Add weight. Sand bags or free weights are good. Get rid of the pvc pipe, it bends too much. Try using 1" metal tubing. Also if you are using two pipes together (end to end) ensure the seam between them is smooth. When you hit this small gap, it causes a bump. Make sure that you're not using metal rollers. You want some thing like roller skate or roller blade type wheels.
It's still a nice shot. I'm not sure how many "average" viewers would notice in an opening shot - especially not if titles and credits were moving at the same time. Can I see it? Yes. Is it distracting? Probably not such. Especially with titles or far enough into a production to have the audience emotionally invested. If it's in a "teenage angst" type of story, you might even be credited with the slight shakes being an artistic choice used to mimic the tone of emotional upset.
Jitters? Use the best bearings you can get. Add weight - the lower the better. Make sure that every inch of your track is fully supported. Think "wedges" like those used to align window and door frames.(Ask This Old House)
Best wheels cost too much? Can you make a temp structure of wood/plastic/metal channels held in place by "cross ties" like a railroad?
Jittery? Use the best bearings you can get. Add weight - the lower, the better. Use the best foundation possible; ie. if there is any section of rail/track that moves even the slightest bit; it needs more support. (Think wedge shims like those used to install window and door frames. Ask This Old House.) there used to be, and probably still are plastic wedges sold under the brand of chainsaws intended primarily to prevent pinching the bar if the wind direction changes, (or you're a dumbass).
To attach track sections, Willy's Widgets makes a track connector for ABS pipe which will withstand more weight than PVC. They make the connector available in three sizes, 1-1/2", 2" and for the European market, 40mm. They also make a range of dolly wheel sets for use in building your own dolly.
To help prevent problems with the joins in the track - always stagger the track so that one join is slightly ahead of the other. Also if you stagger the wheels on the dolly (rather than have them as paralell pairs) so that only 1 wheel at a time crosses the join - this will help a lot. nice video BTW!
To attach PVC track sections, get a wooden dowel that is barely snug but not too tight to fit inside the pipe. Stick it in half way on each pipe and drill a hole through the center of each pipe, then secure the dowel inside with a pin or nail or whatever. When you lay the track, remember to look for areas where it will sag and put a wedge of wood underneath, remembering that the joint is the weakest section. Also, use sandbags as has been suggested to weight the cam.
in case you are wondering on how to make sand bags, it's rteally easy. Just take some old pairs of jeans and cut off the legs. Cut each leg into two sections each. Then you just sew up one end. pill it with sand and close up the other end, and just like that you have a sand bag. One pair of jeans will make you 4 sand bags. Quick and easy.
dude don't screw down anything or don't use any of that stabilization shit in post cause it doen't work. Just simply put more weight on the dolly itself. Just make some sandbags and make sure you weigh down the ends of the piping and put some weight on the platform. But since you are using pvc pipe there is no 100% solution to get rid of all the shake. But it looks good so far man.
Yeah, it's been a little bit improved since I've made that test video... the problem with the shake comes when the dolly crosses from one piece of pvc pipe to the other. I've been forced to only use one 10 ft. piece now as to assure a completely smooth shot.
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shadowgmable 1 year ago
A bit shaky but otherwise great footage... Could I suggest using PVC tubes to create a smoother shot?
VideoCopilotTut 1 year ago
Add weight. Sand bags or free weights are good. Get rid of the pvc pipe, it bends too much. Try using 1" metal tubing. Also if you are using two pipes together (end to end) ensure the seam between them is smooth. When you hit this small gap, it causes a bump. Make sure that you're not using metal rollers. You want some thing like roller skate or roller blade type wheels.
godsofold 2 years ago
what song is this by blink 182
downawang23 3 years ago
always
duanebproducions 2 years ago
wtf
Mackenzier04 3 years ago
Almost forgot . . . a four-foot, (or six-foot), carpenter's level is your friend.
barbaralovesblack 3 years ago
It's still a nice shot. I'm not sure how many "average" viewers would notice in an opening shot - especially not if titles and credits were moving at the same time. Can I see it? Yes. Is it distracting? Probably not such. Especially with titles or far enough into a production to have the audience emotionally invested. If it's in a "teenage angst" type of story, you might even be credited with the slight shakes being an artistic choice used to mimic the tone of emotional upset.
barbaralovesblack 3 years ago
If no one thinks to give you that credit, be sure to mention it when you're interviewed for ET or Life After Film School. ;)
barbaralovesblack 3 years ago
What happened to my original comment?!
Jitters? Use the best bearings you can get. Add weight - the lower the better. Make sure that every inch of your track is fully supported. Think "wedges" like those used to align window and door frames.(Ask This Old House)
Best wheels cost too much? Can you make a temp structure of wood/plastic/metal channels held in place by "cross ties" like a railroad?
barbaralovesblack 3 years ago
Jittery? Use the best bearings you can get. Add weight - the lower, the better. Use the best foundation possible; ie. if there is any section of rail/track that moves even the slightest bit; it needs more support. (Think wedge shims like those used to install window and door frames. Ask This Old House.) there used to be, and probably still are plastic wedges sold under the brand of chainsaws intended primarily to prevent pinching the bar if the wind direction changes, (or you're a dumbass).
barbaralovesblack 3 years ago
Your wheels have alot to do with it. Make sure you use top of the line skateboard wheels.
jrusso7660 3 years ago
I have just made one, You may have put the wheels to close, I did and i got the same image, Now i changed it i get brilliant images!
Butterz771 3 years ago
not that smooth, i see bumps etc.
borderlinemedia1 3 years ago
maybe add a dancefloor?
nipbruce 3 years ago
we usually have one man on the dolly running the camera and one man pulling..
BrochLey24 3 years ago
the pvc pipes are probably not hard enough try some copper pipes or elictrical pipes
alexjseguin 4 years ago
perdy shaky
jjjjoseph5 4 years ago
nice! were those acasonal bumps because of the concreat?
redtail5 4 years ago
nice work dude!
madhobbit 4 years ago
try putting weight on the dolly, smooths thing out quite a bit
saintnicks 4 years ago
Not too bad, A little shaky...could be the operator though.
Check out the "paintedsheep dolly" here on youtube.
Paintedsheep 4 years ago
To attach track sections, Willy's Widgets makes a track connector for ABS pipe which will withstand more weight than PVC. They make the connector available in three sizes, 1-1/2", 2" and for the European market, 40mm. They also make a range of dolly wheel sets for use in building your own dolly.
glidergang 4 years ago
To help prevent problems with the joins in the track - always stagger the track so that one join is slightly ahead of the other. Also if you stagger the wheels on the dolly (rather than have them as paralell pairs) so that only 1 wheel at a time crosses the join - this will help a lot. nice video BTW!
rickvanman 4 years ago
I find using a camera with image stablization helps a lot
rickvanman 4 years ago
To attach PVC track sections, get a wooden dowel that is barely snug but not too tight to fit inside the pipe. Stick it in half way on each pipe and drill a hole through the center of each pipe, then secure the dowel inside with a pin or nail or whatever. When you lay the track, remember to look for areas where it will sag and put a wedge of wood underneath, remembering that the joint is the weakest section. Also, use sandbags as has been suggested to weight the cam.
caveyak 4 years ago
in case you are wondering on how to make sand bags, it's rteally easy. Just take some old pairs of jeans and cut off the legs. Cut each leg into two sections each. Then you just sew up one end. pill it with sand and close up the other end, and just like that you have a sand bag. One pair of jeans will make you 4 sand bags. Quick and easy.
snowboard9life 4 years ago
dude don't screw down anything or don't use any of that stabilization shit in post cause it doen't work. Just simply put more weight on the dolly itself. Just make some sandbags and make sure you weigh down the ends of the piping and put some weight on the platform. But since you are using pvc pipe there is no 100% solution to get rid of all the shake. But it looks good so far man.
snowboard9life 4 years ago
Put wood blocks under the pvc pipes then tape or screw them down. This prevents the shaking cause the little rocks move the pvc pipe up and down.
Movie81movie 4 years ago
get final cut studio 2 I have it it is $1300
playme321 4 years ago 2
Well done
I find with the ones Ive built that a good amount of weight pulling the rig down (and I mean, alot of weight) reduces shakes.
Try having a bag of weights hang in the center, it helped mine a bit.
BrokeToeProductions 4 years ago
I'm pretty impressed. I'm trying to make my own dolly too.
AndyMillsy 4 years ago
Ulead Video Studio 10 has an anti-shake video filter, works well for little shakes like that, very well done though
babaroogeorge 5 years ago
try using garage door tracking, its metal, comes together relatively easy, and you won't have the jerks, plus, you can make curves in it...
CartesqueFilms 5 years ago
cool
b4uaskimagod 5 years ago
Yeah, it's been a little bit improved since I've made that test video... the problem with the shake comes when the dolly crosses from one piece of pvc pipe to the other. I've been forced to only use one 10 ft. piece now as to assure a completely smooth shot.
Thanks for the comment!
drumyouaway 5 years ago
woawww shakes harsh. try using sfoter wheels or instead of pvc pipe try a rubber striping
flawlessproductions 5 years ago
I like the faster but jerkier shots, rather then the smooth, but painfully-so shots.
thecybercat 5 years ago
a wide angle lens might be able to hide some of the smaller amounts of jitter.
uzi9mm 5 years ago