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David Schuurman

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  1. Is it possible to make a d-tap cable that splits at the end into 2 barrel connectors? I want to power a monitor and transmitter from a single dtap cable. in my head this works the same as a d-tap splitter cable. Does anyone have any thoughts on doing that? I'm comfortable making cables but unsure of what the ramifications would be if any.

  2. you're in toronto and there's no litemats available? 2d House, AE, Ontario Camera, and Whites all have them to rent. Or look on Shuttershare for private owners. I have one I can rent to you but I'm in Hamilton.

     

    You mention being unable to rig to the ceiling, but do you have any photos of the ceiling you're shooting in? Is it a drop ceiling? just white painted drywall? if you're not hazing it up then your best bet is to use a source 4 like David suggested, you may need to put a bounce up, or just shape it right on the ceiling. only thing you probably can't do that way is skirt the whole thing to minimize the falloff. If it's a drop ceiling you could maybe pin up some duvetyne .

     

     

    If you have the budget for a skypanel, which is like $250ish/d you could probably hire a grip to help and rig up a cheaper light.

  3. this is all great insight folks. thank you for that. Leapfrogging is great advice, which I've already implemented on this new years sets. So is understanding what I can't actually control. The one thing I don't often have the luxury of though is extra crew. Typically I'm using 1 AC and gaff+grip. so everything takes time. Gotta start pushing for more.

  4. Im just wondering if theres anything you ensure you do as a DP that helps you make your days? I always find we go way overtime and usually its because we tried to be too ambitious but I feel like I need to direct my focus more into ways to keep to reasonable timelines.

  5. Hey folks, I'm pulling the trigger on a litemat s4 and I'm wondering if anyone has encountered a solution to transporting it in a hard case for air travel? It seems there is not much option other than to custom build something but hopefully someone out there has encountered this roadblock and solved it.

     

    Thanks!

     

     

  6. Hey folks,

    I'm going to be heading to NAB later this month and wondering if anyone here is oging to be giving any talks on behalf of any exhibitors or anything like that? Listening to people wax was my favourite part of NAB last year and I'm hoping to have a better plan for it this time around.

     

    Thanks.

     

  7. thanks very much David - certainly food for thought.

     

    So far my best idea was to use a Ronin and rotate it 90 degrees and use the controller to roll it the other 90 but have not tested it yet so not sure if it will freak out when upside down or not

    hmm, I had thought about using my ronin but was concerned about that happening. it was also quite windy where we were shooting so I wanted a locked solution.

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