From the course: Video Lighting and Grip Basics
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Basics of the C-stand
- The backbone of any collection of lighting equipment is the C-stand. The C stands for century since it was presumably invented at 20th Century Fox. A C-stand takes the place of a person holding something perfectly still in a specific place. It can hold anything. A prop, a monitor, a light, or a flag. Now when someone hands you a C-stand, it's very important that they do it properly. Thanks, Rob. Now you see, he's holding both the body of the stand and the grip arm with his hand wrapped around the whole thing. That's the correct way to do it. But if he handed it to me and he was just holding the stand and I grab it like that, I can trap his fingers in there, which can be very painful. So be very careful. Always hold it properly like that. Go ahead, grab it. And when you hand it to someone you're not gonna get your fingers crushed. Thanks, Rob. Put some ice on that. All right, the first thing you want to do is open up the legs of your C-stand. Now sometimes these are spring-loaded and…
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