Afton Grant |
March 20th, 2008 07:29 PM |
Just looked the shot up on YouTube. Really a shame since it's such good operating for the entire duration of the song. My guess is the gal that had just exited frame walked into the rig. There didn't appear to be anything around for the operator to run into. Cables are usually tethered from rig to the operator, and then to the ground so if one was stepped on or tripped over, it would only pull on the operator, not the rig. Typically when the operator bumps the rig himself, it's the knee hitting the base of the sled, knocking it out to the side, resulting in a quick rock in the horizon. What I see in the Idol shot is the lens being snapped out to the left and slightly up - definitely what it would do if someone ran into it.
On more than one occasion, an actor or extra has walked straight into me or my rig. You'd think, as big and flashy as we are on set, you'd be the last thing they'd run into. It's surprising every time. It hasn't happened to me, but I've heard of serious slices on foreheads from people running into matteboxes and eyebrows.
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