![]() ![]() Think of a kick-ass shot and you can get it with this device. ![]() With this device, the only impediment is whether or not you can think of the shot. These are only a few of the ways you can use a MoVI. I absolutely love talking about how I utilize Freefly’s tools in the actual production world. This is how we got the shot and transitioned from being on the ground to being in the air. We had this very crucial sequence in The Adventurers where we were following this thief into the Cannes Red Carpet Festival. The two forks catch the MoVI and fly it away into a crane shot. This is our Eastern-European innovation right here. Scotty from Cinemovers has got all this innovative high-tech stuff. The magnet isn’t the only thing holding the MoVI to the crane, it just keeps it snug and secure. A magnet held the MoVI against the crane until someone rips it off. In Prague, we did a slide off with a magnet so the crane came down and we’d pull the MoVI off from it. Chris got on the board, we got the shot, and we moved on. It maintains that theme of efficiency and simplicity. It’s just another device to help you get the shot. We were pushing into cars, wrapping around them, keeping up with them – all with this little thing. We were using that in parking lots, narrow streets, garages, all these different scenarios. Chris Herr, my MoVI Op, loves this thing.Ĭhris grabbing a MoVI shot with his boosted board in Prague If you’ve purchased the Boosted Board, then you’re going to have a lot of great opportunities to use the MoVI. That was all thanks to an old Dodge Caravan and of course, the MoVI. We even lost her for a bit in places! The foreground elements flew by in frame as well. I captured this sequence the same way.Īnother street sequence captured from a minivan Amanda decides to run to Aaron Paul’s place. The intensity of the 135mm on the majestic mode increases in this next shot. This is how the shots turned out in the film I was able to use the minivan to follow our actors down the street perfectly. I’ve got a 21mm on one MoVI and a 135mm on the other here. We hung out of a minivan for some of our driving shots So, we had to do our Technocrane shot like that. There weren’t big doors to bring stuff in either. I could not bring a technocrane into this place because it was this greenhouse in a chateau in the Czech Republic. This setup was so DIY, but it looked banging This allows you to hook it up to ropes or pulleys, do a vertical move, quickly detach it, and continue on handheld. Instead of having a jerky camera with a lot of motion blur, you’re able to attack in such a way that it feels less nauseating. We can run at them and feel absolutely stabilized. The MoVI puts a whole other dimension because it doesn’t call attention to us running to try and keep up with the fight. MoVI on the crane and then running with him. We did this whole shot on Into the Badlands where it was raining. ![]() With a simple piece of plastic, the MoVI is protected. The MoVI Pro is water resistant because everything is now internal. This was the perfect solution and had no footstep traces either. If we had laid track, we would have seen it and the space was too small for a big techno. This office shot was just handheld pushing in on the rickshaw. This enabled us to do super-smooth where we either couldn’t fit a Technocrane or couldn’t lay a dolly track. We put the MoVI on the Fisher Rickshaw and instantaneously our footsteps were gone. It takes a lot of practice to minimize or even eliminate footsteps. You can throw the MoVI on the Klassen rig, the Ready Rig, or even the Tiffen Steadimate and there will still be footsteps. Some pole dancing action on “The Adventurers” Take Out Your Footsteps I used this on The Adventurers and it makes your audience go: “How the hell did they do this?” Basically, you put the MoVI in the middle of this pole and 2 people carry it from either side. It takes at least 2 people to operate this type of shot. What we do for this is fly over audiences and objects. Freefly MōVI: Shifting the Paradigm – Part 2.Freefly MōVI: Shifting the Paradigm – Part 1.You don’t have to worry about anything anymore – it all just works. The new MoVI Pro created by Tabb Firchau and his team over at Freefly has made the whole thing an almost brainless operation. ![]() There are so many low-tech ways to create an impressive-looking shot with a MoVI. Now let’s get down and dirty and finish off with some kick-ass rigs that my team and I have come up with to bring the use of the MoVI to perfection. In parts one and two, I introduced some basic uses of this incredible device and also jumped into some more unique ways I used the MoVI on my features – like mounting it on a dolly or using it as a crane. This is the third and last part of a deep dive into the uses of Freefly’s MoVi. ![]()
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