Bogen Manfrotto Tripod Showcase
The first challenge putting together this overview video was to condense hours of footage covering the complete Manfrotto tripod collection and distill it to a 5 minute web format and still reflect the line in general.
I always try to create a visually dense frame to pack in visual references to the on screen dialogue and add supportive text & graphic elements to deliver maximum content as quickly as possible. I find my personal “Visual Metabolism” raised when watching web-media so I try to keep the edit in constant motion to keep the viewer engaged.
Because the composition of a presenter with tripods in this video is vertical in nature, I knew that I would have a big panoramic void to fill working in a 16:9 HD video format.
I had lots of “B-roll”/close up footage to work with which was shot in sync with the presenter wide-shot and my first graphic treatment was to simplify the image by reducing the colour spectrum with filters such as de-saturation, tint and colourise.
To simplify the image further, I wanted to get a second layer with a line-drawing/schematic look. I used a variety of line-art, min max, contrast, glow on a copy of the colouried footage, then key-ed out with a luma style key and used the result of this process as an overlay on the first colour reduced version.
For all this set up, it allowed me to quickly and easily vary the colour and treatment of both the line drawing overlay and the colour reduced under-layer of the background comp thru-ought the video. I’m a big fan of using lots of repetition of an image with variation of the “look” of the image for both aesthetic and communicative reasons.
I changed background “looks” every 5 or 6 seconds to keep the pace sailing along and copied the image 2 to 3 times across the 16:9 HD space.
I wanted to reference the 1929 Russian film classic “The Man with a Movie Camera” for two reasons; firstly to show the long history of tripods and the consistency of their design and secondly, because nobody needs a great tripod more than a stop-motion animator where jiggles turn into earthquakes……
About the Bogen Manfrotto 503HDV, 535K Kit
The Manfrotto 503HDV, 535K kit contains the 503HDV Manfrotto 503 Series Pro Fluid Head, the Manfrotto MPRO 535 Carbon Fiber 2-Stage Video Tripod, the Manfrotto 520BALL and the MBAG100P.
The 503HDV has a completely new ergonomic, easy-to-use, functional design; features include large ergonomic locks and knobs allowing for a more solid grip and better control. For enhanced ease of use, the tilt lock and friction controls are located on the left side of the head. It has an improved and adjustable counterbalance capacity: a switch controls the different counterbalance settings, allowing the user to adjust the system to accommodate various payloads for different filming needs. The counterbalance system can be adjusted to four positions ensuring both smoother tilt movements and greater equipment safety. In addition, it has an illuminated levelling bubble - making it easy for shooters to level the camera in low-light conditions. In addition to the old 503, the 503HDV has also a replaceable pan bar rosette.
The kit includes:
- Manfrotto 75mm Half Ball Leveler with 3/8″ Screw for 75mm Bowl Tripods. Half ball for levelling video heads on Video tripods provided with 75mm bowl.
- Manfrotto CF 2 Stage, 3 Section Single Tube Video Tripod W/75mm Bowl. 3-Section, 75mm. Half Bowl Carbon fiber tubes and magnesium die castings, the 535 video tripod has great stability, stable, high load capability and great max height with an ergonomic and easy-to-use and compact design. In addition, a new leg angle selector has been develop for adjusting the leg angle in a quick, easy and precise way.
- Manfrotto Tripod Bag Padded 39.3″. Padded bag to protect your equipment.
Stephen Dirkes is a film maker and composer from Toronto, Canada. Currently residing in NYC, Stephen's creative interests lay in New Media Art, VJing and Art Films.
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