Alexandre Valentim

I have a Cmotion Cooporate. Never had a problem within the last 4 years that i own it. Rock solid, robust, and it simply works. Just upgraded to the Cvolution and I'll give a feedback soon. Worked a few times with Arri WCU-4. Overall it works fine and a plus feature is the possibility to control some Alexa's functions. But sometimes it loses communication with camera and also had some issues with losing motors recognition. It doesn't have hardstops like my Cmotion and that bugs me a lot ;) and the Cmotion range is way much better that WCU-4 Rtmotion, only tried a couple of times but it seams also nice. About camera control, I wonder why Cmotion, Preston or other brands don't have the possibility to have camera functions control like WCU-4? Does Arri keeps that locked just for them...? Probably...

just take a look how the fixed they little seat...

hi there i´m still struggling whit my quest to change things. Well, solutions: 1- Crane operator in the back, AC in the front, DOP and director in the rear seat. If someone needs to be in the back, it should be the crane operator, it´s there business, should be there sacrifice... Also, i´ve seen that in pictures, videos and talked with AC´s from other countries and continents... Crane operator goes in back. 2- They rip off the original back seat and change that for 3x customs made individual seats. The middle one could be slight offset in order to have more room and space for our shoulders. This way it would be more secure and comfortable. Everyone with proper safety belts and facing forward seated in an ergonomic way. Not sideways... Does anyone seen this in other cars? 3x proper seats in the back? Please share some photos if so Regards

Hello I would like to ask you some help and opinions on a issue I've been having here... I often shoot car commercials with Russian Arm. Ussually they assign the focus puller seat in truck, in the back of the car. Recently i was shooting in an off road terrain in high speed and after the first day i needed to use pain killers and other drugs to get to the end of the 6 days job. One month and a half later, after several osteopath sessions, x-rays, and lots of drugs, i'm still with some pain but recovering. So... This made me think about working conditions and safety. In the truck, the seat is minimal, the position is sideways to the car and with only a waist security belt. If the car breaks hard or has an accident, i am in real danger of breaking my neck and / or hitting hard with my head on the back side of the back seat. I have no room for my legs and after a while they sart to get numb. Meanwhile the back seat it´s only with the DOP and the crane operator, facing front to the car as usual, with a regular security belt. ​I made myself this question now... Why the hell should the focus puller by sacrificed? I´ve checked and in other countries/companies the crane operator goes in the truck and focus puller in the front seat. So... why should the focus puller be in truck in danger in case of an accident and in an unergonomic position? Why can´t they share the back seat? DOP + Focus Puller + Crane operator? The crane operator bellows to the Russian Arm crew. It´s there business it should be there sacrifice... What do you guys think? Best regards