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Shooting vertical video for instagram reels

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Mohammad Alam

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Hi!
I am trying to get into the business of shooting vertical videos for instagram.

Does anyone have any tips on cages I can use to help facilitate that?

I already have the outrigger handle from RED. I was wondering if there's a cage I can get where I can basically attach everything to the side of the camera (outrigger and monitor).

Not sure if this is making sense, but I'm open to all pieces of advice.
 
I don't shoot vertical much for IG or anything, but long ago I showed a pano setup on my Scarlet-X MX via cage and mounting a dovetail to the side. That works great. In later years I found using a 90 degree plate another useful way to go, more or less mounting the camera to a dovetail and another dovetail.

Wooden Camera and others make these cheese plates to build off of.

One reason I began going this other way is far easier access to the media bay when you have to swap mags.
 
Vastly depends on the style You're shooting. Like, for vertical handheld on DSMC1 the side-ribs are awesome. They are nato compatible and usually I use them for Vaxis/Teradek accessories on a nato magic arm, but basically if you have a native top handle - you can simply put it on a rib and that's ready to roll a vertical take. I found this extremely useful on projects where the client asks for both horizontal and vertical versions (20mm on vertical does look a lot more "native" when the camera is turned sideways as opposed to cropping a vertical frame from a horizontal take).

Otherwise there's a lot of cages that have a wide array of mounting points on sides. Like a WC one or a native Red one - just make sure they are as flat as possible - the Tilta cage for Komodo is horrible for vertical takes because it has fancy design and the side walls have different levels of depth.
 
I second the recommendation of an L bracket.

That said, if you're after a cage specifically, the Ignite Digital Keystone looks like it would be a very good choice.
 
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I've used this set up with the Tilta cage. Very easy to work with and good looking :)
 
Dag that's a beauty! Do you have a monitor? Would be nice to see a pic with it on. Would like to see if anyone else have 2 cents about this vertical recording.
 
I use an L bracket normally. One time, though, I showed up on set and the client announced they wanted vertical video. I hadn't thought to bring the bracket (since this was headed to broadcast) and I rigged something using a tripod and my RS2. I kept the rs2 motors locket to put the Komodo at 45 degrees, then mounted the rs2 to my fluid head and tilted it a further 45 degrees. It looked janky, but it worked. I had to correct 1-2 degrees in post.

Lesson learned though - I always bring my L bracket now
 
Mohammad Alam said:
Hi!
I am trying to get into the business of shooting vertical videos for instagram.

Does anyone have any tips on cages I can use to help facilitate that?

I already have the outrigger handle from RED. I was wondering if there's a cage I can get where I can basically attach everything to the side of the camera (outrigger and monitor).

Not sure if this is making sense, but I'm open to all pieces of advice.
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Check out this plate from Owl Plates. I just got one myself. https://www.owlplate.com/
 
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