Video School / Do It Yourself
Lessons
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Do-It-Yourself Follow FocusA follow focus let's you get that smooth in and out of focus look you see in movies. Learn how to make one for less than the price of a good sandwich.
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Handcrafting a Spooky SceneFriend of Vimeo and special effects aficionado Brian Lonano shows us how to make a spooky graveyard scene!
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To Infinity Wall and Beyond!Curved walls are the new straight walls. If you want a seamless background, you need to send those right angles packing and get yourself an Infinity Wall.
Tutorial Videos
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Free first person POV mountEpisode 5 of the "Clever uses of a tripod" series. Episodes from the same series: Episode 1: http://vimeo.com/19010440 Episode 2: http://vimeo.com/19270844 Episode 3: http://vimeo.com/19544477 Episode…
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Flip Float (Mini Camera Stabilizer)A brief video explanation of the construction of what I'm calling the Flip Float. It's a mini camera stabilizer inspired by the Steadicam Merlin and other DIY camera projects. My goal…
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Canon PowerShot S95 1920x1080 Time Lapse TutorialA short tutorial on making high definition time lapses using the Canon PowerShot S95 camera, an eraser and a rubber band!
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DIY Cam SliderThis tutorial offers a cheap and and easy way of making a DIY cam slider that is tripod mounted. Total build cost around 20 dollars US. It is by no means perfect and it does not give…
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LCD viewfinder tutorialI have had this idea for a while, but procrastination put it off.
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Light Camera Slider - BuildMy next project was to build a camera slider. I wanted to make the design as simple as possible as I felt other designs were too complicated with 8 or more wheels. I wanted to use ball…
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Jay Boy's No Budget Tutorials 03: DIY Filming Dolly With 10' TrackI've seen tons of plans for these things. Here's mine! This project can be done for under $100 (if you don't screw it up like I did). The audio is horrid, I know. Don't care though!…
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Rubber Band TipVimeo "Quick Tüts" weekend project
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