From the course: Video Gear: Support & Grip

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Setting up a professional dolly

Setting up a professional dolly

From the course: Video Gear: Support & Grip

Setting up a professional dolly

- What we've stepped up to here is a pro dolly system, but rather than buying the system, typically I'll rent dollies when I need them. - It's just one of those things that it takes up a lot of space at your house or your business to store them. And unless you're doing dolly shots all the time, they can be pretty pricey to invest in. - Yeah, most local grip houses will carry this. We rented this one here from lensrentals.com. It was just drop shipped to a super convenient and we're going to build it. Now, on this side we got some straight track, we got some curve track over here. Why don't you pick one of those up and I'll walk you through this. Now, it's optimized to fit small, and it, You look at it and you're like, "Oh, that doesn't seem very wide." It's not actually where it goes yet, so you kind of got to be careful here that you don't scissor your hands. The hardest one is the end, there it is. - Okay, got it. - And so now it's a bit wider. So that's the end, so let's turn that…

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