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Uva's Guide To Cranes, Dollies, and Remote Heads is a comprehensive guide to all the latest equipment—what it is, how to use it and where to find it. This new book is designed to provide the more experienced professional with a streamlined reference to the equipment without the how-to information beginners require. Like the Grip Book 2E, it lists standards and features of all the different types of equipment covered, and with the recent explosion of new equipment introduced into the film industry this reference is invaluable!
As a reference guide, Uva's Guide To Cranes, Dollies and remote heads provides must-have information for a larger group of film professionals. Producers, directors, and DPs, and others responsible for securing equipment for a project will consider this an indispensable tool that will become an industry standard.
Comprehensive guide to all the latest equipmentOffers a streamlined reference to the equipment without the how-to information beginners requireAccessible to Directors, Producers, Production managers, and DPs, as well as to Grips and other film technicians
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As a reference guide, Uva’s Guide To Cranes, Jibs, Arms, and Dollies provides must-have information for a larger group of film professionals. Producers, directors, and DPs, and others responsible for securing equipment for a project will consider this an indispensable tool that will become an industry standard.
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Uva's Guide To Cranes, Dollies, and Remote Heads is a comprehensive guide to all the latest equipment—what it is, how to use it and where to find it. This new book is designed to provide the more experienced professional with a streamlined reference to the equipment without the how-to information beginners require. Like the Grip Book 2E, it lists standards and features of all the different types of equipment covered, and with the recent explosion of new equipment introduced into the film industry this reference is invaluable!
As a reference guide, Uva's Guide To Cranes, Dollies and remote heads provides must-have information for a larger group of film professionals. Producers, directors, and DPs, and others responsible for securing equipment for a project will consider this an indispensable tool that will become an industry standard.
Comprehensive guide to all the latest equipmentOffers a streamlined reference to the equipment without the how-to information beginners requireAccessible to Directors, Producers, Production managers, and DPs, as well as to Grips and other film technicians
From the Publisher
As a reference guide, Uva’s Guide To Cranes, Jibs, Arms, and Dollies provides must-have information for a larger group of film professionals. Producers, directors, and DPs, and others responsible for securing equipment for a project will consider this an indispensable tool that will become an industry standard.
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I highly recommend that when you get a mobile crane, jib, or arm that will keep you some distance from the camera operator (e.g., the camera operator on a Titan crane or a Lenny arm with a remote), you ask production to rent you a communication system so that you can hear the operator's requests. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
remotehead bracket, lightweight jib, stage crane, leveling head, lens height, operational weight, mount height, attaching base, shorter configurations, bucket touches, doorway clearance, crane arm, location crane, seat riser, camera weight, platform height, lift range, camera offsets, horizontal reach, jib arm, wide bucket, conventional steering, vertical travel, camera load, remote head Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Camera Riser, Chassis Width, Camera Extension, Specifications Lens, Minimum Camera Mount Height, Payload Includes All Items, Base Mount, Cam Plate, Power Pod, Maximum Camera Mount Height, Dolly Swivel Seat, Hot Head, Mitchell Riser, High Post Kit, Drop Down, Tire Holder, Accumulator Charging Time, Back Rest, Short Post, Minimum Chassis Height, Narrow Sideboard, Grip Pouch, Seat Arm, Super Nova, Chassis Variable Widths New!
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I highly recommend that when you get a mobile crane, jib, or arm that will keep you some distance from the camera operator (e.g., the camera operator on a Titan crane or a Lenny arm with a remote), you ask production to rent you a communication system so that you can hear the operator's requests. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
remotehead bracket, lightweight jib, stage crane, leveling head, lens height, operational weight, mount height, attaching base, shorter configurations, bucket touches, doorway clearance, crane arm, location crane, seat riser, camera weight, platform height, lift range, camera offsets, horizontal reach, jib arm, wide bucket, conventional steering, vertical travel, camera load, remote head Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Camera Riser, Chassis Width, Camera Extension, Specifications Lens, Minimum Camera Mount Height, Payload Includes All Items, Base Mount, Cam Plate, Power Pod, Maximum Camera Mount Height, Dolly Swivel Seat, Hot Head, Mitchell Riser, High Post Kit, Drop Down, Tire Holder, Accumulator Charging Time, Back Rest, Short Post, Minimum Chassis Height, Narrow Sideboard, Grip Pouch, Seat Arm, Super Nova, Chassis Variable Widths New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Set Lighting Technician's Handbook: Film Lightning Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution by Harry C. Box in Back Cover
- Uva's Basic Grip Book by Michael Uva in Back Cover
- Uva's Rigging Guide for Studio and Location by Michael Uva in Back Cover
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