Had the opportunity to work on a national tvc campaign with a jib last week. Wanted to share my experiences with it and what we had to work with. I won't be able to show you the shots until we have edited it, my apologies. But will post when done. The footage was all shot in RAW and at 25fps.
We had a few shots to do at a farm and then a larger setup at a distribution centre. I had the chance to work with a very helpful operator and owner Ralph Marshall from flyingcameras.com.au. Once at the farm I rigged the BMCC to the jib with a Canon 16-35mm f2.8l lens. This allowed me to be reasonably wide and stop it down to about f16-f22. No ND was used in the setup.
I was very unsure at first about putting the camera up that far, especially since it was just a bolt with a security washer attached to the wooden camera cage. But after seeing how secure it was with the bolt in place I had no worries.
We also set up the jib at the distribution centre in the afternoon. This allowed us to do a dramatic move from the back end of the trailer of the truck all the way down to the driver getting out of the cab. Again the Canon 16-35mm lens was used stopped down to f18.
This particular setup allowed us to run HD-SDI direct from the camera to 3 monitors (director, and both jib operators). We also had IFB setup from the camera with a direct out of the audio recording in camera. The audio op had a wireless lav on the talent and sent the signal wirelessly to the camera then looped back to the director and I.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. This campaign will be released in the coming days so I will release the final, plus some RAW if you would like.
Kind regards,
Todd Davies
We had a few shots to do at a farm and then a larger setup at a distribution centre. I had the chance to work with a very helpful operator and owner Ralph Marshall from flyingcameras.com.au. Once at the farm I rigged the BMCC to the jib with a Canon 16-35mm f2.8l lens. This allowed me to be reasonably wide and stop it down to about f16-f22. No ND was used in the setup.
I was very unsure at first about putting the camera up that far, especially since it was just a bolt with a security washer attached to the wooden camera cage. But after seeing how secure it was with the bolt in place I had no worries.
We also set up the jib at the distribution centre in the afternoon. This allowed us to do a dramatic move from the back end of the trailer of the truck all the way down to the driver getting out of the cab. Again the Canon 16-35mm lens was used stopped down to f18.
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This particular setup allowed us to run HD-SDI direct from the camera to 3 monitors (director, and both jib operators). We also had IFB setup from the camera with a direct out of the audio recording in camera. The audio op had a wireless lav on the talent and sent the signal wirelessly to the camera then looped back to the director and I.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask. This campaign will be released in the coming days so I will release the final, plus some RAW if you would like.
Kind regards,
Todd Davies
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