If you have stuffed your face for Thanksgiving and need to lose that Turkey tire, then I suggest you spend the weekend making a dolly. Here are the links you will need:
- Camera Jib Arm – This site has several good links at the bottom of the page.
- GreatDV Download – Download a copy of step by step instructions for building a dolly for $5.
- Maybe you would like to use a bike as a dolly.
- Skate Wheel Dolly – Excellent link.
- Make Magazine’s $14 Dolly – You cannot read the article unless you are a subscriber or buy the single volume. But the page does list all what you need. Ars Technica followed the instructions in the article, there also have a quicktime file of the result.
- Home Built Stabilizer – No instructions. But there is video and pictures that should be helpful.
- DVXuser dolly – Buy them cheap if you hate doing it yourself.
- DV camera rigs – A book with all info you need. An excerpt from the book.
- Create Your own boom – You finished making the dolly, make a boom then!
From Ajit Anthony at DV Guru. Terrific blog for all things related to independent film!
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