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camera position/setup etc

Postby asakawa on Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:56 am

a few people have said that they struggle to film their tricks/combos and i thought it might be good to have a thread where we can give advice about how to get decent results.

i've tried a few different ways of filming my combos and, pretty much, come to the conclusion that i should just point the camera at a wall and stick my hand up in front of it. the problem, of course, is that this is a very different position than i'm usually in when i spin so i drop or get hung up about 4 times as often >.<
i wonder if people who film their stuff a lot have got good at, or even practiced, spinning in a filmable position

the good things about my setup are the fact that i have a decent jessops tripod and my camera doesn't need to be plugged in to my computer to record. the downside is that my camera needs a lot of extra lighting to be able to see the pen.

what setups do other people here use?
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Postby IVESOUND♪[B★RS] on Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:19 am

My set up is exactly the same as yours. :lol: except i use a camcorder.

It depends on the combo i'm doing when i'm filming, could be from any direction whichever looks the best i suppose..
I usually try to film in a position where i can spin normally in mah casual position.
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Postby asakawa on Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:38 am

that's what i've always found impossible. my natural spinning posistion is pretty much slouched on a sofa with the pen spinning over my body/knees.
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Postby Sporks on Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:44 am

if i had a certain position where i usually spin it would be slouched over a table at school lol
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Postby asakawa on Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:05 pm

maybe that's what i'm missing. i'm not at achool as most PSers seem to be so i've never really spun over a table.
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Postby IVESOUND♪[B★RS] on Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:40 pm

asakawa wrote:that's what i've always found impossible. my natural spinning posistion is pretty much slouched on a sofa with the pen spinning over my body/knees.


Is it because you don't like to show your body while filming? Table solves this problem!
You can try and set your camera angle up like RYO's.
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Postby Sporks on Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:13 pm

And the good thing about using a table is if the pen drops u dont have to bend over to pick it up or anything!
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Postby asakawa on Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:47 pm

maybe i should try spinning over our dining table, see if it works.
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Postby Sporks on Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:50 pm

u cud use a pc table aswell
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Postby Inexistence on Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:07 am

I'm kinda the same as you asakawa. Legs tucked up and opened, arm reaching through and spinning lazily? I can also spin over a table, either way is fine. I just need to find my pen.
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Postby Sh0wbiz on Sat Dec 29, 2007 2:51 am

i usually spin at the computer desk or while slouched on the sofa.Elbow on table. I find it unnatural position to spin in the frame of the camera as i dont have the luxury of a tripod. I usually just balance the camera on my head or tuck it in a head band. Its not ideal but it works for me.
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Re: camera position/setup etc

Postby grebz on Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:03 pm

the best camera position is lookin straight down at the pen, i think....
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Re: camera position/setup etc

Postby IVESOUND♪[B★RS] on Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:07 am

Like how asakawa did so in PSUK 1st? ._. Nya~? Its hard to see what tricks the spinner is performing at times especially if you have a low fps cam. Nya~
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Re: camera position/setup etc

Postby asakawa on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:37 am

lol, i was gonna say the same thing.
i was also gonna post the youtube video but, in fact, that was such a bad video that i've never uploaded my clip from psuk's 1st to youtube.

top down is a bad idea if you're gonna do palm up tricks. works great for an entirely palm down combo though.
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Re: camera position/setup etc

Postby [A-NeW] on Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:28 pm

well, when my tripod isn't available, i just put the cam over a glass table and mah hand under it =D

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