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andrew ward

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  1. Btw everything should be fresnels. Its total DP wank that theyre not.
  2. Does anyone ever use 44 louvres? Im thinking I should leave them out of my van as I always have to take them out and then theyre in the way and fragile. And I think theyd do **(obscenity removed)** all if anyone ever asked to use them. I might make up some Batwing style clip ons that store easily and protrude enough to be of use. Or do they have a use I just dont know about?
  3. The fresnels are bigger in tungsten. And youre probably comparing a tungsten fresnel to an hmi par with fresnel lens in? The reflectors arent optimised for fresnels. Sunray small hmis feel punchy cause they have glass mirror reflectors.
  4. Coolness. The original one I saw was even better than this "tractor umbrella" style as it was almost flat when folded out, and the holder went straight out, not out then bends back. So it went further from stand. But this'll do! Thanking!!
  5. YES!!!! F8king GOOD JOB! How the h$ll did you find that! THANK YOU!!!!
  6. No I think it was a custom order I know a gaffer in Sydney who has one of the ones I want, i think from nz. And another gaffer here just got two from modern to put over 18k arrimaxs. I cant find it on google or find an image or anything. I probably just need to know a name and it will come up. Searches just bring up those massive cantilever umbrellas.
  7. Its for sunshade. My example of shadowing a DP on a dolly without the umbrella having to be on the track. It folds flater than a normal umbrella, so its almost like putting up a 4by except it folds up. And arms a bit further away from stand. Theyre awesome. If I could just find who makes them! Probably a kiwi grip. Moderns version is shitty and EXPENSIVE.
  8. A patio umbrella needs a huge cantilever. But yes, its a smaller version of that. Like I said, this umbrella is more useful than a standard umbrella with tilt head.
  9. Ive seen a new zealand one and Modern make one but its a bit poop and expensive. Its a large umbrella but the handle is out to the side. So basically you can have it shading the dolly and the stand can be on the side. Or covering a lamp from behind. Its so you dont have the annoyance of the largw handle directly under it which means the stand its in will be in the way. Anyone knows where they come from? Not sure if its lighting or grip.
  10. Ive seen a new zealand one and Modern make one but its a bit poop and expensive. Its a large umbrella but the handle is out to the side. So basically you can have it shading the dolly and the stand can be on the side. Or covering a lamp from behind. Its so you dont have the annoyance of the largw handle directly under it which means the stand its in will be in the way. Anyone knows where they come from? Not sure if its lighting or grip.
  11. DPs love poop like that though. Its a really cool idea, just lucky he gets to do easy jobs where a simple rig makes them happy.
  12. The whole things cgi. Tom Hanks died years ago in a bathroom on top of a small child. Its all been hushed up. Everyone knows that.
  13. Hey Buddy. Gods was pretty stupid. I did like two weeks just on test shoots to workout how to get the gods and humans to all be different sizes and you barely notice. I wont hold my breath to get on Gods 2: The Godenning. I had fun though. Always do! You live a charmed life. If i bought that thing out the camera crew would start unfairly impuning ny sexuality and the DP would need a series of tiny extremely specific cuts to stop reflections and pings in the cabinets. Then he'd ask me to cover it all in a piece of whatever gel I didnt have with me. And then accept the gel I did have which was the same but called a wanky name, as long as I cut the entire roll into forty unuseable-in-future pieces. Then when the 13 year old AD randomly screamed the time from another room where she was eating cake and flirting with the talent, the DP would panic and just tell me to bring out two m18s. And then say theyre too spotty and bright and to put six seperate spaced out frames of diffusion in front of it. And then dim them. Then when the whole room was covered in gear it would take me an hour to pack once the entire crew drove off six seconds after wrap is called (except the data guy who needs my stinger and four way block till 3am that night), the DP would turn to the retard director who is only there to yell "quiet on set" at pointless times, and say "how good does that look now! Beautiful and soft!...", director replies with "youre a genius!" and I roll my eyes. But if you dont get that as much as I do; kudos to you, cool rig bro.
  14. Dont really get the point of Barflys. Expensive and could just be an led panel.
  15. Im obsessed with cool gear that ill never use. If anyone has any micro flo or knows someone, look me up. andrewward@mail.com
  16. Hey Phil; Just letting you know I feel your pain. There can be massive jobs on and you still cant get a gig, no matter where you are. You can be a bit time guy for years and overnight youre retired. It sucks being freelance and hearing about all the nineteen year olds killing it and making millions. I tell myself any day on set is a good day. Hope things get better for you. The only thing you can count on in showbiz is change (and the DP you do all favours for will never hire you for the good jobs).
  17. Thanks. Fixed it. Battery just took inordinately long to charge upZ
  18. That orb needs a dozen nets and cutters around it if you want to be a real manly man.
  19. I reckon its a set with a full grid of accent lights, octo on a boom kit, walls of kino, the whole debacle.
  20. Two 1.2s and a 575? Tell him hes dreamin! In my experience on big jobs its unlikely to be a BFL book light and walk away to check your phone. Thats four electrics plus grips with a world of lamps and a forest of cutters. Just out of shot is a Charlie Foxtrot of legendary proportions and as soon as they want to move on its gonna be an epic rebuild to get a world of crap out of shot and ready to light it all again differently. A book light is never just a book light. Its empty the truck and ka-**(obscenity removed)**-ching on OT. All for a closeup of Jamie Lanisters finger as he pretends to be egyptian.
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