Devin Graham used a Canon EOS-1D C and a Glidecam HD4000 stabilizer to shoot this fantastic promotional video for a skate park in Utah.
Takeaways from a Video Novice [Sean]
- The first element to a fantastic video is a great concept. Skateboarding through 5000 balloons? Who thinks of that?! Devin Graham – and that's a big reason why his video productions are so well-liked.
- Big ideas usually require a lot of setup. A reliable group of friends is an excellent asset to have.
- The Glidecam HD4000 is a great tool for helping to stabilize the video at the time of capture. But it also requires a strong forearm and quite a bit of determination when filming with a heavy camera like the 1D C. I know this first hand because I've shot video for two weddings in the past couple of months using a gripped 5D III with an external audio recorder sitting atop of the HD4000. Filming can be exhausting, but the end result is well worth the effort.
- Capturing scenes of static camera angles to mix in with your stabilized motion segments allows for a wide variety of options when piecing the video together. Sometimes I don't capture enough b-roll.
Check out the behind-the-scenes video here: