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$25 DIY Mini Camera Jib Crane

Posted on April 19, 2012 in Cinematography, General Production | 3 Comments

With basic angle aluminum and square tubing, Olivia Speranza created this simple DIY Mini Camera Jib / Crane. She used a GH2 camera, but it can also be used with small Sony NEX5n or NEX-7 cameras.

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$30 DIY Camera Crane / Jib

Posted on October 5, 2011 in Cinematography, General Production | 1 Comment

In this video The Frugal Filmmaker shows you how to make camera crane (or jib) with $30 in parts and your own tripod. This version will give you the same functionality of the expensive ones and is portable as well.

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DIY Mini Track & Camera Jib

Posted on August 8, 2011 in Cinematography, General Production | 2 Comments

Test footage from Ted Ramasola’sa DIY mini track that is both portable and lightweight.

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DIY DSLR Camera Jib for Under $200

Posted on June 15, 2010 in Cinematography, General Production | 2 Comments

This video tutorial demonstrates how to build a Do it Yourself (DIY) DSLR Camera Jib for under $200.

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DIY $25 Camera Crane or Turbo Mini Jib

Posted on May 15, 2009 in Cinematography | 3 Comments

IndyMogul shows you how to build a Camera Crane that anyone can afford in this DIY video.

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Instructions for DIY Camera Boom

Posted on September 15, 2008 in Cinematography | No Comments

Here are illustrated instructions to build your own DIY camera boom. The guide was created in 2000 by Paul Turner, the site is now preserve by Archive.org
…My first boom was made from a “No Parking” sign mowed over by some drunk down the street from a bar. The pole was 2 1/2 inch (5 [...]

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How to Build a Camera Jib/Crane

Posted on September 5, 2008 in Cinematography | 4 Comments

This video tutorial by Tony Reale of Next Wave Graphics shows you how built a camera crane. This was all done with a table saw, drill and hack saw. He has measurements and pictures listed on his blog, HERE. They also have some other great DIY and film related topics on that blog [...]

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202 DIY Filmmaking Tutorials

Posted on July 21, 2008 in Featured | 23 Comments

Why buy it when you can build it? Well… most of the time you don’t have a choice. Other times it’s just way too much fun! In our first DIY (“Do It Yourself”) featured list we will focus on the production side of filmmaking. Stay tuned for other DIY featured lists [...]

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