Hey at 1:51 I talk about the origin of how the century stand got its name! Keep in mind that this is valid information that can be backed up with FACTS!! JK
This is BS. The C-stand was invented by a left-handed grip in 1909 by Charles Creightonhovenship after a long day on the set. No one could pronounce his name and, like most grips, no one cared anyway. He called a C-stand. It’s in Wikipedia. Look it up. 😉
@@JohnHarrerHorses Maybe this is correct, but Wikipedia is not a source of accuracy true reality on a number of topics. It stays with indoctrination of what is currently accepted. Not as bad as Facebook fake fact checkers, but in that direction.
Its actually very interesting, as he uses a political approach to how the name came about...Flat out lies with a "of course it is" comic face, inside joke....showing how most people will believe anything someone making a videos says. Or at least won't read anything with it, or object it. The man is a natural to run a campaign!
My team and I picked up one of these recently, and after using it on a 7-day shoot, I can confirm that it's awesome. The rocky mountain leg, the gobo head, the easy closing turtle base, truly a great innovation. We're never buying a regular C-stand again.
Great timing on this, Thomas. Looking to pick up some new cStands and these are intriguing. BtW, you must be insane to work with! Thanks for creating outstanding (and entertaining) content and best wishes to you and your team (we're a little north of you-here in the East Valley). Reverse psychology must be working: have been subscribed for a while :)
I’m not 💯 sure, but my understanding was that they were called C stands because they often were used to hold up too 100” diffusion and flags etc. On sets back in the day, grips started referring to them as such and the name stuck.
A bit disapointed you didn't push the testing further. I mean, if this is a newer, better c-stand, wouldn't it stand to reason that you could throw it off an even higher building?
Awesome vid. But that YT compression on that backdrop is killing me. I hope there comes a day when we look back on 2022 and remember how horrible YT compression WAS.
Very good video!! I don't know if in USA has the branch Neewer, but here in Europe, we have this Chinese branch, and has a C stand very economy and very good quality.
Hi there. How do you guys transport your c-stands? They are such a pain in the ass to carry a bunch for shoots. Do you use a case or just carry them as is? Thanks!
We just throw them in the truck! They are a pain for sure! Wish we had a better solution. It’s easy if you have a grip truck cause they have cool c stand dolly carrier things…
They seam heavy duty, but that can also be their negative...try lugging 3 of those to a location shoot. your 100# capacity cart just got loadd with all the gear with sandbags. Oh you have an assistant aye?! I wish saw the rolling base of that chrome one more. And I thought your key bounce was called a floppy bounce /?
I'm laughing my arse off in the first few seconds . Your best boy must be taking the piss out of you . By now they probably sent you back to the truck to fetch a "long weight". In my early years as a Production Assistant, a gaffer once came up to me after seeing me struggle with a C-stand . He said "Do you know why they call it a C stand?" . I was by perplexed by the question and slightly annoyed so i just said "No". He then politely took the stubborn piece of film gear from me, released the lockpin, dropped the 'gobi' and tightened it in one slick maneuver, flipped it over and with the flat off his palm gathered the legs . He then handed me the stand upside down, ready for loading back into the truck and said "SEE". ;-)
The way you open that tube is... hmm... savage! Btw: did you notice that you speak about the subscribers in the skillshare sponsorship? (...first thousand of OUR SUBSCRIBERS get a free trial...) I knew there has to be some advantage behind the ELM subscription!
My savage-stand came unscrewed at the base after three shoots. The company basically told me to glue it back together and that there wasn't an issue.. never thought I'd have to glue my c-stand to get it to properly work lmao As much as I want to like it, can't say I'm inclined to buy another one.
"THIS VIDEO IS NOT SPONSORED BY SAVAGE!!!" If you got free stuff from Savage, as opposed to stuff you have to return, your review is considered a paid endorsement by the FTC. So, regardless of whether they had editorial control and even if it is all your own opinions, it is a paid endorsement - in fact it being what appears to be your own opinion is a hallmark of an endorsement, just as getting free stuff is a hallmark of getting paid (in stuff, as opposed to cash). Hence why your video is a paid endorsement, even if you didn't think of it that way because they didn't' write you a check. You need check the "My video contains paid promotion like a product placement, sponsorship, or endorsement" box on RU-vid.
This is definitely on my list of things to buy.... unless I win one somewhere.... ;) Also, thank you for the third unique version of the origins of the stand name I have heard!
Interesting, these are cool innovations, at least for studio work; seems like carrying them around would suck, compared to the lighter basic Matthew’s ones. I don’t get all the weird meat head “humor” with reality show music behind it to tell us it’s “funny”. I guess someone likes it though. Good info, thanks.
4:42 speaking of sandbags, one of your videos clued me into the ORCA OR-81 with water bladders... but it seems to be discontinued. Do you know of anyone else making a similar product? Seems like a no-brainer to not need to ship/haul/store bags of sand. Thanks!
You all wrong! The C-Stand was created in Venezuela. It came to be, when one American cinematographer came to visit on-set. We would ask Carlos the grip to hollywood the key light before shooting the scene. Carlos, paráte allí con la luz! The cinematographer googled paráte. C-Stand...
Wow - paid promotion with SkillShare ...AND... stupid RU-vid ads interrupting you mid-sentence. Really? I love your videos and attitude. Please stop making them unwatchable.
History lesson. It’s called a C Stand not because it was made a century ago. But, because Century Lighting in NYC first made them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-stand
