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The technology arm of Best of Both Media specializing in camera movement innovation.

01/11/2024

That lonely camera operator life

29/10/2024

Shooting some website assets for Best of Both Tech! We’re using the robot arm here because we are shooting passes of the camera being built (sort of stop motion style). So we add a piece to the camera built, have the robot run through all the camera passes, then add another piece, and rinse and repeat till the camera is fully built. Then in post, we’ll layer it all together and the end result should appear as if the camera is building itself.

26/10/2024

Another day, another colorful music video set

20/10/2024

Gremlin monitor appreciation day! Sometimes you just have to make do with what you have when someone asks for an unplanned handheld monitor.

17/10/2024

Oh you know…just another example of a MoVi flying a lens that everyone thinks is too heavy for it 🙃. We did have to use that Dionic battery on the side of the camera as counterweight for the lens though. In fact that’s the only reason that the battery is there, the camera is powered through the gimbal rig.

11/10/2024

Getting a set built for an alcohol commercial! Eventually the table will be full of plants and flowers, but for now we are just placing the bottles and getting the table lit from underneath.

08/10/2024

Using our motion control Kessler slider to film a ‘one-shot’ music video for Director/DP

05/10/2024

Gimbal operating on a music video in Cortlandt Alley NYC. You don’t officially work in the New York film industry until you’ve been on a shoot in Cortlandt Alley.

29/09/2024

A crazy fashion week runway build. I have no idea what they do with that much pink sand after the show is over.

26/09/2024

Programming some camera moves for a skincare company on a beach set. This is actually a great example of why it can be so important to allow for a pre-build/programming day when using a robot on set. As you can see, the beach set in this photo is looking a bit sparse. That’s because we needed to see where the camera paths were going to be before fully arting the set. The camera has to get right up in the set, so art dept needed to see where the camera and the robot were going to be so that they didn’t build the set in a way that inhibited us from maneuvering around the product as the client wanted. So for this pre-build day, the beach is only built up enough so that everyone knows where the product is going to be, then once programming is finished, the rest of the beach will be finished.

23/09/2024

On rare occasions we pull out our littlest gimbal, the m5. Perfect for small cameras and situations where a normal sized gimbal would have trouble fitting. This was for a plane commercial, the m5 was perfect for fitting down the aisle. Now, why the m5 and not a handheld stick gimbal? Because it can be easily remotely controlled. The location was just too tight to comfortably allow a solo op to get in the position needed and operate the pan/tilt of the camera.

17/09/2024

Getting ready to shoot some Legos! You can’t really see the set in this picture, but it's a Stranger Things themed house set. But what’s cool about this set is that it can be flipped upside down to reveal its dark version (the Upside Down dimension). So we chose to film it on a set where we could see the full reflection of the piece, and then hide half the lego set beneath the water tray so that it looked just like a normal house set, with a normal reflection. We created some camera moves with our Colossus robot arm and shot out the lego set, still hiding the dark side. Then we flipped the lego over and shot those same camera moves with the Upside Down dimension version of the set. The idea is to swap the reflection of the normal side of the set with the dark version in the final product (hence why motion control was needed).

14/09/2024

That time we rigged a gimbal in the tail of a WW2 bomber plane for .lowry

11/09/2024

It’s a handheld doc shoot kinda day

29/07/2024

A D&D inspired potions set for a brewery commercial! To make VFX much easier in post we opted to film using our robot arm, especially since we wanted to export the camera path into Unreal Engine later (rather than having to painstakingly track the camera later in AE which honestly is always a bad time).

27/07/2024

Prepping the cockpit of a WW2 fighter plane for some flying shots for DP .lowry. What a wild shot this was!

25/07/2024

Getting the gimbal ready for some music video madness while rocking a vintage canon zoom!

21/07/2024

We were lucky enough to film within the Carlsbad Caverns with our Red Komodo! What an absolutely amazing experience!

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Contributing some gimbal counterweights as a finishing touch to a 360 rig built by @dimkiwi for DP @scottcunninghamdp #visualengineering #visualengineers #visualengineer #camerarig #camerarigs #camerarigging #onsetlife #filmcrew #filmcrewlicious #videoproduction #filmmakingcommunity #behindthescenes #filmmaking #setlife #production #onset #filmmaker #filmmakerslife #filmlife #filmproduction #filmmakers #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakersworld #filmset #cameragear #camerawork #filmgear #gearporn #cameradept

Motoring around the new wings of LaGuardia airport on our segway to capture footage of the new building for a commercial for the airport itself. #motioncontrol #cinebot #visualengineering #visualengineers #visualengineer #camerarig #camerarigs #camerarigging #gimbal #gimbaloperator #gimbalstabilizer #freefly #onsetlife #filmcrew #filmcrewlicious #videoproduction #filmmakingcommunity #behindthescenes #filmmaking #setlife #production #onset #filmmaker #filmmakerslife #filming #makingof

An overhead lighting rig we designed using a dolly system normally used for cameras. Here we attached some tube lights to the dolly and then extended the track above the set so that the lights could be moved back and forth over the product to give the shot a little extra feeling of movement. #lightingdesign #lightdesign #gaffer #lighting #setlighting #filmlighting #lightingandgrip #gripandelectric #onsetlife #videoproduction #filmmakingcommunity #behindthescenes #filmmaking #setlife #production #onset #director #filmmaker #filmmakerslife #filming #makingof #filmlife #filmproduction #filmmakers #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakersworld #filmset

On set for a music video with some crazy dance stunts for Ben Carey! Preparing for some magic hour shooting on the Brooklyn shore. #onsetlife #filmcrew #filmmakingcommunity #behindthescenes #filmmaking #setlife #onset #musicvideo #indiefilmhustle #indiefilms

Doing some remote head operating in a cookie factory for Lara Aqel! Everything smelled like cookie dough for a bit after lol. #camerarig #camerarigging #gimbal #gimbaloperator #gimbalstabilizer #freefly #camerawork #cameraoperator #cinematographer #filmgear

Sometimes a ReadyRig is more than just a camera rig! #onsetlife #filmcrew #filmcrewlicious #videoproduction #filmmakingcommunity #behindthescenes #filmmaking #setlife #production #onset #filmmaker #filmmakerslife #makingof #filmlife #filmproduction #filmmakers #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakersworld #filmset #cameraoperator #cameraop #cameraoperators #cameraoperating #cameragear #filmgear #cameradept #cinematographer #cinematographers #directorofphotography #dop

Our Colossus arm running a quick push in on a beautiful set built by the incomparable @sunnie_kim! #floraldesign #stilllife #setdesign #artdirection #setdesigner #productiondesign #artdirector #scenography #motioncontrol #cinebot #visualengineering #visualengineers #visualengineer #camerarig #camerarigs #camerarigging #motorizedprecision #kuka #robotics #motioncontrolcamera #cinematography #cinematic #cinematicphotography #cinematiclook #cinematographer #directorofphotography #dop #doplife #camerawork

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