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Presentation / How to set up a camera angle?
I dont have a tripod, so how!?
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Date: Wed, Jun 4 2008 13:19:50
Hi, I would like to know how would I set up a camera angle, such that it is from a first person view. Up till now, I have been just holding the camera right next to my eye to achieve this effect. However, this results in the camera shaking periodically, and it is very frustrating when I finally get down a combo, but find out that half of it is off screen. I do not have a tripod or another person to help film me, so can anyone suggest a good way to position the camera in the aforementioned angle( using whatever, hanging camera from somewhere, etc.) An example vid is here:
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 01:09:37
I have the same problem, no webcam, and i can't stand holding the camera while i spin
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 01:12:31
find a table or something, and then stack up books or other objects until you reach a desired height
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 01:27:53
You could tape your camera to a book and stack stuff under one side so it's angled. For height do what JC said.
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 01:38:38
use a tripod
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 02:13:29
I have like, a desk light thing that doesn't work, and if I screw out the lightbulb, I can shove my camera in there and twist and bend the light to my wishes. But it looks pretty weird. So I'll try the book stack and tape.
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 02:33:53
Tape it to your head.
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 03:42:50
I tape mine at an angle about 2 and a half up feet looking down. My camera is very small though.
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 04:05:24
make a tripod out of sticks and use puddy to stick it on there
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 04:30:03QUOTE (nateiskewl @ Jun 4 2008, 07:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tape it to your head.
i srsly think i'm gonna try that -
Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 06:21:57
Any other method that doesnt require the use of tape? I'll give it a shot with tape lol, although I'm pretty sure my mum will scream bloody murder if she sees me doing that.
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Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 23:53:25
i just hold mine...
just hold it maybe 2 1/2 - 3 feet above from the pen and yeah... it's hard to concentrate on both.. i know.. that's why my combos are always poopsicled -.- but yea good luck, if you don't like it i would just recommend getting a tripod like pholord said -
Date: Thu, Jun 5 2008 23:54:44
Tape the camera in front of your eyes so your videos look like when you watch your own spinning.
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Date: Fri, Jun 6 2008 06:00:11QUOTE (someone @ Jun 5 2008, 04:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Tape the camera in front of your eyes so your videos look like when you watch your own spinning.
LOL, dude I was like actually thinking that, why can't we have cameras in our eyes? So it'll be easier to film and what not. I always wonder that because I can never get a good angle it's always different from what you see in my freestyles. Any ways get a head band and if you have a clip of some sort just clip your webcam on your head band and it's GOOD TO GO!
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Date: Fri, Jun 6 2008 12:31:35
if your cam has a strap, tie it to a chair then sit on the ground
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Date: Fri, Jun 6 2008 15:29:39
I just set it on a stack of books.
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Date: Fri, Jun 6 2008 16:50:42
take a bag(cotton) fill it with sand now put that bag on a table an put the camera on top of it so it films down from the table.... now sit in front of the table and spin or die ^^
the camera wont fall because the bag changes its form -
Date: Sun, Jun 8 2008 13:49:40
stacking items FTW
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Date: Sun, Jun 8 2008 17:15:27
i tape my webcam to my lamp, so i can turn the thingy so i can change the angle, and for height, yea, stack books, or other gigantic things like Wii boxes XD
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Date: Mon, Jun 9 2008 04:20:33
tripod + clay that never dries
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Date: Mon, Jun 9 2008 17:25:13
Stack PSP boxes
. Two of em should be enough. -
Date: Mon, Jun 9 2008 18:43:50QUOTE (Onyx-o7 @ Jun 6 2008, 02:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>LOL, dude I was like actually thinking that, why can't we have cameras in our eyes? So it'll be easier to film and what not. I always wonder that because I can never get a good angle it's always different from what you see in my freestyles. Any ways get a head band and if you have a clip of some sort just clip your webcam on your head band and it's GOOD TO GO!
because the film would be messed up when you blink
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Date: Tue, Jun 10 2008 01:57:36QUOTE (IAmTheMrGuy @ Jun 9 2008, 11:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>because the film would be messed up when you blink
Lol.... Nice.
I like the ideas in this thread. -
Date: Tue, Jun 10 2008 11:16:47
I tried out some of the ideas in this thread, but my left hand seemed to be the best solution.
Life sucks when you dont have a tripod. -
Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 03:44:57
Hm, sorry to bring back a month old post, but i thought I'd rather get flamed for bumping old topics than posting a new topic when a similar topic was on the same page.
Well, I use a digital camera and lack a tripod, but I just found a way to set it up without stacking too many items. It even angles down on its own so you don't need a sandbag or whatever.
Here's my setup haha
Spoiler:
The camera is hanging by its lanyard on the drawer above, and the wallet is there to support the angle. The flashlight is there just to keep the drawer from closing any further. The green area is where I put my hand when I spin
A little strange, but it works for me xD -
Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 05:42:32
i got bored and described my whole spinning area...
but the camera setup is in the top left corner, im so welfare lol -
Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 05:56:55
wowow! that's awesome! though, what's under the "nothing to see here" ? hahahahhah!
Hm, this has motivated me to do a bit of cleaning and reorganizing. Haha expect a reply within the next few days! (probably next week.) -
Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 06:51:25QUOTE (Sankaku @ Aug 14 2008, 10:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i got bored and described my whole spinning area...
but the camera setup is in the top left corner, im so welfare lol
do you use a digital camera? if you do, don't you need to take it out for other uses then retape and crap? :\
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those unsolved rubiks cubes are kinda bothering me... -
Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 08:26:28
I use a digital camera and put in on my music stand
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Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 17:49:12QUOTE (p3nsp1nn3r @ Aug 14 2008, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>wowow! that's awesome! though, what's under the "nothing to see here" ? hahahahhah!
Hm, this has motivated me to do a bit of cleaning and reorganizing. Haha expect a reply within the next few days! (probably next week.)
nothing to see? uh thats just my job schedule, just wanted to makle you guys wonderQUOTE (Aiyah @ Aug 14 2008, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>do you use a digital camera? if you do, don't you need to take it out for other uses then retape and crap? :\
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those unsolved rubiks cubes are kinda bothering me...
yea i use a camera, and i just stick it on and take it off whenever, its pretty easy, and yea those cubes i never use, just bought them for lulz. ones mine and ones baarons, i just 'borrowed' his
heres a closeup of where the camera goes, SO WELFARE!!!!
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Date: Fri, Aug 15 2008 22:22:44
That looks pretty messy because of all the tape, but at least it's stable haha.
I like my method, there's no tape, stickyness, and hardly any cleanup xD. -
Date: Mon, Aug 18 2008 01:50:02
I'm thinking about taping my camera to my shoulder because I want to angle to looks down, and I can't get that angle just by stacking items.
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Date: Tue, Aug 19 2008 04:41:55QUOTE (Sankaku @ Aug 15 2008, 10:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>nothing to see? uh thats just my job schedule, just wanted to makle you guys wonder
yea i use a camera, and i just stick it on and take it off whenever, its pretty easy, and yea those cubes i never use, just bought them for lulz. ones mine and ones baarons, i just 'borrowed' his
heres a closeup of where the camera goes, SO WELFARE!!!!
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk262/RDazr/closer.jpg
so the tape is strong enough to stick the camera to the box and the ruler is in case it doesn't hold?
or do you just set it on the ruler?
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Date: Tue, Aug 19 2008 06:05:07QUOTE (Aiyah @ Aug 18 2008, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>so the tape is strong enough to stick the camera to the box and the ruler is in case it doesn't hold?
or do you just set it on the ruler?
part of the camera rest on the ruler, the tape is just so it wont tip over the ruler. and now i put a wad of paper under where the lens are, so it wont fall anymore. it fell a few times already
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Date: Wed, Aug 20 2008 04:20:01
tripod
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Date: Wed, Aug 20 2008 13:34:50QUOTE (Aries @ Aug 20 2008, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>tripod
/thread
How about reading the first post.
These methods seem really innovative, but I stilll think that holding the camera in one hand and spinning in the other is the most hassle free way.
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Date: Wed, Aug 20 2008 18:35:49
in tht case........ tape /thread
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Date: Fri, Aug 22 2008 22:44:55
just thought of this..
people with tables made of glass.
[--] <------------camera here pointing down.
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Date: Sat, Aug 23 2008 02:30:00
Well if you have webcam you could clip it on to a lamp or something like me
This is pretty convenient actually cuz when I wanna film I just clip it there, film, and take it back off. And the thing's designed for clipping to a notebook anyway so this workd real well.
Edit- Just look up any video of me to see how it turns out. -
Date: Sat, Aug 23 2008 04:07:02
Ah wow, that seems to work very well! Though, my webcam is really slow, it only takes like 6 frames per second haha
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Date: Mon, Aug 25 2008 20:15:26
Just made something to hold my camera in place while filming and it works well enough.
the back... the tape up at the top holds down the camera lace in case something screws up. I don't want to break an expensive camera.
overview. as you can see the two rush hour cars taped down prevent the camera from sliding off and the lens sticks out between them. the third one behind also helps
closeup of front
this is the angle i got (i can still adjust): -
Date: Sat, Aug 30 2008 02:34:41
I have a problem with this to, unfortunatley my webcam sucks, and my camera is to cumbersome to tape to a tilted book, so I end up with horrible, strange and disgusting sickining angles > _ <
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Date: Sat, Aug 30 2008 02:40:26
well you might want to use something like mine where I don't tape the actual camera
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Date: Sat, Aug 30 2008 17:10:24
do u guys have any idea how eso gets his camera view? ">
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Date: Sat, Aug 30 2008 19:09:51
Yup, I beleive in one vid he actually mentions his camera veiw and how he does it.
and since hes left handed I wouldn't want that angle for when I'm spinning on my right hand...
I suppos you could replicate it be stacking up some books, or putting you camera on a shelf, with a hook, or some duct tape.
Oh and Santa do you go to Central High? there are a lot more pen spinners in highschool.... -
Date: Sun, Aug 31 2008 00:53:43QUOTE (Santa @ Aug 30 2008, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>do u guys have any idea how eso gets his camera view?
uh....i think he just clips on to his lamp or uses a tripod -
Date: Sun, Aug 31 2008 01:11:21
Of course, someone has to say the obvious answer
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Date: Sun, Aug 31 2008 01:14:01
This is what Eso posted in UCPSB in the filming thread:
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Date: Sun, Aug 31 2008 03:11:54
Picture isn't showing up..
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Date: Mon, Sep 1 2008 01:29:34QUOTE (shoeman6 @ Aug 30 2008, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Picture isn't showing up..
It's working for me, but I rehosted it for you...
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Date: Mon, Sep 1 2008 04:52:46
I have the same webcam but its frame rate and stuff isnt as good as his 0 _ o
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Date: Wed, Sep 17 2008 03:50:33QUOTE (shoeman6 @ Aug 31 2008, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I have the same webcam but its frame rate and stuff isnt as good as his 0 _ o
Expirement with the levels of light and the color of the object in the background. -
Date: Sun, Sep 21 2008 18:08:48
Well for me.. I use a camera with the video setting.. not a real video camera I guess, but it works.
When I turn the camera on the lense comes out, so I can lean the camera forward on its lense, just stack some books up, lean it forward, and there ya go.QUOTE (Santa @ Aug 30 2008, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>do u guys have any idea how eso gets his camera view? ">
He may have just used his regular angle, with the camera zoomed? -
Date: Wed, Sep 24 2008 07:41:38
till now, i think the best solution to film without a tripod is to place it on something
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Date: Sat, Sep 27 2008 19:44:56
I just have a few tacks on my wall and have my webcam there. But I don't like my angle so I'm thinking about changing it.
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Date: Sun, Sep 28 2008 19:59:26
I set up three books and then stuck a piece of poster board longer than the books on top, and then set the camera on there. It works pretty well acually.
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Date: Mon, Sep 29 2008 13:33:59
I put my camera beside my bed and spin on my bed so if the pen falls, it wont damage the table or anything.
Works good though. I mark out the boundary with pillows.
