Red Spaghetti

[Peter Matthes]

It's a never ending quest to utilize all input/outputs. :001_smile:

 

[Ivan Kovax]

Hehehe...

loops, my friend, loops are your best friend!

 

[Gunleik Groven]

I rather enjoyed the Mattebox...

 

[Peter Matthes]

I rather enjoyed the Mattebox...

The Duvateen you see is actually a teleprompter. :001_smile:

We were shooting very small children.

So as not to intimidate them, we projected the face of their teacher or their parents in front of the A camera's lens using a Sony EX3.

 

[ericyoung]

That's a great idea. :smile: How well did it work?

 

[Peter Matthes]

That's a great idea. :smile: How well did it work?

It is a great technique that we employ when we feel the talent will be intimidated by the camera.

However, it will most certainly slow you down ... and it does add another piece of glass into the mix.

 

[Jay A. Kelley]

Cool idea Peter

 

[Keith_D]

The Duvateen you see is actually a teleprompter. :001_smile:

We were shooting very small children.

So as not to intimidate them, we projected the face of their teacher or their parents in front of the A camera's lens using a Sony EX3.

Great idea!!!

 

[HD Hildebrand]

Yeah, it's great, been using this "projecting the face" for a few years with kids and it's amazing how quickly they get into it and forget the presence of the camera.

 

[Ivan Kovax]

@ Peter. That is a brilliant idea! Mind if I use it if you haven't already TM-ed it on my next interview project?

 

[Ken Willinger]

This technique was used by director Errol Morris back in his early documentaries and he coined it the "Interatron". He still uses the technique.

 

[Brook Willard]

Wow, that is a pretty awesome idea... nicely done.

As for the spaghetti, well... I have a folder on my desktop labeled "Things I do not like" which is full of nothing but pictures of spaghetti cameras. Yours made the cut.

 

[Ketch Rossi]

What you mean Brook?? We love Spaghetti, especially in a nice home made Bolognese sauce

In all seriousness, I truly dislike Spaghetti cameras set up, and why i LOVE the new ET "ATOM"

 

[Theodore King]

It was mostly my fault really. (I was running sound on that job). Coils are good.

I really think RED should set some time aside to design one of these in a smaller form:

It could mount right on the side of the camera.

The truth is I have seen plenty of cables hanging from other cameras, the RED One is not unique in this way. Though it is designed in such a way that the cables stay out of the way of the camera operator.

So as long as the spaghetti is strain relieved and not causing a hinderance in your workday....it is perfectly delicious.

 

[Tim Sutherland]

I showed this to my wife and she asked me "what happened?"

Need more velcro and shorter cables to start.

Also there's a product called the eyeliner that does the face projecting without cameras or monitors. I'll try to track it down.

*Edit - here it is.
https://www.vfgadgets.com/mobile/home.asp?itemid=133&#page-19

Tim

 

[David Fairbanks]

You things are bad when you put an iris rod in just to hold the cables.