That looks awesome, Would love to see the flick when it's released
This is probably dumb on my side on account of being a newbie, but have you tried a DIY steadicam? there's heaps of tutes on youtube and the before and after video whos a big difference, this guy modifies his tripod to be one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW6AWmqa8ZM
Or one of those DIY cages like this one: http://cheesycam.com/cheesycam-exclusive-diy-dslr-cage-stabilizer/
I've heard of solutions like cinematographers taping the camera on top of bag or rice or flour. This gives the camera some weight and takes the shake off the edges of the frame. We shot hand held in the close ups of the actress dancing in the hallway. The footage was unusable until I used "smooth cam" effect in Final Cut Pro. The original footage is not that steady, but I also don't want to rely on stabilization effects in post production because they crop your image which means that you compromise your original framing. I've also used fig rigs, glide cams etc etc... But I really want to do is practice using a rig that allows the freedom of using hand-held camera, but one that weights the camera enough to give it a nice feathered look. Anyone else experiment with this idea at all?
Thanks again.
This is probably dumb on my side on account of being a newbie, but have you tried a DIY steadicam? there's heaps of tutes on youtube and the before and after video whos a big difference, this guy modifies his tripod to be one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW6AWmqa8ZM
Or one of those DIY cages like this one: http://cheesycam.com/cheesycam-exclusive-diy-dslr-cage-stabilizer/