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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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What you won't find here: How to make a dolly out of plywood, info on the Wa11y Dolly, anything about how to move a boat.
If you're looking for something in particular, please check out the "Links" section. Everything from equipment in India, to glamour shots of grips can be found there.
What you won't find here: How to make a dolly out of plywood, info on the Wa11y Dolly, anything about how to move a boat.
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12 comments:
Looks like it's at the factory in Pilsen, in the Czech Republic. Hopefully they'll bring it to the Cinec!
Wow !! Cant imaagine youd be able to use that without a stabilised head.
Wick - I'll see you at Cinec. I'm staying 2 nights in Munich with Armin from GFM.
OH MY GOD....
As much as I enjoy using the Technos... every ounce in my boday just screams "RUN AWAY" when I see this. Let's pray that that is not the base they intend to use. And that's just the start.
they told me it should be on show at cinec and yes that is the factory in the czech republic.
the base is a st50 base purely for testing, the final base will be huge! and pretty trick from what i hear.
Horst sent the line drawing for it a couple of years ago (I think I posted it here?). I still haven't been able to wrap my head around it. Just being able to move the mass required to counter balance, never mind the top height of 27'.
Dave, don't worry about your muscles ... the forklift comes with the ST100 for panning and tilting. The grip just drives around with the arm cradled on the forks :-)
WOW again! I am very impresses, never thought that it would have come of the drawing table! Saw the drawings a year ago on here and was flabbergasted with the figures...
I will be at Cinec as well exhibiting and surely spend some time to observe this huge machine!
(btw: the last floorplan I have seen only shows 6 by 8 meters interiour and 10 by 5 meters exteriour, hopefully it doesnt rain...)
Anyone reading this please drop by on my booth at IIa3, Solid Grip Systems and say hello, I'd like to put the names to the faces :-)
good luck,
Onno
See you there Onno !!
Saw the crane yesterday. It's huge - "Cranezilla" - and has some bugs that need to be worked out but nothing too dramatic. I think this will be a regular tool for film work pretty quickly, but I doubt it can be used over audiences (for example at concerts) since it's being controlled by long ropes at each end of the main body section. I'll upload some pictures once the Cinec wraps up.
Congratulations to Horst, Martin and the Technocrane team!
Wick - Please. If need be, upload them to my email and I'll post them here.
I have some photos of ST 100 from Cinec 2010 and from testing in Pilsen before the exhibition if anybody interested. Doesn't found an email to "D" or Azurgrip on blogger.
controlling the crane with ropes is temporary solution, there will be a tubes on the back of the crane (like on 50') automatically sliding in dependency of crane arm angle to the ground.
Any informations without guarantee.
Hi Technocrane. Thanks for visiting and we would of course love any pics. Our email is "dollygrippery at gmail dot com."
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