently mentioned that IATSE members cannot work on NABET productions. Unions typically have a sort of apprenticeship/ trainee program for those who do not have enough experience to join as member (worth checking out!). There are non union roles on Union productions, sustainability, office PAs and director/producer’s assistants are all non union so if you have a good enough amount of experience you can get on a netflix show as an office PA (also a way to join IATSE 411 as they would give you a permit once working a certain number of days as an office PA on a union production). Commercials are non union but I typically meet quite a few DGC and IATSE members on them, rates are determined by the ACCP which almost acts as a union. Always good to answer questions if anyone has any!

I always teach my 2nds who are interested in becoming 1sts to learn on a manual follow focus whenever you can. Even if you wind up using a wireless system for your entire professional career, being attached to the camera, feeling all of its subtle movements, and being right there and ready to whip your tape measure or laser out to grab distance marks builds much stronger muscle memory than relying entirely on the monitor. And sometimes wireless signals fail, and you have to be ready to pull focus on your instinct to guess distance. I also like to set marks for landmarks on a set, furniture, doorways, you get the idea. This is especially useful on longer lenses, where you may not have any frame of reference for where the subject is in relation to the rest of the environment.

informative n important stuff you had . Thanks for the video, now I have my idea of film unions and the process of joining clearer than before.

Great content but links to the items would be helpful. 8-)

ty for this i recently got an acting offer i will follow these protocols

great interview. would like to see more 😊

Where is this?

Never use canned air no matter what. Use a Nitecore BB21.

When you were talking about working a seventh day I thought of the film Unforgiven. The final scenes were shot in a 36 hour marathon with a single break for sleep because of an approaching blizzard. Apparently the studio wasn't informed to subvert the MP

Thanks legend, very informative input!

Did you do the training series yet? ANd if so where can i find it?

The focus breathing on that lens is crazy

Wow, nice job putting this together. You presented alot of great techniques to think about. For my last film, my camera operator was always moving and used a gimbal or a steady-cam for 90% of his shots. Sometimes the actors would add some improvisation. I'm cool with that, as it can add another layer of realism. The camera operator was changing focus with those shots by touching the eyes of the speaking actor on the camera touch screen. Most of the film was shot that way and we won a few awards for cinematography. I imagine this technique would be really hard for a focus puller that has to focus on the fly. That said, I have a soft spot in my heart for focus pullers as my first few features always had dedicated focus pullers. That said, those films took a lot longer to film than more my more recents projects.

small monitor!

This video is very helpful. Answered almost all the questions I've, I'd love to see the Focus puller series

why there is not two different operator in camera team, one touch the camera and second who only focus focus puller work. Because if you 1 camera assist do both work it takes time to training in focus puller work.

Hello, I've going to school for stage craft. And I'm studying the light board. I want to join the local,. I have a job as an usher at my current school at a college. With experience with that and more lightboard classes, will the local accept me even though I'm a high school dropout at 11th grade? Is my high school graduation a requirement?

Thank you for the video. Is really helping for those that are beginning or already use focus pulling. I've noticed that the focus peaking in general is not quite reliable when camera is moving or the subject is moving, so my question is how do you deal with action shots without peaking. Sharpness is a good alternative, but how do they do it on large productions sets ?

Thanks for the video! For car stuff which system you think suits better for really long distances?

I worked in a convention center in Huntsville Al where atse threatened me as did the production department Lynn broad when it has been open sincev1975 apparently workers who aren't union aren't supposed to sau anything to them. So apparently I was financially exploited for twi years apparently from 2016-2018 when the center has been open since 1975 si apparently from 1975 apparently I'm the only one who had conversations in tye entire building apparently during those years. I inoy worked there two years out of how many? Is it legal for atse or associates of atse to assault me twice if I was in another department? At the center? I was assaulted three years after working there. Possibly by associates of labor finders Randstad or ex von Braun center Huntsville employees.

Great stuff brother !

where did you get the lens wrap from?

You can tell this guy works on tons of sets just from the fact that he has La Croix on the cart. Only filmmakers actually enjoy that nasty drink 😂

Great tips mate! Really helpful. CAn you tell me why you prefer TVlogic over SmallHD?

I'm a PA right now and I keep a little small first aide kit, hand sanitizer, tissues, breathe spray, plus the stuff you suggested. On my first job, for whatever reason, I brought a clapperboard. Surprisingly, the director forgot her clapperboard! It was super cool that I pulled mine out. The looks I got from the crew were awesome that day. (Brownie points!) From then on, my magic bag was referred to as "The Mary Poppins Bag" because I have the most random, yet somehow useful stuff in it. Hairspray anybody? Hand warmers? c-47's? Lotion? Sunblock? Bug spray? Lens cloth? Extra ponchos (from dollar store) I got 'em. LOL.

FYI - IATSE 873 reps transportation.

That would be a very nice ad. It sticks in the mind.

is there a game for focus pullers ?

Hi Leonard, loving the content! Could you say which dovetail plate you're using?

I just found your channel and I’m loving your content. There’s so much to learn about the business of being a freelancer. There’s enough content about cameras and lighting, but there’s not enough people talking about the money. Thank you for doing what you’re doing. Excuse me while I file my weekly claim.

Top notch, on point, clear and useful advice for anyone starting. (From a ‘been there done that’ guy)

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I TOTALLY touched that monitor. The label just made things too tempting. 😉

Friend, tell me, I want to film a moving person entering a restaurant. The tilta m has handles for controlling the focusing motors. Is it possible to control the focus movement while moving? Is it generally possible for a single operator, carrying a camera and holding it by the focus control knobs, to twist his wheel and control the focus or is it very difficult? Is it possible to control focus without measuring distances but by controlling it based on the image on the monitor? Or is it necessary to have a monitor with a backlit focusing part like yours?

Hey love your content! I hope you’re well. Keep making more for us please!

The last job I got was as a 1st AC/grip/spark. It was my big break but I got a cold from the reece and gear check. Did my best on that shoot, everything went smoothly but it was a terrible look coz I was always blowing my nose or sneezing. I could tell people weren’t too happy with that.

The last job I got was as a 1st AC/grip/spark. It was my big break but I got a cold from the reece and gear check. Did my best on that shoot, everything went smoothly but it was a terrible look coz I was always blowing my nose or sneezing. I could tell people weren’t too happy with that.

I finished high school in 2019 and did nothing, wasn't able to enter college and then there was the pandemic and everything, so I already lost a few years of my life. But I thought a lot about how I should plan the next years, and film school really seems like the safest path possible. It's four years of experiences and making contacts. Trying another way is kind of an insane move when you're poor and live in my country lol.

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Baltic Countries, EU: Key-grip - 260EUR BB grip - 190EUR Grip-assi - 160EUR

some decent tips - i have a few to add: if possible apply a lut to your monitor, or at the very least increase the contrast if your monitor doesnt have any luts loaded. you dont ever really want to be pulling from log, as it can be kind of hard to tell if certain details are in focus. rather than using muscle memory to help with quick racks, i use my fingers as my marks. it can be uncomfortable, but its far more effective than “remembering” how my hands were positioned at each mark. you absolutely must mark the focus distances on your rings, if at all possible. you wont have time to do so each time you swap a lens, and hopefully you have rings to spare where you can mark each ring for each lens. if not, get a strip of tape that is cut to the exact length to cover the diameter of the ring, and line the ends up so that you can place the tape back over the ring in the exact same position, and rack through the entire focus throw, marking the distances on the lens on the strip of tape. when you swing a lens, swap the tape with the corresponding distance marks. as you get more experience focus pulling, you will be able to judge talent distance and use your intuition of how far the subject is to check your focus by seeing if it matches up with where you are distance wise on the lens. that way also if your monitor is acting up you arent up a creek with no possible way of focusing.