- Hey there, Caleb Wojcik from DIY Video Guy
at NAB 2016. I'm here with Devin Graham,
in front of the Gildecam booth.
Devin, thanks for chatting with me today.
- You're welcome my friend.
- So if you haven't checked out Devin's stuff before,
We almost had a walk through, we almost had a walk through.
It's fine. - [Devin] So close.
- If you haven't checked out Devin's stuff before,
definitely check out his YouTube channel.
They just passed four million subscribers.
Put up videos every single week, now.
And they started doing tutorial videos, as well, so.
- Every day but Sunday.
- Every day but Sunday, I watched all those
to get the little secrets about what you're doing.
So, we're here because, I want to talk to you about
some Glidecam tips, but first, show me the
Devin Graham Glidecam, here.
It's the signature series.
- This is the Devin Graham, I can't even say my name right,
Devin Graham Glidecam, Signature Series.
It came out about eight months ago, give or take.
And basically we wanted to make a Glidecam
that could go in any extreme condition,
and can be super movable and come together really fast.
So it has a quick release plate.
The other ones don't have that.
So I could literally, slide this off
put it on a Manfrotto tripod and film.
And then it doesn't take me long to actually balance it.
I can find it's front heavy, back heavy,
I can do little adjustments like that.
We got people walking by right now.
- It's fine, it's cool, we're alive.
- Adds to it.
So now, it's balanced.
And then it also has a movable gimbal.
So I can swap it like that
and now I can film low mode, just like that.
- So the, the top part is my favorite part,
because I have to mount a plate
on the 4000 version.
And then you have eight or nine little knobs you're turning.
So you can quickly balance this thing
when you're like, you have it in your bag,
you grab it really quick.
Hide it back in your bag, run from the police.
- Exactly, that's all we do is run from the police.
- Yeah pretty much.
So, those are the main two changes.
This and that.
How do you operate?
Somebody getting started,
what are the main things you're doing?
How are you holding it?
How are you moving, stuff like that.
- Yeah so I can probably go into this for about an hour.
- Right, and if you get this one,
you have a whole tutorial,
but like, first, like, basic things.
- Basics, they always say you
want about a second and a half drop time.
So basically that means, how long
it takes for this to drop to here.
So this is a bad example. I let go, it falls the other way.
So, that means I definitely have to lift this up higher.
And then I'll drop it now. And then this is
going to fall to fast. So now I have to move it down.
So, when you're setting up for the first time,
you're spending probably about
a half hour getting that perfect.
And then from there, you never have to do it again
for the most part, except for little teeny tweaks.
And then, it's actually balanced pretty well.
But it's all about balancing the horizon.
As far as, when you're shooting
you don't want it shaking like this.
Or it's going to make people feel like they're on a boat.
And they'll get motion sick.
So you just wanna make sure it's balanced
good from the start, and ideally
you have similar weights down here, as is up here.
So if I have like a Red camera,
this can handle two to 12 pounds.
- You have a ton of weights on that.
- I fill this all the way to the very top.
So something for like a 5D,
you're using two weights on each.
I walk funny when I film as well,
but, because we're tight.
- Sliding down.
- I'm slightly squatted down as I'm filming.
People film it like this, like this, and like this.
I film it like this, but there's
no right or wrong way to Glidecam.
It's whatever works for you.
This is how I Glidecam.
And then this hand, I'm just kind of essentially tapping
where I want to steer the glide cam, just like that.
But it's the way you walk,
the way you talk, the way you move your hands.
There's just so many pivot points, too.
So I try to have as many pivot points as possible,
because that absorbs the shock.
- So is it arm day everyday for you?
- Monday through Saturday.
- Sunday is legs, because you need like cardio.
- Yeah, exactly. But yeah a lot of people say
like isn't your arm like abnormal
from carrying like a Red camera,
because that's all I film with.
But it's like, when I'm not filming with this,
I switch it over to this hand,
and I give this hand a break.
But it's definitely like exhausting.
You get the muscles though for it.
And then like I'm not a buff guy,
but I can handle the Red all day just because I've gotten
the muscles from filming almost everyday.
- For like a decade.
- For like a decade, yeah.
- Well thank you very much,
Devin, for showing the new one.
And I appreciate it, there we go.
We can get an official handshake.
Definitely check out Devin's stuff,
four million subscribers, videos every week.
And they do behind the scenes on every one, too.
So you can see how he's actually making the videos.
So thank you Devin for joining me.
- Thank you, stay tuned.