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Why use a shoulder rig?
- Hey there, I'm Robbie Carmen. - And I'm Rich Harrington. - And this week, Rich, we're gonna talk about shoulder rigs. Now it kinda looks like I have a bazooka on my shoulder here. - Yeah, I feel under-qualified here. - Yeah. Here's the thing about shoulder rigs. They're a way to get stable with your camera system, and the rig that I have here is obviously a pretty full-featured rig: I have a follow-focus, I have these great handles from Wooden Camera, I have a big base plate, I have a grip down here, I have an EVF. I can really customize this rig with a lot of accessories, a lot of different positions for things. I can do counter-balancing. But the point is the same as the rig that you're holding there that looks much more simple. - Here I've got the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, which is a really tiny camera. It's so light that if I hold this, no matter what I do, I get shake, and when you compound that with the fact that the smaller sensor tends to lead to a higher crop factor…
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Making killer backgrounds for greenscreen46s
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Shooting defocused still plates3m 5s
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Shooting defocused video plates2m 56s
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Defocusing backgrounds in Photoshop CC5m 12s
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Shoot plates with a light field camera3m 23s
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Post-processing a light field camera6m 41s
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Gear overview4m 15s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Canon camera5m 34s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Panasonic Lumix GH43m 7s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Sony a7S5m 29s
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Blending a key with the background with Light Wrap by Red Giant5m 58s
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Blending a key with the background with Lighwrap by Digital Anarcht3m 39s
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Improving the quality of greenscreen shots40s
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Using a hard cyc greenscreen backdrop2m 51s
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Studio lighting for greenscreen projects3m
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Testing the backdrop with a monitor2m 23s
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Testing the backdrop onset3m 15s
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Shooting in portrait mode2m 29s
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Gear overview6m 59s
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Creating affordable textured backdrop with lights32s
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It’s all about creating patterns1m 19s
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Creating a hand-cut gobo2m 35s
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Using a pattern backdrop1m 48s
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Creating a gobo with a transparency projector2m 1s
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Using a projector to create custom backdrops2m 55s
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The challenges of powering the GoPro HERO42m 56s
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Battery options for the GoPro HERO44m 15s
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Which battery runs the longest in the GoPro HERO4?4m 42s
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Which GoPro HERO4 battery charges the fastest?5m 6s
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The form factor and price of GoPro HERO4 batteries4m 46s
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The winning battery2m 47s
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