tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post1310677708889148113..comments2024-03-28T00:18:19.640-07:00Comments on Dollygrippery: Things That SuckDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-83419687268988556712014-08-05T10:13:28.372-07:002014-08-05T10:13:28.372-07:00Arbitrary percentages to speed up or slow down a m...Arbitrary percentages to speed up or slow down a movement. "Take that 37 percent slower" mmm okayStatus Quo Fugitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15966355594143976134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-34409065448130808362014-01-27T23:42:27.903-08:002014-01-27T23:42:27.903-08:00Beautiful post. That about sums it up.
Beautiful post. That about sums it up.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-71827401822152664162013-03-24T05:58:40.861-07:002013-03-24T05:58:40.861-07:00I just love carpets....I just love carpets....joelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-76886186747237302012-07-17T22:28:02.605-07:002012-07-17T22:28:02.605-07:00Great ones!Great ones!Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-6641613949299366122012-07-17T19:13:12.677-07:002012-07-17T19:13:12.677-07:00and i forgot
using the crane to shoot coverage .....and i forgot <br />using the crane to shoot coverage .....and it's rainingtony-bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-19007588173986268682012-07-17T19:07:47.643-07:002012-07-17T19:07:47.643-07:00D glad i found you again .A few more for the list...D glad i found you again .A few more for the list<br />handheld<br />holding the pogo for the stedicam<br />passive/agressive operators<br />"Kiss up-kick down" operators<br />summer location interiors with no a/c<br />Crew members who need to know what the shot is but don't (Buy a monitor for fuck sake and quit bugging everyone!)<br />Xtras who say they can ride a horse but can't<br />the pee-wee X-O head (thankfully gone)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-55676600740704011922012-07-08T13:49:29.841-07:002012-07-08T13:49:29.841-07:00100 times yes on people who camp out in front of t...100 times yes on people who camp out in front of the coffee machine. Please take your conversation elsewhere. Like three feet to the left or right.A.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280771470428710391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-32296284140016729462012-07-07T09:23:01.297-07:002012-07-07T09:23:01.297-07:00Ok, let me just clarify this now before I get a hu...Ok, let me just clarify this now before I get a hundred comments from PAs telling me how important lockups are. I'm not talking about not having lockups or keeping some errant juicer or grip from wandering through the shot on their way to the set. I'm talking about the PA who stops me at the door and says, "We're about to roll." I say, "I know, that's why I'm going in." They say, "I can't let you in." I say, "I have to do the shot." And we go round and round with me trying to explain that I have to actually work the shot until I finally just push past them.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-74490858722080544192012-07-07T06:40:34.741-07:002012-07-07T06:40:34.741-07:00I've been the PA who wouldn't let a juicer...I've been the PA who wouldn't let a juicer through because the set was locked up.<br /><br />Although he got really mad, I'm pretty sure I kept a job because he didn't walk into the background of the shot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833450407310191053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-68010360101973470922012-07-06T20:44:42.537-07:002012-07-06T20:44:42.537-07:00All great points Acraw. I am constantly running ov...All great points Acraw. I am constantly running over connectors, ripping them out of the ports, etc. I don't care anymore. Great to hear from you. Tell your brother hi for me.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-11951290192415444872012-07-06T19:55:47.440-07:002012-07-06T19:55:47.440-07:00Great list D. Very funny. And not. I addition to t...Great list D. Very funny. And not. I addition to the people in the doorway, the people who will look you right in the eye and then step in front of the dolly you are pushing across the carpet. You know that if you touch them with the dolly they'll cry like babies that you need to watch where you're going.<br />I also hate that so many DIT or video guys will just waltz mover to the dolly, drop a pile of cable on the track and walk away without a word. It's not my cable. I don't care if it's there or not. Yet if I run over it, it's my problem. At least find someone to wrangle.acrawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-70815790307822192102012-07-04T13:51:16.135-07:002012-07-04T13:51:16.135-07:00Haha. Sanjay. Some people are just born jackasses ...Haha. Sanjay. Some people are just born jackasses and when they reach a position of "power" it magnifies it.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-76808495964830373402012-07-03T21:52:03.823-07:002012-07-03T21:52:03.823-07:00Love it !!!
I always politely direct all camera fo...Love it !!!<br />I always politely direct all camera folk to these posts when you put them up. <br />I agree with you about seat offsets ... hate them.<br />I also hate operators who rest their foot on the seat knob, undo it by mistake, come crashing down, and then blame you for not doing the knob up tight ... really ?? Maybe the next time you come crashing down it will really be my fault !The Grip Workshttp://www.thegripworks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-37859521768999289162012-07-03T14:40:51.499-07:002012-07-03T14:40:51.499-07:00Love the list, even the dolly stuff I don't fu...Love the list, even the dolly stuff I don't fully understand. I don't mind being shushed by a veteran First AD (although the good ones command silence with nothing more than a look), but when some over-amped twenty-something, wet-behind-the-ears, doesn't-yet-shave kid who has barely figured out how to use a walkie-talkie gives me a "shush," there'd better be a smile on his smooth, unlined young face.<br /><br />Last year a camera assistant told me of a very good wireless system for digital cameras designed to shoot the signal and images back to DIT tent and video village -- but it's not a cheap rental. If that's true, I'd love to see those cables vanish from dollies and peds. Other than the cost, I don't know why this system isn't in general use... unless the signal might interfere with on-set cell phone communication.<br /><br />And by all that Hollywood holds Holy, we can't have THAT, can we?Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-38148836487486726452012-07-02T19:22:42.025-07:002012-07-02T19:22:42.025-07:00Onno answered it for me. My buddy Gil's GI Tra...Onno answered it for me. My buddy Gil's GI Track is also a good alternative and is a less fragile. Onno also makes his own brand of track.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-63245598049695041802012-07-02T01:21:35.956-07:002012-07-02T01:21:35.956-07:00This was a good start of my week :-)!!!
Go on, Go...This was a good start of my week :-)!!!<br /><br />Go on, Go on, It makes me less lonesome in the continous struggle....<br /><br />(reg steel track, I assume D does not mean that he wants PVC-track:-)<br /><br />Best track is made of alumium. However the alumium track is not this preffered in rental-houses because of its sensitivity for damages)Onnohttp://www.solidgripsystems.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-48090480964908063492012-07-01T19:49:03.091-07:002012-07-01T19:49:03.091-07:00Great list! Forgive my lack of knowledge, but what...Great list! Forgive my lack of knowledge, but what should track be made out of?Josh Watermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796538966174045660noreply@blogger.com