I’ve noticed something lately. There are way too many tutorials out there on making your own steadicam, or jib, or car hood camera adapter, or helicopter, or hovercraft. Way too many.
So here is the big question – what are all these crazy DiY devices for?
Feb 20
A blog I’ve really enjoyed reading lately is Vanish Production’s blog. They’re definitely of the do-it-yourself production mindset, and they’ve got some cool video, audio, and posts on DiY filmmaking from their experience making some shorts.
One post caught my eye that focuses on the DiY filmmaking “identity crisis”:
We’re not even DIY. God bless ya boys but we can’t relate. We immediately gloss over any blog posts involving money and/or budgets. Even the no-budget companies have budgets! Suggestions like “hire a cheap grip crew” or “barter with a catering company” fly straight out the window. You know our strategy? Ask a teenager from Mike’s landscaping crew if he wants to be a “sound engineer” and throw a couple bags of Doritos in the groceries for the week.
I agree with the sentiment. The term “DiY” is thrown around a lot in circles where a $6,000+ short is considered do-it-yourself, which is really misleading. $6,000 would cause Scrooge McDuck style money-swimming for most DiY filmmakers I know.
But what really defines do-it-yourself filmmaking? There has to be some sort of factor that we can zero in on.
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