Getting a great VR camera with amazing image quality is just part of the story of working
as a professional VR filmmaker.
Finding a way to move your camera safely to help tell the story and create an unique experience
for your viewers is what separate professional to amateur.
To create cinematic VR camera movements is a lot more difficult than traditional filmmaking.
You can not use a gimbal or dolly system.
And the operator can not even be in the scene.
Or else, the post-production clear-up works will be very expensive.
Keeping your camera movement smooth and stable is also critical to not getting your viewers
sick in VR headset.
Having a motion control system that is programmable to produce repeatable takes is also important
on a professional VR film set.
We have already cover VR drone cinematic movement.
And we will cover Rover - like motion impossible Mantis and long distance VR slider in the
next coupled episodes.
Today, we are going to explore another way to move your professional VR camera - Cablecam.
Particularly, we will use the Noxon mini-cablecam that is designed for portable VR production.
Let's dive right in.
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So in front of me, it is the Noxon mini-cablecam system with the professional VR camera - Kandao
Obsidian R. The reason why I choose the Kandao Obsidian instead of the Insta360 Titan or
Pro 2, or the Z Cam V1 Pro, is because of the weight, form factor, and reliability.
Obsidian is the lightest and most reliable 360VR camera in the market.
Noxon mini cablecam can potentially hold 6KG - so you can put the Insta360 Titan on there.
But besides weight, you want a camera that will never freeze or overheat or shut down
randomly.
As when the camera on the cable, most of the time it is unreachable.
With an external wifi router, as you see right here.
You can remote control the Obisidan.
Form factor is another thing you need to consider.
To go tho tight space like this, you need a narrow camera.
Kandao Obsidian R, as the day of recording, officially support internal stabilization
- just like the Insta360 Pro 2.
So the movement will be smooth if you facing high wind outside and has pendulum movement.
Now, let's talk about the shot.
We are trying to have the camera travel from outside of the house - as you see the mounting
point on the tree - to travel 30 meters - a very long distance - fly inside the house
and go out again.
This is actually a very typical 360 shots for like, fancy property showing or narrative
piece that you follow the talent into the house.
You can use a drone outside the house but you can not inside the house.
Even you are a really good drone operator.
It is impossible to remove the drone when indoor.
You can not use a slider on this shot b/c of the distance.
Rover forget about it
You can program the Noxon of the entire movement.
So why I pick Noxon mini-cablecam but not other 2D cablecam systems.
Good question! 360VR filming has special requirements.
First, you need the top part to be small and compact.
So cablecam will not show up in the video.
Second, see the cable here.
It is clear.
It locked right in the stitch line of the Kandao Obsidian - so the cable will not show
up in the video.
I do have to say, setting up a cablecam take longer than slider or rover.
It is not for every shot.
Especially time is an issue in production.
It is just a tool in your VR filmmaking tool set.
Any other smart design of Noxon is the ability to adjust the angel.
As we are filming stereoscopic 360.
Keeping the camera level is very important.
Even Kandao has an internal gyro - extra step on helping leveling is greatly appreciated.
The Noxon has very soft movements due to the acceleration system.
High accuracy with the step by step motors and a system able to make 0.03 mm movements.
Another big help is the Noxon motion control system.
It can program even 360 timelapse for a set interval and sync with your camera.
I will have another tutorial focus on more advanced motion control technique I use both
on programming the Noxon and post-production 360 compositions in After Effects and Cinema
4D.
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So hopefully by now, you have a new tool on your VR filmmaking toolset.
So you can go out, pitch your clients again, show them some unique camera movement beside
just boring camera on a stick or low-quality ONE X or GoPro Fusion footage.
And send me your success story on VR filmmaking.
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