Another teen filmmaker that's smarter than I am...

brianluce · May 21, 2011

Genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW6AWmqa8ZM

Utopia · May 21, 2011

He doesn't understand that the more money you put into a movie the better it will be...

kidding..

insert_cliche_here · May 21, 2011

Wow, really good idea. Thanks for sharing ^_^

USNFilms · May 21, 2011

wow that was good!!!

UnrequitedLaughter · May 22, 2011

Cool idea. Def. Gonna use that.

olivehouse · May 26, 2011

brianluce said:
Genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW6AWmqa8ZM

Amazing. Thanks for the post

cameronchapman · May 31, 2011

Just tried this out with my little Kodak Zi8 and it works awesome. Even hit the leg of the tripod on a table and it was still smooth.

bird · May 31, 2011

Great idea! Thanks for posting, Brian!

Dreadylocks · May 31, 2011

I saw this a long time ago and have been meaning to make one ever since. Now that I've got a real tripod, maybe it's time to take apart my old cheap one.

Thanks

brianluce · May 31, 2011

Dreadylocks said:
I saw this a long time ago and have been meaning to make one ever since. Now that I've got a real tripod, maybe it's time to take apart my old cheap one.

Thanks

Yeah, I'm wondering what the best tripods to use are, my cheapy didn't work because the legs are too stiff. The original merricam is a Sunpak I think. Cameraonchapman used a Kodak Zi8.

movieman1005 · May 31, 2011

Uh, it appears my tripod doesn't have a screw there. The place where that connector thing to the middle is is actually the first black area that hold a part that extends the tripod. Anyone else have this issue or understand what I'm saying? Any possible suggestions?

cameronchapman · Jun 1, 2011

movieman1005 said:
Uh, it appears my tripod doesn't have a screw there. The place where that connector thing to the middle is is actually the first black area that hold a part that extends the tripod. Anyone else have this issue or understand what I'm saying? Any possible suggestions?

Mine was the same way. It had a permanent pin in the leg rather than a screw. So we just took the pin out (used pliers to pinch together the hollow end until it would slide through) and plan on getting a small bolt and nut to replace it with. I used an older cheap tripod (just an RCA camcorder tripod that was about 15 years old), so I wasn't too worried about doing permanent damage to it.