DISQUS

angela · 2 years ago

Thanks Jim! Some readers seem to think I'm too harsh with some of my commentary, but I'm not going to change because I'm just being honest. I think it can help more than it can hurt. I may not always be right on everything, but I do invite people to come argue with me. Sometimes I even change my mind!

Rosenblum · 2 years ago

Ha ha ha. Well, gadfly is an improvement over what I have been called in the past. No, I did not set up the site. I got invited there by PF Bentley, who you probably also know from WH days. PF was in one of my first VJ training bootcamps in the late 80s, as was Halstead! I agree, tripod or no tripod, its all about great storytelling. But I am a big fan of fast, light and highly portable.

vergenewmedia · 2 years ago

I long for the day that I attain the status of "gadfly".

SpaceyG · 2 years ago

More menz need to be just a teensy bit more aware of too much "fast, light and highly portable." Quality not quantity perhaps?

vergenewmedia · 2 years ago

Grayson, I couldn't agree more. In the long run that's what count's..quality. That's what will win the day. If great storytelling can be achieved through the construct of fast and portable, then by all means. Fast and portable isn't a solution it's an option.

SpaceyG · 2 years ago

What would Rosenblum say 'bout this? And do we even care at this point?
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/

Rosenblum · 2 years ago

Oye. If you're gonna schlep that mess around with you, you are better off just buying a betacam. All the disadvantages of big gear with none of the advantages. Looks like the plumbing from my old house in Brooklyn!

Lenslinger · 2 years ago

Just today I was wrestling with my antique sticks outside a George Clooney shoot. as much as I wanted to donate it to the film crew hippies milling about, I would be lost without it at my next hostage stand-off. I'll stay out of the newspaper video debate (as nearly 18 years of electronic news gathering doesn't qualify me to to differ with the ink-stained auteurs), but I'll keep my tripod thank you, right along with my tightly-honed sense of when to leave it standing around by itself. Great discussion, though.

Jim Long · 2 years ago

Michael,

I think that inexpensive steadicam solution that SpaceyG showed us has very useful applicaions for indie film production. The DV steadicam products on the market are effective for motion dampening, but little more than shiny versions of what she's shown us. Every day news use? Probably not, but I think I may visit Home Depot tomorrow. (I don't do adsense, I do random product placement in comments)

Lenslinger,

So is that an antique tripod wooden, or an old pair of bolex or gitzo? I lost the tip of my right thumb to a bolex. You know the drill. Oh and on that standoff, who gets the money shot? The guy with stix and a 20x with the doubler in.

Rosenblum · 2 years ago

Jim
I don't know what that thing is up there from my website, but I didn't post it!
In any event, I don't disagree with you that those steadicam juniors are pretty good value for money for filmmakers who want that fluidity, but for everyday shooting.. no way! Love the discussion about Josh Wolf by the way. I first met him when we set up Current.tv. To tell the truth the kids video is pretty shaky, but trust me, he was the last person I thought would stand up so long for at least what he believed was right.

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