Dollygrippery: Feb Freeze

Monday, February 08, 2010

Feb Freeze

If you're in the Toronto area and not working, come on down to Pinewood Studios' Mega Stage for the Cinequip White's Feb Freeze. Tuesday Feb 9th, Open 11am til 8pm.

I'll be there all day manning the GI Track booth with Gil. Come by and say hello and talk dolly turkey!

1 comment:

Zen On Wheels said...: Newbie Tool Kit:
Geez, I wish I saw this before now. This site looks ultra helpful. It'll take me a while to go through it all, but I will. Meanwhile please forgive if there's a more appropriate area for this question.
I've just been listed in the grip category after years of being a spark, and I intend to focus on pushing dolly. I've done a number of freebies this winter, and found that I like it a lot, and it comes natural to me. I suppose I'll start taking daily grip calls and hoping for some B-dolly action. Since I was just now listed I intend to celebrate buy putting a kit together. Are there any notable features when buying a level? Besides the obvious, are there any other tools or items that will make the job easier?; 3:32 PM

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The art of Dolly Gripping is like no other job in the world. It falls to us to work out the mechanics of a particular shot, as well as offer a smooth, aesthetically pleasing move which makes the shot work and delivers emotion to the scene. It's the ultimate blend of engineering and art. This website is a place for professionals in motion picture camera platform movement to meet and swap tips, stories, and gripe a little about the difficulties we often face, but rarely get to talk about among ourselves. It's also a place for aspiring Dolly Grips to learn a little something from the old pros. So, welcome. Look around and join our little community. The site is run by myself, D, and Azurgrip, two guys who have each spent the last 20 years moving cameras around film sets. But it also benefits from the readership and participation of hundreds of Dolly and Key Grips from around the world, men and women who have helped deliver some of the most memorable and beautiful moving shots on film. So if you have any questions, please ask. You can ask questions or make comments on our message forum, which is below, just above the photos, or email us at dollygrippery at gmail dot com. We, or one of the experienced grips who frequent this site will answer.

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