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Hagop Matossian · May 26th, 2006, 06:22 AM

hi y'all

i'm producing a short film called 'anyone for tennis' which is being shot this weekend. I'm building a camera rig for an FX shot.

We have a fork flying across the dining table & embedding itself in the butlers leg.

today I'm going to buy a little CCTV cam (thats what they call the little CCD cams here in the UK) and wire it to the composite video in/out on my XM2. (I'll power the cam too of course).

I'm then gonna attach the cam to the fork so we can see the prongs. the fork i'll attach to a stick so we can spin it in the air as we move it across the table.

I tried this once before attaching a cam to drumsticks & a guitar, it worked pretty well http://www.undeadarmy.org/videos/IdiomLifeline_big.wmv

i always appreciate other peoples opinions so just thought I'd post this & see if anyone has any comments.

thanks

Hagop

Andrew Khalil · May 26th, 2006, 01:59 PM

out of curiosity, do you have a link to the tiny cam you're using (what it looks like, price etc.)?
thanks

Kris Holodak · May 28th, 2006, 09:53 AM

I would love to see pics of that as well. We've been talking about trying to put a camera on the head of a ballet dancer to illustrate things like why she doesn't get dizzy doing 30 piroettes (sp?) in a row, and what she sees when she's doing a running leap into the arms of her partner. Naturally the smaller and less encumbered we can get it the better.

Hagop Matossian · January 19th, 2007, 06:01 AM

look here

http://www.henrys.co.uk/cctv/covert.htm

its the top one. not included is battery pack which costs about £40. the cam then has to be connected to the analog in/out socket on the camera

mine worked very well - we used it to simulate a fly, a fork spinning in the air, and a tennis rack pov shot. a combination of Blu tak & gaffer tape was used
to mount it. the blu tak did all the sitcking while the gaffer tape was for safety

H

May 26th, 2006, 06:22 AM	#1
Hagop Matossian Woodyfang Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London/Nicosia Posts: 125	Lipstick / Pencam FX shot hi y'all i'm producing a short film called 'anyone for tennis' which is being shot this weekend. I'm building a camera rig for an FX shot. We have a fork flying across the dining table & embedding itself in the butlers leg. today I'm going to buy a little CCTV cam (thats what they call the little CCD cams here in the UK) and wire it to the composite video in/out on my XM2. (I'll power the cam too of course). I'm then gonna attach the cam to the fork so we can see the prongs. the fork i'll attach to a stick so we can spin it in the air as we move it across the table. I tried this once before attaching a cam to drumsticks & a guitar, it worked pretty well http://www.undeadarmy.org/videos/IdiomLifeline_big.wmv i always appreciate other peoples opinions so just thought I'd post this & see if anyone has any comments. thanks Hagop __________________ 10 films online http://www.undeadarmy.org STOP PRESS!! http://www.honeyweasel.com STOP PRESS!! Lighting Cameraman / Director / Producer / Music Producer / DJ / Web Designer / Visualist / Media Student / IT Tutor / Digital Artist W00dy See, W00dy d00...

January 19th, 2007, 06:01 AM	#4
Hagop Matossian Woodyfang Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London/Nicosia Posts: 125	lipstick cam look here http://www.henrys.co.uk/cctv/covert.htm its the top one. not included is battery pack which costs about £40. the cam then has to be connected to the analog in/out socket on the camera mine worked very well - we used it to simulate a fly, a fork spinning in the air, and a tennis rack pov shot. a combination of Blu tak & gaffer tape was used to mount it. the blu tak did all the sitcking while the gaffer tape was for safety H __________________ 10 films online http://www.undeadarmy.org STOP PRESS!! http://www.honeyweasel.com STOP PRESS!! Lighting Cameraman / Director / Producer / Music Producer / DJ / Web Designer / Visualist / Media Student / IT Tutor / Digital Artist W00dy See, W00dy d00...

May 26th, 2006, 01:59 PM	#2
Andrew Khalil Major Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 424	out of curiosity, do you have a link to the tiny cam you're using (what it looks like, price etc.)? thanks

May 28th, 2006, 09:53 AM	#3
Kris Holodak Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 302	I would love to see pics of that as well. We've been talking about trying to put a camera on the head of a ballet dancer to illustrate things like why she doesn't get dizzy doing 30 piroettes (sp?) in a row, and what she sees when she's doing a running leap into the arms of her partner. Naturally the smaller and less encumbered we can get it the better.