Alessandro Imperiale

Hey Andrei, great idea on that, since it seems like calculations of distance will be a big part of this, do you think implementing things like line loss and length of cable used would be both a useful and feasible part of the software? With software like cinetracer this doesn't seem to have been implemented yet. Say a cursor drag from point A to point B spawns a stinger or cable of choice.

I have to imagine that everyone has a different experience, but for me personally, I've gotten one job out of my ~12 months on ProductionHub, most of my work is from other people I've met on set and references. I've gotten a couple of really good gigs off Craigslist surprisingly enough, but there's the obvious risk of shady people. I have yet to make a catch on Mandy.com in my ~6 months on the site. I had a friend that summarized online work in this field pretty well, something along the lines of 'In online work you're always the second guy they're looking for cause their primary guy is booked.' Take from that what you will, but I can understand the sentiment. Hope this was helpful.

@ANTON CHIAHey Anton, I can only speak from my experience, but generally I have had better luck using suction cups with the plungers on them. That would be my recommendation, just keep in mind that many suction cups cannot adequately adhere to porous surfaces. There are solutions out there for even that though, if cost is of lesser concern. Grabo Electric Suction Cup: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224277181635

Me and a friend started making baby pins out of 304L stainless steel with 1/4-20 male/female at either end primarily cause we could be more confident in their strength on car rigs/spring clamps/etc. Also because we could specify the length of the pin and thread that we needed.

Hello, Had a thought and was curious to see if anyone had developed any solutions. Its quite possible there may be a shot where stands of any kind would be in frame, so the next reasonable consideration may be wall spreaders, but what if any two walls in the space are more than 16 feet apart so that Varipoles/Matthpoles cannot be used? Some ideas I've had so far: -A few ideas that I've taken into consideration so far are that 2x4/2x6 wall spreaders and speed rail wall spreaders may be able to support a reasonable amount of weight over 16 feet if they're cheeseboro'd/connected perpendicular at multiple points. But intuitively that seems to enter a point of diminishing return, and could also be incredibly heavy/time consuming/bend in center. -Another thought is the use of suction cups, however, one major detriment is their unreliable hold on porous surfaces, and since drywall and interior paints are common in buildings, there's no guarantee of success. -Also had an interesting thought to hide spreaders in plain sight, making them look like lolly columns or pillars that are natural to the surrounding environment, from there in theory you would cheeseboro/attach a wall spreader that could clear wall to wall with the spreaders from ceiling to floor as support. However, the variable in that solution would be the height between the ceiling and floor. Other variables would include coordination with the art department, and the assumption that you had time to look at the location beforehand to prepare the right materials to construct the column/pillar. Which unfortunately is not always the case. Thank you to any recommendations or thoughts that everyone posts. Best, Sandro