Sam Morgan Moore Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) The other cars, however, could be an issue. The OP did not mention filming 'other cars', just 'road'. Of course if the scene involves 'road with other cars' then backwards filming would not work. A fine example of the requirement for linguistic accuracy when speccing a shot, 'road' being extremely simple, 'road with other traffic' far less so. I had in mind a plate shot of 'road' being similar to the famous plate shot of 'forest' where the vehicles were added in post. (GB+Empire Strikes Back) Edited November 1, 2013 by Sam Morgan Moore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted November 4, 2013 Moderators Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Hate to say it, but Movi. My first thought was a Libra head too, but for a DSLR…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Cheng Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Just as an idea, why not: hood mount, grill mount or bumper mount (depending on what the shot needs), do an Epic shooting 4K or 5K and use post-stabilization? If it's 2-3 miles of straight road, then give the driver a monitor for reference, rig it up and go take a drive. I'm not that familiar with post-stabilization, but I would think a 4K image would give MORE than enough to extract a 2K/1080p stabilized clip. Shooting a higher rez plate does not solve stabilization issues. If the footage has motion blur due to the jarring camera shake from driving on road that isn't super smooth, even after it is stabilized the image will still show this motion blur. It gives the image a weird blurry edges look every time there is a hard bump. Good thought though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jess Haas SOC Posted November 4, 2013 Premium Members Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 A friend of mine has his Movi already but it doesnt go out without him or myself. Chapman or any of those places rent camera cars that come with a front platform to shoot from. Chapman doesn't rent camera cars http://www.chapman-leonard.com/CAMERA%20CARS.html Although I have never used them in LA so maybe they don't here, always been my go to in Louisiana and Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlyn Timberlake Posted November 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Thanks for all the tips guys! I haven't heard back from the crew at all, so I'm assuming they figured out a way to get what they needed on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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