The DV Show Podcast
Brian Alves and Colleen Thibault have a weekly podcast on all things DV called, not surprisingly, The DV Show. On their site, they posted a list of DIY devices (including everything I've put up on the last three days). Their podcasts are good, the tutorials useful and links unbroken. They're definitely worth checking out and aggregating. Here is their master list:
Dollies
- Very simple but easy to build dolly with skateboard wheels.
- Nice dolly with simple diagrams and easy instructions!
- The oringal $14 skate sheel dolly tutorial
- Very, VERY simply PVC dolly with good instructions and photos.
- A great .doc file instructional tutorial, with very detailed diagrams and instructions.
Stabilzers/Steadicams
- $14 Steadicam for the poor man in us all. GREAT article with even some useful addons. Very detailed step by step instructions with photos.
- Detailed Stabilizer with photos. Nice design.
- Probably the simplest stabilizer explanation/tutorial.
- Simple stabilizer with instructions and a few photos. Simple design.
- Building a steadycam with anything heavy, save yourself money!
- A great .doc file instructional tutorial, with very detailed diagrams and instructions.
JIB Arms/Cranes
- Nice jib arm, well designed, and it allows tilting of the camera.
- Heavy Duty with lots of instructions and pictures.
- Nice looking Jib Arm rig
- Cool but simple Speed-Rail jib arm.
- Bob Vento's jib arm, simply and very professional.
- Another crane with very detailed instructions and images. Heavy duty.
- Cody Deegan's Jib Plans with VERY VERY DETAILED .pdf files! Exact instructions with photos and drawings.
- Dave's Crane. It's .zip file with a lot of BMP images inside with detailed drawings.
- A great .doc file instructional tutorial, with very detailed diagrams and instructions.
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