Video Production on a Bike (Pre GoPro)
- Posted on 27th December 2016
- in Entertainment, entertainment books, film production book, Final Cut Pro, Video Production, Video Production & Editing
- by Ben
Being immersed in
video production
as I was and also being a daily bicyclist I wanted to figure out a way to rig a camera on my bike. I tried it once – in ’97 – by creating a complex frame of 1 X 3s with a mounting plate that stuck out the front and held my Canon A-1 Hi8 camera. My grip buddies would have been impressed by my rigging but though it worked, the rig was clumsy and made the bike hard to control. In a word: dangerous. I did ride it home and it was difficult and the results were disappointing.
Then the digital video age dawned and in addition to my professional Sony PD150 camera I also got a small, Sony consumer DV camera that weighed less than 2 pounds. I drilled a ¼” hole in my old helmet, added a wide lens attachment and eureka! Helmet Cam.
If you’d like to see the entire trip both ways click here.
For more tales of creative video production and editing click here and get Waiting For Elizabeth.
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