Chest Mount for Scarlet-W

[Curran McKee]

Hey all,

I'm looking to mount my Scarlet-W on an actor's chest but I'm sort of at a loss as to how to accomplish this.

It's for a series of shots where the actors hands need to be visible on camera, so basically accomplishing something like a GoPro chest harness. I'd love to hear what solutions people have come up with.

 

[Mike P.]

You mean like a SnorriCam (pointed back at the actor/wearer) or just a chest mount?

It’s usually cheapest to try rigging up something yourself, though it probably won’t be the most comfortable/repeatable.

 

[Curran McKee]

Hey Mike,

Just a chest mount.

 

[Björn Benckert]

Snore camera mount for the win.

 

[Jeffery Anderson]

like End of Watch? ...the camera rig was done by Radiant rental house in Los Angeles, but modern camera, you could possibly do the same.

https://www.radiantimages.com/blog/695-radiant-images-breaks-new-ground-with-end-of-watch

http://www.radiantimages.com/images/newspdf/bad-boyz.pdf

https://www.radiantimages.com/cameras/hd-beyond/silicon-imaging

same cameras were used on Slum Dog Millionaire strapped to a boom pole to get moving crowd shots

this was big as the camera needed to be very mobile and POV, if you're just doing a POV shot you might lock the camera down and have the actors hands in the shot

now-a-days you would probably shoot it all on a BMPCC4K strapped to the actor's chest