The planned gear list:
- Three Canon 550Ds
- Two ef-s 18-135mm lenses
- One ef 28mm lens
- Two smoke machines
- Three lighting stands
- 6 Lights
- Lighting dimmer box
- Jib
- Dolly
- Shoulder Rig/Tripod
- Speakers and iTouch (to play music)
- Complete Drum kit
- Electric Guitar
- Microphone and stand
- Megaphone (for directing purposes)
- Bizarre amount of power cables and various extension leads to make everything work
Almost all of the gear in the above list is owned by either myself or by fellow Sixth Form student and old friend Greg Flynn. Only one camera, smoke machine and zoom lens belong to the school's departments.
Greg's solution for the dolly and the jib was ingenious - with professional standard dollies costing easily over £1000, my friend constructed one for under £30 from a Lego train and Lego train tracks. The tracks would serve as the dolly tracks, and a tripod's feet would slot into custom built slots mounted on Lego train bases. Complete with an electronic control system, the dolly can glide smoothly up and down a 5 meter stretch, completely by itself. Recently Greg has revealed plans to ration the tracks between the dolly and the camera jib he owns, meaning I have some incredible gear at my disposal, gear which would normally accumulate to over £2000.
As seen in these images (*this blog post was updated after the shoot) All of the required gear was present.
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