Premium Member Greg Gross Posted August 28, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted August 28, 2004 Can anyone tell me what a "blimp" is? My mentor/instructor is driving me nuts about "martini shot"(has'nt told me yet) whats a "martini shot"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos M. Icaza Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Gross, Check out the archives called "Sounds on the Set" there are about 5 pages of discussion and Martini Shot is discussed. A Blimp is a big, really big hydrogen filled space craft that is used on football games to film from high above the ground. Usually as the words "BudWiser" painted on one of the sides. C.- PS: :lol: A Blimp, as far as I know is a gizmo that allows you to muffle the sound on camera units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos M. Icaza Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Sorry, its called "Shouts on the Set" http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...?showtopic=1936 C.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Greg Gross Posted August 28, 2004 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 28, 2004 Thanks Carlos! I don't have my pilot's license yet. Carlos are motion picture cameras noisy? Why is the Panavision in class so quiet? (it does'nt have a blimp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted August 28, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted August 28, 2004 The Kodak website has a Film/Video Glossary: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/...1.4.11.20&lc=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Certain older or cheaper cameras ran noisy, so a housing known as a Blimp was used to deaden the noise. The Martini Shot is the last shot of the day (as in time to go have a drink). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 28, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted August 28, 2004 Modern sound cameras are called "self-blimped" - in the old days, a hard-shell housing was built to fit around a noisy camera. "Blimps" are hard and "barneys" are soft, looks like putting a tea-cosy around a camera. Barneys are still used today now & then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted August 28, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted August 28, 2004 In the earliest days of sound, the cameras were so noisy that they were isolated in a soundproof booth, and shot through a double window. Recall the scenes depicted in "Singing in the Rain" when Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are first acting with the microphone needing to be hidden, and the camera locked in a soundproof booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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