UniGeezer: "Flight Line" (Uni-Cable-Cam) Unicycling

[ttt8699]

Thanks Geoff! I'll be shooting all new UCC footage this weekend.

[monocyclism]

Great choreography just getting in the right place at the right time with the camera angles. As you say, ".... is up to the rider and his creativity and imagination!". Love that 36er!

[MsTicklefish]

what handlebar is that on your coker?

[ttt8699]

I made the extension for it. the handle part is made by coker.

[joejumps4fun]

Haha! The lady jogging just stops! Do you have the line going over the street? What if a car comes?

Terry--very innovative camera capture styles! I'd like to do something like this for my BC wheeling....please give us a 'behind the scenes look" tutorial for how you rig this!

[ttt8699]

I'm writing an article all about it for Uni magazine. I'm still working on refinements and I have a really cool logo in the works. All coming soon!

Oh, I do plan to setup my system between two telephone poles on a busy street, then ride down the middle of the street on my 36er! Should be a great shot from overhead!

[unicycle6869]

Life is great! I was in MN and CA for the entire month of July, visiting family and working at the OC Fair. Went well. Was gonna try and organize a ride but just got too busy with working and visiting. Will be back for the month of November so hopefully organize one then...Happy Riding!

[ttt8699]

Awesome!

[unicycle6869]

Very Cool Terry! Keep up the awesome work!!

[ttt8699]

Thanks Jamey! Good hearing from you how's life down under?

[barnyard3941]

Great Job! I know it must take a long time to set up shots like that. How do you slow down the camera so it doesn't smash into the tree?

[ttt8699]

I doesn't slow down haha. I improvised a shock absorbing method using two tubular foam handlebar grips, and they work great to absorb the impact of the rig. Even at higher speeds, the rig with camera attached simply stop like make a very soft and quiet impact.

[DucttapesUnicycle]

hate to break it to you but you're not the first to do this type of filming for a unicycle video. The Zombie unicycle video was made with a cable cam, although the one they used was built for much much more money. Good job though! excellent video as usual.

[ttt8699]

haha ok, but I'm probably the first person to do it totally SOLO, with no helpers, cameramen or expensive, remote controlled and fancy motorized rigging. And that's exactly why I made the rig! So I can go where ever, whenever, 100% solo and get amazing shots that look like they were filmed by a low flying aircraft, lol! Just awesome fun!

[SirSkillz13]

Absolutely brilliant!

[ttt8699]

haha wow thanks so much! Yeah this could well be a whole new revolution in filming...especially when you're alone and solo! That's the beauty of it! Plus it's just soooooo freaking FUN!

[ttt8699]

the first parts were filmed Saturday at Sullivan Canyon in Brentwood, CA, and the cokering was shot yesterday in Palos Verdes, CA.

[ttt8699]

Appreciate that thanks!

[ttt8699]

Wow thanks so much!

[saltlickdotcom]

that's awsome, I can do that where ever I want with all the trees.

[ttt8699]

Yeah you gotta have trees! Or at least sign posts far apart haha!

[UniRRRRudy]

Great! how does it works? just buy a wire and a wheel on top or can you buy it complete in a shop?

[ttt8699]

The vid cam is set up on a poly rope line stretched tightly between two trees, and the apparatus is constructed with two 4" plastic laundry pulleys attached to each side of a short piece of 2x3.

The camera is mounted upside down on the bottom of it. The rest is up to the rider and his creativity and imagination!

Total cost for parts: less than $20! I plan to make a tutorial showing how it was made.

[gbfreak87]

that's amazing! how'd you manage to think of it?

[ttt8699]

haha well, "necessity is the mother of invention", and the necessity for me was to find a way to get smooth as silk, bump-free moving tracking shots ALL BY MYSELF, without the need of another person! I absolutely LOVE this technique and plan to use it a lot more and hopefully improve things as I go on.

[Precautioned]

Awesome!

[ttt8699]

Thanks! :)

[Unicycle159]

that looked really cool keeping using it

[ttt8699]

I plan to haha it's already very addicting. Now everywhere I look in day to day life i see possible places to set up for more shots!

[GravityII]

Wow! Fantastic!

This technique should be used in more videos, also combined with the others. Congratulations again for sharing your moments with unicycling, I'm sure you inspire lots of unicyclists, thanks!

[ttt8699]

That's nice and thank you!

[yoerik96]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[ttt8699]

Thanks. :)

[magnuschubb]

got to be the best uni filming i have seen and i loved it when it was following the coker

[ttt8699]

Thanks! The coker footage was added at the last minute, and I'm glad I did it.

[jackerx5]

this is amazing

[ttt8699]

Thanks.very kindly! :)

[nhoover]

Fantastic Terry! I agree with you that more people should use this more of the time. Love the look. Congratulations!

[ttt8699]

Thanks Nathan! Yeah I'm very excited with the possibilities of this technique! This was just my first attempt at it, so hopefully I can keep improving as I continue on. I also want to incorporate it into urban riding as well!

[gbfreak87]

excellent POV, terry! we have to ride sometime, and do some shooting!

[ttt8699]

Thanks. there's actually no "pov" as in my other videos where i *hold* the camera while I'm riding so you see the uni and the trail at the same time. The camera this time is mounted to a cable stretched tight between two trees, where it glides down via gravity.

I had to time it so I stayed in view and ride as fast as the camera was moving. In some shots I deliberatly let the camera get ahead of me so you could see me in full frame.

[berehed]

was it any speciA

al equuipmentt? or just a wire and camera?

[tgreathead]

I rode by on Saturday at Sullivan while you were setting up a shot, turned out great! I said hi to you then, like I do every time I see you there, and have yet to get a response. I guess I'll stop being so friendly.

[ttt8699]

What? I'm sorry if I didn't hear you but I ALWAYS respond and say hi so sorry if it seemed like I didn't respond for some reason. I love chatting with everyone I see on the trails, bikers and hikers alike. Sometimes it's hard to hear people with my helmet and that drape cover around my ears, and sometimes I have a headset for tunes. Please just flag me down or get my attention next time...even push me over if you have to, lol!

[munirider]

wow that was good. you're using like a zipline type set up right? that is a great idea.

[ttt8699]

I bought the parts for less than $20. 200 feet of 1/4" poly laundry line, 4" laundry pulleys, a piece of 2/3 to attach then to and mount the camera. I was amazed at how fantastic it came out. But is it a LOT of hard work!

[munirider]

yeah. but it looks great. do u have it set to film upside down and then you flip it in an editing program or do you also have a setup to hold the camera rightside up?

[ttt8699]

yeah it hangs upside down which is best since you want the heaviest weight at the bottom to give it "ballast" and it will more smoothly travel the length of the line.

[gabrielfamilathe]

absolutley amazing! We need to ride and film like this together!

[ttt8699]

You know me, I'm always around and riding! But yeah, let's make a cool video and this time we can set up this type of filming for stair jumps and urban riding as well!

[Jonoroxat]

cool vid

not to brag but

first

[ttt8699]

haha thanks!