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I have been thinking about trying a shot where the camera makes almost a semi-circle. Help?
...this thread probably should have gone in the production thread (aheam, mod?)
anyway, try making a semi-circle out of lego train tracks and building a little cart to carry the camera.
if you don't have train tracks, just tape down a line on your desk and eyeball it
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Sorry about the double-post.
...this thread probably should have gone in the production thread (aheam, mod?)
anyway, try making a semi-circle out of lego train tracks and building a little cart to carry the camera.
if you don't have train tracks, just tape down a line on your desk and eyeball it
Thanks. I don't have train tracks, so I guess I'll have to "eyeball" it.
Exactly what motion do you want?
Do you want the camera to rotate but stay focused on a central point, Matrix style?
Or just side to side, dolly shot style.
Exactly what motion do you want?
Do you want the camera to rotate but stay focused on a central point, Matrix style?
Or just side to side, dolly shot style.
I'll try to make the movement I want without a rig and show it to you.
Try using a compass and Expo marker or something erasable and make a curved line at about where you want the arch to be. Then take continuous frames of the camera following that line around the set.
Try using a compass and Expo marker or something erasable and make a curved line at about where you want the arch to be. Then take continuous frames of the camera following that line around the set.
That is a great idea, but sadly, I disassembled the set before I filmed what I wanted to. 
Honestly, I have no ieda why I took it apart. Oh well.
Maybe some curved train tracks could be used to make it. 
Maybe some curved train tracks could be used to make it.
Indeed. That would work. I just don't have any.
I think LEGO might sell some in by themselves. Maybe you could get some.
EDIT: Found a link for some on the LEGO Shop: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Flexible-and … 499?p=7499
Last edited by Squid (July 8, 2011 (03:40pm))
I must say, I like the idea of curved track with an adjustable radius, as opposed to the fixed radius track they used to make and that I have.
I think I might actually get some now. Because that would be so cool. 
Check the reviews though, and you'll see that they're very difficult to move stuff along. Not ideal if you're looking to get a smooth dolly shot.
Argh!
thought it might be so.
I guess I could get some regular curved tracks from the Alien Conquest Mother ship.
Try using a protractor and moving your camera around it in small increments.
Thanks for the help guys.
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