There are various types of ground marks that one can lay, such as sandbags, but they are often expensive and heavy. When you are traveling, weight can cost you money. So here’s a simple, cheap, do-it-yourself solution.
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Tookit DIY: How to Build a Tag Board for a Slate/Clapperboard
Many AC’s create something called a tag board to help them out on set. What’s a tag board? It’s a book-like piece of Plexiglas you slap on the back of the slate that holds camera reports, can have pre-made marks and even hold other essentials like filter, MOS and various Velcro tags. So where do you get one? You don’t. You make it and here’s how.
Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have On a Film Set
The Apple iPhone is undoubtedly one of the most powerful phones on the market today. Combined with its App Store, it has thousands of capabilities meaning there are plenty of apps to help you become more efficient on set.
RED ONE Menu Map (Build 21 + Build 30) *UPDATED*
The RED ONE is essentially a computer disguised as a camera and so it has quite a complex set of menus to navigate. Here to save the day is the menu map, a clever graphical configuration of the Red One’s menus
RED ONE Camera Reports Download
When I was doing prep-work as 1st AC on “Red Herring,” shot on the RED ONE, I went ahead and created Red specific camera reports. The document was created out of a variety of different types of camera reports I had seen. The result was a template that enabled easy marking of traditional notes (lens, f-stop, etc.) as well as Red-specific meta-data.