Premium Members John Buzz Moyer Posted January 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Just run... And wear spikey shoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Alfeo Dixon SOC Posted January 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hey Buzz, Do those slip on over your shoes and stay put fairly well? -Alfeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members John Buzz Moyer Posted January 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hey Buzz, Do those slip on over your shoes and stay put fairly well? -Alfeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members John Buzz Moyer Posted January 12, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Slip over, yes... stay put, kind of... They were surprisingly effective. The Grips rigged a 4 x 6 foot sheet of plywood with two steel angle rails on the bottom. Three of them pushed me around for the fast skating shots. The actor (who could not skate) was also being pushed along side of me swinging his arms to sell the gag. It worked very well... For the extremely fast skating, the same sled was used, but we rigged a wireless libra head... a couple of junior a players pushed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Brant S. Fagan SOC Posted January 14, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Got a set of those myself. Great for just walking around on ice but a full run to pace a skater, haven't gone there yet. Just used them recently for a Discovery Channel commercial up in Maine for "Howe and Howe Tech" and they rocked. Installed them over a pair of Sorels and had plenty of traction to still move accurately and gently with the Rig on. I'm sure Buzz's wardrobe contributes to peace and tranquility on the ice locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members John Buzz Moyer Posted January 15, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Got a set of those myself. Great for just walking around on ice but a full run to pace a skater, haven't gone there yet. Just used them recently for a Discovery Channel commercial up in Maine for "Howe and Howe Tech" and they rocked. Installed them over a pair of Sorels and had plenty of traction to still move accurately and gently with the Rig on. I'm sure Buzz's wardrobe contributes to peace and tranquility on the ice locally. Yeah... Pens, Stanley Cup Champs... Steelers, Super Bowl Champs.... What a difference a year makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier merckx Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Got a set of those myself. Great for just walking around on ice but a full run to pace a skater, haven't gone there yet. Just used them recently for a Discovery Channel commercial up in Maine for "Howe and Howe Tech" and they rocked. Installed them over a pair of Sorels and had plenty of traction to still move accurately and gently with the Rig on. I'm sure Buzz's wardrobe contributes to peace and tranquility on the ice locally. Yeah... Pens, Stanley Cup Champs... Steelers, Super Bowl Champs.... What a difference a year makes. Hi folks , I used similar things for the shoes 15 years ago on 2 shows . You can see a black and white picture of me with this in the Steadicam Operator Handbook . Work good but it depens also of the ice . If threre is some water on the ice like when they pass with the machine on the skating ring it is still will be a little dangerous . If the ice has been destroyed a little by many passage it will work great. One of the show I did , we where two operators on the ice in the middle of 100 dancers for two hours Olivier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Benjamin Treplin Posted January 17, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Have look at this soles: LINK Better than any other I had so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Williams Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) Maybe the fates are trying to get you to learn to ice skate? there are also some little cable things for the bottom of your shoes so you could run but not as above unless due for new rig..... Edited January 24, 2010 by TJ Williams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sverker Hahn Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 looks interesting, but my first question is what about the stability, especially in a turn and secondly, those long skids look easy to trip on. -Alfeo The skids are for tripping on, you typically stand on one of them and kick with the other foot. Last winter I tried to make long shots with the camera on the kicksled and me pushing. A lot of snow on the ice made the shots unusable. Soon I will get my Pilot, and try to do it again ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Alfeo Dixon SOC Posted February 22, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 The skids are for tripping on, I assume you meant 'for standing on' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sverker Hahn Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 The skids are for tripping on, I assume you meant 'for standing on' Haha, that´s the word ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jensen Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Looking into building/setting up a hard mount rig for a flyer to be "flown" on the ice. Apparently there was a really great one built for the movie "Miracle" but I never saw it. Anybody have any pics of that? My idea is to basically build a mini dolly but not sure if we need skate blades or if we can manage with rubber tires. Turning is a whole other issue. We'd like to be able to get really low but also be able to interact on a "normal skating height" with the players. The low shots would be to follow the puck, sticks, and skates of the players. I can buy the hat top looking hard mount from Tiffen and then mount that to a board or pancake and then in turn mount that to the "sled or psuedo ice dolly" looking for suggestions..... Thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jensen Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Looking into building/setting up a hard mount rig for a flyer to be "flown" on the ice. Apparently there was a really great one built for the movie "Miracle" but I never saw it. Anybody have any pics of that? My idea is to basically build a mini dolly but not sure if we need skate blades or if we can manage with rubber tires. Turning is a whole other issue. We'd like to be able to get really low but also be able to interact on a "normal skating height" with the players. The low shots would be to follow the puck, sticks, and skates of the players. I can buy the hat top looking hard mount from Tiffen and then mount that to a board or pancake and then in turn mount that to the "sled or psuedo ice dolly" looking for suggestions..... Thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jensen Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I'm developing some advanced capabilities for shooting on the ice that make ice shooting much faster and with much more visual with remotely driven robotic camera dollys - because these drones are unmanned they can turn tighter corners and glide across the ice with unmatched control, speed and grace. They are powered by four linked direct drive torque motors that cling to the ice, the fact that the camera operator is not on board means that it is free of g-forces that would otherwise limit its agility. They use electronically stabilized pan/tilt heads (two per dolly) so it's possible to break away from the wide angle shots and lock in on longer focal lengths. Feel free to contact me, Peter Jensen Palos Verdes, CA 310-791-7010 twintrees@cox.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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