tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post7201216483636100308..comments2024-03-16T02:45:07.927-07:00Comments on Dollygrippery: LasersDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-28192707455673481382014-05-29T09:17:25.982-07:002014-05-29T09:17:25.982-07:00For those of us who don't know anything about ...For those of us who don't know anything about gripping and cranes, what do you use the laser for? I've mostly worked in TV, and have never seen a laser on a crane. (Of course, I've never looked for a laser, either.)TAPAhttp://anonymousproductionassistant.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-31302536121349814412014-05-13T17:50:29.255-07:002014-05-13T17:50:29.255-07:00I'll weigh in here. I do use lasers. One, prop...I'll weigh in here. I do use lasers. One, properly placed, can do a world of good. On Pacific Rim I was having to swing a Scorpio - now these weren't crazy 12 mark moves, but I had to avoid the other Scorpio and the set was moving. I could find my spots, run a tape between points and would be able to follow with incredible precision. Del Toro demands that kind of precision.<br /><br />Now, if I'm outside on a sunny day and all the shot calls for is a boom down - ferggit aboutit.<br /><br />I got used to lasers when they first came out and all the focus pullers felt they had to use them to mark walk and talk distances.<br /><br />Just another tool, like monitors.Azurgriphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06782192437325161681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-986001795336711052014-05-13T13:30:39.988-07:002014-05-13T13:30:39.988-07:00I couldn't agree more. Lasers do more harm tha...I couldn't agree more. Lasers do more harm than good. Thanks for your excellent page.G Boehling, NY, Local 52noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-60128181791026970342014-05-10T10:37:08.001-07:002014-05-10T10:37:08.001-07:00I use a laser some of the time. At the very least ...I use a laser some of the time. At the very least it gives me a 100% accurate start frame. And yes- I 'feel' it and use sightlines. If I'm as good as I expect myself to be then my laser ends up on the mark anyway. It's just another tool. Nothing to be scared of.<br />Also, to mark a point in 3 dimensions using a laser (for fixed boom cranes with a static base), one only need affix it to the arm (before the turning point obviously) ensuring the beam is true vertical, and bingo, 3 axis laser guided accuracy. For cranes mounted on track or telescopic buggers, you need another marking system for that variable. <br />On a side note, on my first feature film as a dolly grip (after a couple already being given the boot from the show), was a baptism of fire. First shot I was involved in was a very fast track in/ boom up into Christopher Lees face. I wasn't a vastly experienced dolly grip, but knew enough to give it a good bash. But that wasn't good enough for the (insert big name) DoP, who proceeded to clamp a laser on the Fisher chassis (which was fine by me), and then slapped one on the nose of the arm, at an angle, which of course let everybody on the set know how exact or inexact my move was. I hated it. But I came away from that movie a much better dolly grip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-86995446545140092712014-04-28T09:11:39.316-07:002014-04-28T09:11:39.316-07:00Totally agree... I never liked the laser on the sh...Totally agree... I never liked the laser on the short end of a crane. I've had them mounted before, and they always end up screwing me up more than helping. I've never had anyone ask or "demand" me using one, and yes, I can make it work if necessary, but generally, I find a laser more distracting than aanything.<br /><br />-DW<br />DWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-40140940794180604692014-04-27T09:39:13.118-07:002014-04-27T09:39:13.118-07:00"How can you think and hit at the same time?&...<br /><br />"How can you think and hit at the same time?" - Yogi Berra. Plus a) how do you mark a point in 3 dimensions with one laser? and b) are the actors using lasers nowadays?<br /><br />D, thanks for sticking to your principles, <br /><br />WickWicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-80663640355991878012014-04-25T22:09:56.939-07:002014-04-25T22:09:56.939-07:00Also here in the grip department, we aim for prett...Also here in the grip department, we aim for pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18888640.post-53174524349384244882014-04-25T21:56:22.509-07:002014-04-25T21:56:22.509-07:00Gripping is a feeling.
Yep, that feels right......Gripping is a feeling. <br /><br /><br />Yep, that feels right... we're good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com