With all of this nice weather we have had, this week I did some filming. I did some editing on one shoot but none on the others. (Ill upload raw preview shots but not all of them) I really wanted to work with the slider more, but some of the shots just didn’t call for it. That, and I need to get a proper tripod so I can get the slider elevated and usable off the ground. All of my shots right now have to be on the ground and when you have a 40in rigid camera slider, its not the easiest thing to place. Something else I’m still getting used to is the fact that I’m using a cheap slider. I really want a nicer one already. The biggest issue is the slight slop in the bearings and tolerances between all of the rollers and the shafts. This means I have to put weight on one side of the track or the other to keep it from rocking about as I move the dolly down the slider. It’s probably correctable in post, but I will still lose out on resolution because of it. When correcting this, I can lose up to 15% of my horizontal and vertical resolution which is always a bummer. I don’t have any overscan to help with issues like this and is a real reason for considering 4k. I really think it should be a standard to have cameras record just 10% over 1080p for post-production. Do you know what I could do with 10% overscan? Stabilize all the things! And you can add additional movement ect. Anyway, we can dream. But for now I need to figure out a way to fix this or just buy a better slider. Another issue I run into is I need a tilt base for my fluid drag head. I can’t do any vertical slide and pan shots because I can’t tilt the head. I can’t even do a horizontal slide with one side elevated. The camera would just be crooked. This limits my shots a lot and is super frustrating. I also suffered from “Shitty creative brain” day and didn’t even set myself up for good shots. Maybe they will look better after color grading, but I’m not hopeful.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5gRarvHyXZSa05FQmJxblJWZmc/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5gRarvHyXZSSWhTaFg1Z0RyUjQ/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5gRarvHyXZSUnk2aVVQVEJ5WEk/view?usp=sharing

This one is a rough edit. Its pretty much a mockup. Not done!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5gRarvHyXZSaFR2T1ptOEhFeWc/view?usp=sharing