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A couple of months ago Syrp sent us a very interesting slider
with a motion controlled option.
We’ve already showed it in one of our Copy Cat episodes
and I’ve used it for many product shots.
It has been working great ever since we got it.
Syrp calls it the Magic Carpet Pro
and the heavy-duty slider works super great together with our RED camera.
And although that we're gonna work with the slider from Syrp
the 5 tips that I have for you today can be created with any motion control slider.
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Hey folks, Jordy here for cinecom.net and welcome to Creative Tuesday,
a big thanks to Syrp for sponsoring this episode,
at all time you can already click the first link in the description below
for more information about this particular model.
The biggest benefit of a motion control slider
is that you can make the same camera movement exactly over and over again.
And this opens up a whole lot of creative possibilities.
So even if you don't have a motion control slider
I think that this video still shows you some very interesting filmmaking techniques.
So, let's take it off with the first trick!
We are going to set up a green screen in the studio
with a heavy backlight
which is gonna match the background that we're going to add in later.
Program your slider to let it make an interesting movement.
With the Syrp slider we can do that through their mobile app.
Then take your slider outside and film some interesting backgrounds
while your slider is doing that exact same movements.
Now, after that we pull the green key,
the shot is not gonna be that exciting,
but since we have our talent now on a different layer
it does open up some new possibilities.
For example, to add a ton of new other elements in the background,
or even do a complete set extension.
After some fine-tuning and color corrections
you've just placed yourself into a sci-fi world
with a camera motion and that is the unique thing about it.
By the way guys, all of the techniques that I just went over very quickly now
are all covered in our Adobe After Effects class.
I’ll also leave a link to that one in the description below.
Trick number 2!
Some motion controlled sliders like the one from Syrp
also come with a pan and tilt head.
Use that to program a movement that utilizes that.
You could also let it slide if you want.
Now there are two creative things that I want to do:
the first one is going to be to let the slider stay at one fixed place,
and recording the entire movement at several different times a day.
Unfortunately, because of the weather has been so unpredictable lately,
I’m gonna have to do this inside through a window.
After you got a couple of shots you can synchronize the movements in post
and cut to different shots.
And because the movement is the same every time
it will create a very interesting result.
A second use of this technique is where you move the slider to different locations.
Your cuts will not be a smooth since your environment changes,
but because the synchronized movement, it still gives you a very unique result.
Trick number 3!
Very often on our channel we say that you need to shoot your effect from a tripod,
because we are blending the same shots together.
This time we just swap the tripod with the motion controlled slider.
One of the fun tricks is where you wear a green or blue t-shirt
and just walk around.
When you're done, step out of the frame
and also take an empty shot with the same slider movements.
In post-production you pull a chroma key on the t-shirt
and mask anything else away.
Then place the empty shot underneath
and you have yourself a floating head with a camera movement.
Trick number 4!
Macro lenses are great,
they can show enormous amount of detail in the smallest objects.
Unfortunately, we’re going to need a super stable shot
since every bump is gonna be visible.
It’s even nearly impossible to get a smooth shot
while you push your slider during a macro shot.
So that's where the motion control comes in.
I’m gonna program the Syrp in such a way that the ending position
puts my object into focus and I’ll let it start a little bit further away.
Most sliders also come with a ramping feature, like I can set with the Syrp.
Basically, you're just creating smooth keyframes
like we always say to do in Premiere Pro.
And this will let the camera move forward super smooth
and gently stop the camera as we have our object in macro focus.
And by the way guys, this right here is an old Nikkor macro lens.
You can find such lenses pretty cheap online.
And Nikon users can actually use most of the old lenses without any problem.
If you're looking at Canon glass,
then you're probably gonna need an FD adapter.
I’ll leave a link to a video from Caleb Pike in the description
who covers this more in depth.
And that brings us to the last motion control movement.
Having a motor control the movement of your camera
means that we can place the slider in a spot that it's very difficult to reach.
For example, here we took the slider outdoor
and I positioned it in a tree.
And that alone was already not an easy task,
sliding it will definitely not work.
But through the Syrp app I can again program the sliding pan and tilt movement
and this gave me a very unique shot
that is nearly impossible without a motion controlled slider.
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Those were my 5 motion control camera tricks!
Thank you guys so much for watching, thank you Syrp for the support
and as always:
Stay Creative!
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Unless you can strip everything apart and have everything
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