Sanjay Sami
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Albion - your profile says you are a a Cinematographer. I am a Key Grip and have been nothing but. The big US productions whose photos you have seen. that use suction mounts and baby pins with Alexas may well exist. I would not do it that way, but thats just me.
Regards
Sanjay Sami
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Where do you see suction cups ? Those are all built by me, and I rarely use them. Any way let me rephrase : " I would avoid using suction cups in any situation where the rigs integrity depends on the suction hold "
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Avoid suction mounts. If you use regular rigs strapped down by a professional you can go very fast.
Check out some rigs here
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By rotation do you mean tracking around an object or actor in 360 degrees ?
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Get in touch with Adnan Aydin c/o Setpozitif Grip
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Solid Grip Systems makes really good stuff. It is probably more expensive than the Dana Dolly.
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Hi Ozgur
The Flighthead should be able to take the shake out. Sometimes very heavy lenses on a move like that, that land with something in the immediate foreground could create issues. Its difficult to say over the internet. Can you post the footage?
Btw. was the Techno / Flighthead from Setpozitif ? If it was, did you have Hasan Ormanlar or Adnan Aydin on set ?
I have done 3 features in Turkey and both of them are very very good. I have used their SuperTechno and Flighthead without issues in the past. Adnan is one of the best Grips I have worked with anywhere in the world.
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I don't think thats possible with the Techno. I maybe wrong, but at speeds like that (less than 3 inches a minute with a techno 50) I think it would be the wrong tool for the job.
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How slow ? with a stabilised head slow moves are possible - never had to do one so I am not sure what the slowest would be.
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Camera on a CineSaddle should do the trick.
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Phil - Its a combination of a very sophisticated vertical vibration isolator along with a gyro stabilised 3 axis remote head (the G-3)
It is an incredible combination. The vertical isolator is a spring and hydraulic damper combination.
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Personally I agree with Jon. I also prefer Chapman dollies, but its a very personal thing. There are dolly grips making magic with Fisher as well as Chapman. Each one has a personal preference . In my case it is Hybrid / PeeWee big/small combination.
Some prefer the Fisher 10 / PeeWee combination. Its what suits you.
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The Fisher 10 is a great dolly. I am not a big fan of the Fisher 11.
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Looks very very similar to Modern Studio stuff.
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For anyone who doesn't know, the Hydrascope is just a fantastic, completely weatherproof telescopic crane from Chapman.
And for those who may not know - Dennis Fraser is as much of a legend as a Grip.
Good to see you on this forum Dennis
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I don't know this head, but if its like the 2575, then you probably have a counterbalance feature somewhere that can be adjusted.
Try and dial that down. It maybe the spring loading on the counterbalance that is forcing it out of the lock.
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Use the Tower Cam. I used it frequently on "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
It works great and comes in sizes upto 12 metres if I recollect correctly. Can also be underslung.
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Hi Mark.
I always carry a couple of sliders on movies, but rarely use them. On Wes' movies, absolutely not. But they can be very useful in certain situations. Some DoP's I have worked with like Robert Richardson, like a lot of dance floor built, but no slider. Sliders as over keepers are more frequently used on television shows I think.
I use the Chapman Slider and the Ronford Baker slider. The Chapman one is outstanding, but way too expensive to buy.
Hope you enjoy The Grand Budapest Hotel ... it was a fun, hard movie to make :-)
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The MYT looks like a better product. I have never used either, and have never heard of either before this, but just by looking, the MYT looks better made.
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Make do with what you've got. I am not a big fan of these but they are not that bad.
As Toby say's, they can't be nested very easily, but otherwise they are fine. I had a bunch of these handed to me - Avenger, I think, on a feature film in Rome. They can handle quite a lot of weight - more than I expected. The Avenger C-stands are great btw.
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becoming a top class grip, Eventually moving up to dolly grip (and maybe technocrane/crane work after that) and maybe even look at getting work eslewhere in the world, Namely LA (the us just seems to fit 'me' if that makes sense).
Its all many many years down the line and thousands of hours of hard work, But Ill be damned if I don't get their! Once Ive got this Diploma out of the way I can get on with it all.
Eddie, armed with determination and THAT attitude, I have no doubt you will succeed.
Please feel free to message either Darryl or myself with any questions you may have as you progress.
I have friends in the UK who are absolutely top notch Grips, and amongst the best you would find anywhere.
Once you are up and running, you would probably wind up working with one of them anyway.
Good luck.
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Well, okay, fine, but most of us are never going to get anywhere near the likes of Jack Ryan, are we...
Not with your attitude Phil ...
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Hey Eddie,
Read the latest post ( and all the other posts) in the very informative dollygrippery.com
It will inspire and excite you ... and also show you that there is more to being a Grip than sitting on an apple box and chain-smoking.
Apprenticeships are important if you want to learn well. It maybe compulsory in England, but it is the tradition elsewhere.
Most good Key Grips and Dolly Grips began as understudies to someone more experienced.
If you want to work on the kind of movies that Darryl describes in his blog, you cannot get that kind of experience with DIY gardening shed projects.
Regards
Sanjay Sami
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The idea that it is necessary to have a two-year apprenticeship to lay track and push a dolly is absurd. I mean, I own what I like to think is a reasonably serviceable dolly. What am I supposed to do, never use it unless I've got some £400/day chainsmoker sitting on an apple box telling me how hard his life is?
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Thats a pretty outrageous summing up of the Grip department. Not everyone aspires to do handy cam home projects with dollies knocked together with gardening accessories. Step onto a real set and perhaps your opinion will change.
how fast with a car rig (shooting with 5D)
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Albion - no unfriendliness was intended. This forum at one time used to be frequented by very experienced Grips who took the time to answer questions from beginners.
We generally answer to try and help out.
I only replied to your direct comment " Most "regular" rigs use suction cups" and then "Everytime I have ever rigged or seen a Red or Alexa to the side of a car it has either been a window jam "hostess tray" mount or sunction cups with baby pins and C arms connected to some platform which the camera is mounted. my personal experience has been on smaller shows but this includes just seeing pictures as well from big US productions....its the generally the way its done as far as I know"
I find that relying on suction mounts to be unsafe, which is the ONLY reason I replied at all.
This was not to be unfriendly, but to limit the potentially endless debate of how such and such person does it on such and such show.
Obviously, this is my opinion, and the way I would choose to work. You can do rigs with suction only. In order to make it safe enough to be acceptable to me would be extremely complex.
Remember that a camera that comes loose at speed is not just an equipment loss. It is also a missile with considerable mass and velocity.
Be safe and hire people who know what they are doing.
Peace - Sanjay Sami