Equipment

The Tracking Dolly

A camera dolly is a specialized piece of filmmaking and television production equipment designed to create smooth camera movements (cinematic techniques). The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and focus puller or camera assistant, usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera. The dolly grip is the dedicated technician trained to operate the dolly. The camera dolly may be used as a shooting platform on any surface but is often raised onto a track, to create smooth movement on a horizontal axis known as a dolly shot. Additionally, most professional film studio dollies have a hydraulic arm that raises or lowers the camera on the vertical axis. When a dolly grip operates a dolly on perpendicular axes simultaneously, it's known as a compound move.

Over-shoulder Camera Mount

The over-shoulder camera mount enables you to get a steady shot of something whilst walking, filming them. The screen attached gives you a clearer overview of what you're filming.

The Crane

I think the crane is a good piece of equipment to use because it can pan 360 degrees continuously and this sweeping arc through the air makes a much more dramatic pan than just turning right or left like on a tripod. The crane can do all three moves simultaneously (boom, tilt and boom-pan) if need be. It can also be set up to do dutch angles without having to buy separate accessories. The pulley and cable system allow the camera to tilt up to 180 degrees. It is an easy and fast piece of equipment to put up. The camera stays level as it booms up and down because of the pulley and cable parallelogram system.


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