tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post6827868382862595558..comments2024-03-28T00:18:19.640-07:00Comments on Dollygrippery: Dealing With SurgeDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-69018096120231530812010-12-18T11:09:18.847-08:002010-12-18T11:09:18.847-08:00Atleast here in Toronto, we still refer to it as a...Atleast here in Toronto, we still refer to it as a "Mickey Rooney", however, having worked with Mickey, a longer story would have it the other way...<br /><br />Side note - I'm off finally for two weeks Xmas hiatus. Hopefully I can thaw my brain enough by the fire to come up with something for the site.Azurgriphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06782192437325161681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-19571001463459997932010-12-16T11:47:42.013-08:002010-12-16T11:47:42.013-08:00I love this site. So many cool ways to do the same...I love this site. So many cool ways to do the same thing. Awesome ideas to solve the same issue. I go with track when I can and then dance floor if there's a lot of traffic going through. But the seams in dance floor can be murderous. Always an x-factor. But I always like the challenge of a slow push in and the stress of landing on the right line. <br /><br />I remember when the director would ask for "a little creep" on this shot and we would call it a "Mickey Rooney." Has anyone updated the reference in their world? I've heard some good ones.GHBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-63992844639163154342010-12-15T14:17:22.218-08:002010-12-15T14:17:22.218-08:00Hello All,
If you would want to us track (because...Hello All,<br /><br />If you would want to us track (because the floor is asking for it) but the director keeps changing his mind you can use a speedrail (or alutube) as track, it is easy to us and maintain your stearing position; just lift the dolly, roll the tube underneath and let fall...) Even using one tube on the heavy0-side of the dolly only is already taking the uneven spots out of the original floor.<br /><br />As Sanjay mentioned making time marks or time-references is always a good thing to do.<br /><br />last month I was on a show with only dolly moves, lots of creeps. I either used my TwinDolly (slider) or the Panther on tracks using the Trackjacks for repositioning. Espicially with the jacks I found a new trick (which has ofcourse allready been used by others: Instead of leveling it exacly and still protect the floor from scratches caused by changing tracks I did throw a rope of 10mm underneath the tracktubes on each side: This gave me the ability to realign the tracks softly without any damag to the floor, kept away the creeking from wedges on a woodenfloor, gave me some sort of level on the existing floor eso eso....<br /><br />so far, of o bed after three weeks of 90 hours in 5 days....<br /><br />Good Luck to all,<br /><br />OnnoOnnohttp://www.solidgripsystems.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-61098352672797462992010-12-14T23:03:26.270-08:002010-12-14T23:03:26.270-08:00D, for the record, the lovely lady's correct s...D, for the record, the lovely lady's correct spelling of her name is Justyna Sieniawska, and it sounds much better when she says it. Justyna was co-host at the Plus Camerimage Film Festival in Poland, which is well worth attending if any of you ever have the time.<br /><br />I agree re: track. Another thing that can help, depending on the length of the move, is to work off the dolly's tire, turning that instead of using the push bar. This gives you a lot more control over surges, and removes any looseness between pushbar, chassis, & wheel. <br /><br />Happy Holidays, everybody who gets'em! It's snowing and frozen solid here in Germany.<br /><br />WickWicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-79767993099985928342010-12-14T15:07:03.098-08:002010-12-14T15:07:03.098-08:00And offcourse on Onno's precision tracks!And offcourse on Onno's precision tracks!Dollygriphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099870934994937430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-68363768532085114892010-12-14T15:05:36.334-08:002010-12-14T15:05:36.334-08:00I always use a bunch of keywords and then mark the...I always use a bunch of keywords and then mark the dolly with a crayon in the rehearsal... 1st keyword is the 1st mark, and so on and so on...Dollygriphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099870934994937430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-76669183815958937792010-12-12T14:16:33.925-08:002010-12-12T14:16:33.925-08:00Great tip Gripworks. Putting a slight grade on you...Great tip Gripworks. Putting a slight grade on your track can help in controlling your move. I've used it for "motion control" moves too. I also try to find the middle part of the dialogue and make it correspond to the middle point of the move so that I know if I'm on the right track timing wise.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-47855958076362675542010-12-12T06:09:42.587-08:002010-12-12T06:09:42.587-08:00Creeps are always tricky. Sometimes you have a sho...Creeps are always tricky. Sometimes you have a shot which has to move a certain distance to match 37 seconds of voice over and land at a specific point on dialogue. I sometimes mark intervals (one second or 2 second or 5 second) on the floor so I am consistent across the move. <br />As D says, i will always try and use track for these moves.<br />I sometimes also try and put a little downhill slope into the track. It can help.<br /><br />... and speed wheels !!The Grip Workshttp://www.thegripworks.comnoreply@blogger.com