Filmmaking definitely isn't the cheapest of hobbies to pick up so appreciate this video like crazy. The water bags are a genius invention kudos to whoever came up with that!
Love these gear videos because I know you've put this stuff to the real-world test. Every piece of gear that doesn't make us more efficient just bogs us down. Thanks for sharing your insights, Luc!
I find it interesting how every filmmaker has their own opinion about what gear is the best and what I should be buying as a noob. For example, the previous video I watched about what gear I should buy and what I should avoid had those magic arms at the top of the What To Avoid List.
Fantastic tips, and super validating, since as an experienced photographer / novice filmmaker, I have a couple of these already. This is not only a great group of suggestions, it helps build a mental inventory of the kinds of tasks and problems a small or one-man crew will need to address. Big Ups.
Hey! just came over your channel and after a few films i love the vibe! I really appreciate the honesty and it seems like you actually give honest tips worth listening to without the sales stuff! Keep it up!
LOL!! This _so_ reminds me of something a buddy told me a few years ago. He's a sailing enthusiast and his observation was: "Owning a sailboat is like standing under a shower of freezing cold water tearing up $100 bills..." Boyz and their Toyz. Great reminder that not all gear needs to cost more than your neighbor's Tesla. Particularly love the suggestions about lighting options and the CA bag. I tend to keep all my odds and ends stuffed into the front pocket of my camera backpack. Just ordered the bag. I'll have to budget for the lighting tools. Next month ;-) Many thanks for another really terrific and helpful video. Cheers, J
just found your channel a lil while ago good stuff man its motivating for me to see someone with struggles and highs and lows in filmmaking. love your stuff man
The MC Light is so great. It magmatic and i used it inside fume hoods. Because they are magnetic i could stick them everywhere in the hood and still could control them when the hood was closed (we shot a documentary and an instruction video in a laboratory with real viral samples so the hood had to be closed after the sample had been opened). Saved my life at this time :-)
i have find army belt with magazine pouch are good and cheap option , the one for the rifile can hold nicely a flash or lent , and the small one for pistol magazin can hold knife or multi tool , or motorcycle hip bag or construction worker tool belt can work ,
Those "gear you'll need/use" are so much better when they come from years and years of experience rather than "hey the brand sent me this or I bought it and been using it for the past two days".
Fantastic ideas with lighting regarding stands and water bags... I've been thinking a lot about what to bring that can fit into a pelicase, this looks absolutely perfect over sand bags and c stands for travel. Thanks again for another solid video! All it takes is a search from anything Wooden Camera, Bright Tangerine, Small HD, etc.. to wonder who the heck decides these prices. Thankfully we're in a transition period where filmmaking isn't being gatekept by extraordinary prices, but there's options across the board
Thanks Shane! Yeah, it’s been great for me. Nothing compares so a c stand for stability, but I’d guess all 4 stands plus bags are lighter than a single c stand
@@LucForsyth Yeah I agree. My kit is small enough now to be pulled in one load, which halves the amount of setup time.. So I'll opt for these any day. I do however wish I could boom lights sometimes. But I have super clamps which can do the trick. Thank you again! I bought bongo ties and a handful of other things from your other gear video :) sometimes it's those small things that make a big difference
That's funny, my set of memory cards for my fx3 are worth more than my car! (#truth) Secret sause is an ebike, zipcar subscription and honda metropolitan (107 mpg baby) and I guess that barted beater of a station wagon I got for working a holiday fudge gig.... side note, I've got my gas down to $20-30 bucks a month. This is why I can afford drones, cameras, and g-master glass, but I digress.... that ac bag is now on my list. Also I have a fun budget work around for tools. Bicycle multi tools are metric and have all the same dohickeys as my camera multi tool. Totally not as nice build quality, but I'm sure a decent one can be way under 50 bucks... I think the silly one I own is more like 12 bucks.
I have tried several brands of cine arm and usually to hold up a 7 inch monitor and surprisingly many of them struggled and the last thing you want is a monitor flopping around during a shot or worse yet hitting the operator in the face. The KAMERAR Tough arms were always the best at holding firm once locked. The Smallrig ones were very floppy even when fully tight. The modular arms you are describing were also very good, nice and firm but there were some copycats out there like the modular arm from wooden camera and that one was not great for holding weight. It was better for creating new mounting points and building out a cage for a wireless Transmitter but I learned the hard way when I tried to use it for a monitor. I if you're going with one that isn't modular I would get ones that are as long as possible and you can even add some length by popping on some short rods that have 1/4-20 screw holes on the ends. That way if it's for a monitor you can put it right in where the rods would go and as a bonus on top of the added reach to line up the monitor with the mattebox the orientation of the screw follows the right hand rule and will only get tighter with the weight. Ops love that.
I wish I didn't live in ireland specifically for buying gear, gear in the states costs $400 less on average in America or Canada than it does in Ireland, I'd have all the gear I want and more if I lived outside of Ireland. For example I saw an FX3 with XLR handle on sale in Canada that comes out to $1,092.81 cheaper than an FX3 on its own here. It would cost me less to fly to Canada spend 6 months there living with a friend and come back with the camera 😅
these are still expensive. switch the cinebag with a recyclable bag waterbags are around 25 bucks for 4 pcs use an aquarium for water shots a 60-100w lightbulb is cheaper than the aputure bulb , a bedsheet as scrim for $5 matthews merf is good but at 100 it gets expensive if you need more. a c stand is the same price all of these for 100 instead of 100 per item in your video
Yep, still expensive! These hacks would probably work if you can put the time in, though I think travelling with an aquarium would be tough for me. Thanks for sharing!
Totally unrelated question: what bulb are you using in the IKEA lamp behind you? I want to use a lamp as a backlight in an interview but the LED's I have all create moving black lines across the screen. Thanks!
It's just an IKEA lightbulb, nothing fancy! You could try those aputure b7c's I mention, they're 100% flicker free and you can set the colour to anything you like.
