Oscar Perez_5041 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I wanted to ask a quick question about a name, or the on-set shorthand name, for a particular rig (or if there even is a name for it). I’m a film professor now, but I worked in the industry for 17 years and it’s really bothering me that I don’t have an answer for this, so I was hoping someone could help me out.Basically, it’s rigging an object so that it’s fixed in front of the lens and throughout the shot, whether it’s rigged onto a camera offset plate (Ubangi) or attached to a gobo arm, etc. I’ve enclosed example images of the fixed gas can shot in Breaking Bad. While it has similarities to a SnorriCam or an affixed camera, it’s obviously neither. I’m writing a few academic articles about the show and they use this rig often enough that I would like to address it correctly (and quickly with a proper noun). Thanks so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Why not coin your own term? POV rig? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Perez_5041 Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 I was thinking about it, but I wanted to make sure that it didn't already have name. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjay Sami Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 This is a similar rig with a glass jar hard mounted to the camera which is suspended on a bungee rig so the actor is free to interact with a weightless jar and a camera that will be hard mounted to the jar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjay Sami Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Sorry. Cannot seem to upload the picture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onno Perdijk Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 We've called it the bottle-rig which can be found here: http://www.solidgrip.nl/projects/amstel/ a very small camera since the romm was as tiny as you can see in the ad : - ) No room for anything more then the rig. Good luck, Onno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Perez_5041 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 We've called it the bottle-rig which can be found here: http://www.solidgrip.nl/projects/amstel/ a very small camera since the romm was as tiny as you can see in the ad : - ) No room for anything more then the rig. Good luck, Onno Thanks Onno, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Fun commercial, btw. I think that by now, it's safe to say that there's no real name for the rig, or rather, no universal name, so I'm going to call it a 'FIXED FOLLOW RIG.' I considered the name Mark Dunne suggested, but POV implies a subjective shot and I don't think that captures the full extent of the rig, but I will take his advice on naming it. So just to make it official... I, Oscar Perez, do declare, on May 26th, in the year of the Lord 2016, that from this day forward, an immobile object in the shot, which is rigged to the camera, shall be called a 'FIXED FOLLOW RIG.' No longer shall this set up go through life nameless, like a unloved child. I hope that works for you guys. Let me know what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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