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Dear Mr. Deakins,
I hope you are well. For the majority of us on here you are our biggest inspiration when it comes to film artistic expression but I was wondering, for early in your career and now, who was and is your biggest inspiration when it comes to visual story telling.
As well as this I was also wondering what is your favourite DIY rig/accessory you have made to help you in your filmmaking, specifically early in your career where the tools you have now weren’t as accessible. I love DIY rigs and I plan on making my own Deakiniser lens later this year.
I look forward to hopefully hearing what you have to say.
Many thanks,Michael
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As I read your text, I remembered my first setups. They were pretty bad. I only had my father’s Canon 600d/t3i at the time. That’s why I built a steadycam out of plastic tubes, hinges and heavy screws (as counterweights). Did it work? Not really, but it motivated me to keep making films and I learned what opportunities a steadycam offers. Later I also made a wooden shoulder rig which was quite acceptable.
John
Oh wow! I’ve seen a lot of DIY steadicams but a shoulder rig! I might have to try that myself. I’m making a dolly right now out of a wooden plank on wheels that I’ll stick a pole on with a tripod screw.
Michael
Of all the wheelchair dollies I built on no-budget shoots, my favorite set up that surprisingly worked was sitting in the wheelchair on a hardwood floor, wearing thick socks with the camera nestled on my feet sliding along the hallway, for an eye-level, low angle view of our mortally wounded protagonist crawling away from his assailant.
I always loved (but never tried) the “BroomCam”: rig a camera onto a broom for an ultra low ‘steadicam’.
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