Birds eye camera view straight down from roof to floor

[marqus]

Does anyone know if a camera crane would allow me to move a camera from near the roof straight down to near the floor. I need it to go straight down. If a camera crane will not work, does anyone know an option to do this as stable as possible? I am not sure if doing it by hand would be stable enough.

 

[Quality]

If you want to go on a platform and look over with a shoulder stabilizer then be careful. But a camera crane is normally 360 and rotates directly down. Or, you can use a drone and set the camera pointing down.

 

[Filman]

Why don't you shoot this in the bedroom and use your girlfriend's dance pole?

 

[Quality]

That works too.

 

[directorik]

Does anyone know if a camera crane would allow me to move a camera from near the roof straight down to near the floor. I need it to go straight down. If a camera crane will not work, does anyone know an option to do this as stable as possible? I am not sure if doing it by hand would be stable enough.

Yes, there are camera cranes that will allow you to get this shot.
Contact JibTek in Las Vegas. They have everything.

 

[marqus]

The drone thing may work as long as there are no papers in the background. Kind of needed to get closer to the floor but maybe I can do that part by hand somehow. Would it be easy to merge the last 4" or so of footage going all the way to the floor with the footage from the drone without it looking like the camera blinked?

I'll ask my daughter and girlfriend if I can use her stripper pole, speaking of which, I can probably use my own for the last 4" if I go the drone route.

 

[Quality]

You can hover the drone and balance it to how you want.

 

[sfoster]

The camera will point straight down and move up. but it won't be in a 100% straight line with your typical crane.

Imagine this blue/purple line is your camera crane.

You can see at the higher angle it is a little further back.

 

[indietalk]

How many stories? POV of a fall? Zoom can work, maybe too.

 

[jax_rox]

You'd need something along the lines of a panther dolly with a jib arm. Arm the camera out to get where you need, and use the column to move up/down

 

[directorik]

The camera will point straight down and move up. but it won't be in a 100% straight line with your typical crane.

Very true. So it's best not to use your typical crane. Something like this:

would work.

This one could certainly get a shot near the roof and straight down to the floor.

 

[marqus]

Thanks for the advise and tips, its just 1 story. I'll contact that local jib place and see if they do rentals.