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I bought an Easyrig with their new STABIL arm that somewhat negates the up/down movement. I love it and I use it a lot. Especially for concerts, live events and long workshops.

This was well done and super helpful. Thank you.

where is the link for the super clamp

Search for Dib Lutfi, brazilian cinematographer and considered one of the best handheld camera operator of his era 60s to 2000s, legend of Brazilian Cinema Novo movement.

Seeing young Wes and Owen always sends me. They just look like a couple of buddies who want to make films, like you can find in cities all over the world. Knowing where they ended up is almost unreal.

Does anyone know the budget of August 32nd on Earth? I want to see how much it cost for the dream sequences.

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Bradford is truly iconic.

I love how he treats the production of The Room with the same level of seriousness that he does with anything else on this channel😂 Also dang. How this movie even came into existence is kind of a bizarre miracle

11:30 - As an AC I, respectfully, gotta say seeing an Op grab the battery to operate makes me cringe with nervous energy. It's what's powering the whole rig and if something gives way then you're likely to cause the camera to power off incorrectly, possible during a take. I'd never teach someone to operate this way and instead suggest the "tommy gun" style with the hand grips (like you showed just before), moving the pan handle to just behind the battery if on a tripod, or simply attaching a grip to the back beyond the battery. And really the only kind of battery you could get away with this is a 3-pin "gold mount" that locks securely. A V-lock, which is pictured in your video, is much more likely to slip off and therefore an even worse idea as you mentioned.

Always good watching your videos man thank you

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you so much for creating this. It's a significant piece of the puzzle ❤.

SIL, TAL, PB on clap board = means ? can anyone explain. From Indian Film making clap boards

So cool

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I hated the fake motion/camera movement in the show NYPD Blue. It looked so fake.

Gökhan Tiryaki and Sven Nykvist would be nice to see here.

An American Rickshaw!!!

Thank you. I love this channel. I would not like to do this But it s a neccesity. I thought that you used at least two shots lensed by H. Wexler in the video. Im pretty sure of that Sadly neither mr Wexler, nor John Bailey, the Ac on Days of Heaven are alive to explain.

A lot of times you see people using easy-rigs and it's like, why not just use a lighter camera? Not a single television viewer could ever tell the difference between the image of a kitted out Alexa and a post 2016 DSLR. And really, the Ronin 4D replaces all of these insane contraptions.

You crack me up with IBIS being a modern solution. In fact it has been available for camcorder users for 35 years. In-camera stabilization is one of the reasons traditional film cameras gave way to electronic video recording.

Thank you for another outstanding video. Building on the comment of @billem16. Does footage shot with a Cinesaddle or similar device have a distinct look/feel and/or strength/weakness? Or is it simply - as 12:17 would suggest - another element used to reduce shakes, bumps and bounces?

Hard to beat a steadi Cam.

Wheelchair is the poor mans rickshaw, I've used it on one of my films

Best tip of all: Workout. As an camera operator you should be strong and healthy so you can deal with the hard physical work on a shooting. (imagine you're a fat ass and someone must to transport you in rails or wheelchair kinda gear). Don't forget that filmaking is a team work and you should empathize with everyone around.

FACT: If you do not prepare the light and set well and do not compose shots from hero angles, the handheld shot will look super amature like a birthday video shot with camcorder.

perfect timing. gives me some more ideas for a film I'm shooting in August!

I'm going to be contrarian here and just say it: I don't like handheld shots 95% of the time. They are fine for making a specific type of shot, like someone is being chased, or for creating the illusion of being in a crowd and stuff like that. But outside of very specific circumstances, get a tripod, use a steadicam, gimbal, rig it to literally anything and give us a smooth shot. One of my biggest peeves is in some shows when you have, say, two characters talking in a cafe or something, and you can see the cameraman is just swaying the camera all over the place and the handheld makes zero sense and adds nothing. Just put the camera on a tripod! For fucks sake! Hell, even for a fight scene I much prefer a smooth, stabilized shot that lets you see the performers do their stunt work. (Of course, this also means that you have good stunt performers, or the illusion fails.)

Back in my day, the 1980s and early 90s, the use of the SteadiCam revolutionized camera stabilization and quickly became the #1 piece of gear in filmmaking and videography. Created by Garret Brown in 1975, it won many top awards and was desired by every serious camera operator in the business.

The photo of the 80s Moviecams used in the video around 4.05 is actually an image of a set of three lenses that I own, the 28mm, 40mm and 85mm, all on Mitchell BNCR mount. The entire range of Moviecams are just rehoused Olympus Om Zuikos.

How about putting a gimbal on a shoulder rig, a la "The Creator"?

Cool video as always. Thank you.

Damn putting La Chimera on the thumbnail is a great trick to make me click.

What about the cine saddle for us poor people

I heard the best handheld technique is to use a shoulder rig to create more image compression :) (Please fix or take down your crop factor video it has a tonne of misinformation)

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i'm probably the only one who feels dune part two seems off compared to dune part one, particularly in terms of cinematography

Another cool video. Thank you.

Sounds like a pain in the ass lol

Skill of that cinematographers is totally unbelievable. Thx for video.

Nicely done. I will show this to my students for a better explanation of what a gaffer is.

This is dated, and inevitably no longer the case now. RED V-Raptor X has enhanced highlights offering larger dynamic range on a Large Format GLOBAL SHUTTER sensor, and is still small enough for run-and-gun work. It's crazy good with the best post-processing workflow in the business... And doesn't cost a mansion in Hollywood to purchase!

1.25x is much better for this video. He speaks too slowly.

Imagine Christopher Nolan asking Kodak to cut Ektachome in 65mm for his next production.

It is strange to see the comments of viewers being bored. To me, the banality of the drama the Hess family endured was the point. Their trials are miniscule compared with what happens on the other side of the wall. Rudolph saying goodbye to his horse gets more weight than anything in the camp. So, for me, I was never really bored. Its banality is the point. The banality of evil.

One of the few times where a Video Village feels really necessary, even for one as unreasonably old school minded as me. :)

I didn't like Athena at all despite some of its technical marvels. I know why now. The operator must have been chickenshit all the time about having the camera well placed and that made the actors feels a lot more constrained and stiff.

I feel like this video needs a update with the release of challengers