@@imiy yeah just found those! I'm quite annoyed I've been following IM for a decade and UA-cam has just randomly stopped showing me videos for the past couple of years 😢
This is a master class in lighting, grip, and rigging, in a 20-minute wrapper. From soft light theory to griphead weight alignment to basic rigging knots and safety. I'll be playing this for every neophyte grip before letting them on set. P.S. I was practically screaming at the screen when y'all dropped the pin in place, gave it a crimp, and loosened the bolt to show the safety on that light. THEN you added the safety chain and I started breathing again--almost had a heartattack!
Foam core inner, black matte outside, shower curtains, bolts +washers+nuts, 8 right angle hardware frames and some rope. Background stand + Get your lights high enough or Background stand + gaff the largest foamcore pieces possible to crossbar, point lights up at it from the ground + good luck controlling spill.
That “make sure the heavy thing is gonna fall in the same direction that the C-stand tightens” is maybe the clearest explanation of that I’ve seen. Now which foot on the stand is the one that you always put the sandbags on?
Place it on the high leg so the the bag hangs and isn’t resting on the ground. That high leg should also be pointing in the direction of the mounted weight.
Go to Home Depot, grab 4 lengths of 1/2" conduit pre-cut 5-foot segments and some elbows; go to JoAnns and grab a 2-yard square of some bleached muslin. BLAST some light down the top of it. Flag it off to kill spill on the background. hang it from the your garage ceiling. GREAT product shoot setup. (grab some "weed killer" 36" roll for the flag)
Apututre, Honey Crates, Matthews, this is like the Avengers collab. So awesome to see all you guys diving into this topic and showing these grip techniques. I work full time as Grip/Gaffer here in LA and we use giant overhead lighting like this for car and product commercials. I love that you guys are showing the proper way to rig. I would not consider this "Indy" because the gear cost thousands of dollars most filmmakers would not be able to afford or be able to transport these tools without a G&E Truck/Van.
I know I'm late to noticing this, but I just realized that this host is also the president of aputure 🤯. As a film student about to graduate and big fan of aputure lights, so cool to see a really humble and down to earth president of a company like that
woah perfect timing! I'm building a 20' x 20' for my window tint studio / channel. I'm in a big warehouse and hope I can create some nice even lighting
The student film version: Take 5 big polystyrene panels, join them at the sides and at the top with some wire, dont forget to make a hole in the top panel to put your light in there, cover the sides with black plastic bags. Now youll need something to attach the light to some kind of hook. Now just hang it in your location and thats it
I was a corporate event production rigger for about a year before the pandemic. 2 ton motors, lighting truss, dmx'd stage lighting. This makes me miss my gig.
A tip for any wanting to fix "clipped" voice audio like the audio in the this video. RX9 plugins has a great plugin that removes the clipping from your voice. Kinda works like magic! And has saved a couple of audio productions where I work.
You guys may wanna consider recording all your audio on a 32 bit recorders if you really aren't going to lower the heat on your audio. Every video, SOMEONE is distorting like shit
They’re using wireless lavs... the clipping happens on the lav transmitter/receiver probably not the audio recorder. It’s a hard balance when using lavs. Just my thought. 😁
Once a scout. Always a scout! Lol man this makes me miss my rigging gig for corporate events. We used half ton chain motors and aluminum lighting truss for eeeeeverything. Safety is ALWAYS first and you will never spend time with a rigger without learning something new that day. Guaranteed!
Can someone tell me what's going on around the 12:00 mark with the video compression derping out? I was trying to ignore the robotic sounding noise suppression earlier but this is getting super distracting.
Aah great video, love how you got Matthew grips to explain all this for us :) thank you Ted and Indy mogul team for bringing this top notch quality content from the professional world to youtube :)
This was sooo dope. Informative, and just fun to watch. Can't wait to experiment with these concepts...after I finish this pilot by a 30 September deadline.
Lol…well the third option is to fly a 20x frame and boom in your lights above it with some mega booms….for those that don’t own an overhead hoist system. Four high-highs and four large crankovators with mega booms makes it an equipment heavy rig though… using a frame does give you quite a few options on the diffusion quality since you can choose grid cloth silk, China silk etc.
What percentage were you running the p300c's at for daylight balance? Wondering if 4 p300c would be punchy enough for a 12x12 12ft off the ground with a china silk to light a choir and band.
I remember Martin from another video! He convinced me to get the Matthews Mini-Max boom stand- one of the best investments I've made!!!
That's awesome!!
its always cool and unique to see other UA-camrs that is super known comment in the comment sections of other people videos haha lol
perfect timing and the exact thing we need for our studio.
Can't wait to see it!!
Woah the Futur and Indy Mogul in one place? This is like when those two awesome friends from different scenes finally meet each other and get along 😄
@@imiy yeah just found those! I'm quite annoyed I've been following IM for a decade and UA-cam has just randomly stopped showing me videos for the past couple of years 😢
Will make those whiteboard sessions pop💥
this just makes me happy seeing the futur comment here!
This is a master class in lighting, grip, and rigging, in a 20-minute wrapper. From soft light theory to griphead weight alignment to basic rigging knots and safety. I'll be playing this for every neophyte grip before letting them on set.
P.S. I was practically screaming at the screen when y'all dropped the pin in place, gave it a crimp, and loosened the bolt to show the safety on that light. THEN you added the safety chain and I started breathing again--almost had a heartattack!
Ted saying - This is as indie as it gets
Me thinking - You have no idea how indie I can get
Foam core inner, black matte outside, shower curtains, bolts +washers+nuts, 8 right angle hardware frames and some rope. Background stand + Get your lights high enough
or
Background stand + gaff the largest foamcore pieces possible to crossbar, point lights up at it from the ground + good luck controlling spill.
Each time I see indie in a title it's just a bluff tbh. These guys need a master class of indie productions.
This is still way out of the budget!
That “make sure the heavy thing is gonna fall in the same direction that the C-stand tightens” is maybe the clearest explanation of that I’ve seen.
Now which foot on the stand is the one that you always put the sandbags on?
Place it on the high leg so the the bag hangs and isn’t resting on the ground. That high leg should also be pointing in the direction of the mounted weight.
This was SUCH a golden nugget. Pocketing that one.
Go to Home Depot, grab 4 lengths of 1/2" conduit pre-cut 5-foot segments and some elbows; go to JoAnns and grab a 2-yard square of some bleached muslin. BLAST some light down the top of it. Flag it off to kill spill on the background. hang it from the your garage ceiling. GREAT product shoot setup. (grab some "weed killer" 36" roll for the flag)
It’s all about how you use the tools you have!
Now I want to hang a 20ft softbox in my office lol. Awesome vid!
Thanks Dan! You totally should lol
You guys really help me to get a grip on all these grip techniques 👍
Apututre, Honey Crates, Matthews, this is like the Avengers collab. So awesome to see all you guys diving into this topic and showing these grip techniques. I work full time as Grip/Gaffer here in LA and we use giant overhead lighting like this for car and product commercials. I love that you guys are showing the proper way to rig. I would not consider this "Indy" because the gear cost thousands of dollars most filmmakers would not be able to afford or be able to transport these tools without a G&E Truck/Van.
Man grip/gaffer folks know their shit. So much knowledge to be learned from them.
Right?! They work on Hollywood films for a reason!
@@indymogul The unsung heroes of the film industry!
I know I'm late to noticing this, but I just realized that this host is also the president of aputure 🤯. As a film student about to graduate and big fan of aputure lights, so cool to see a really humble and down to earth president of a company like that
The besy surprise: the Grip dude that talks like Tarantino is BACK!
Martin is the man!
woah perfect timing! I'm building a 20' x 20' for my window tint studio / channel. I'm in a big warehouse and hope I can create some nice even lighting
The student film version: Take 5 big polystyrene panels, join them at the sides and at the top with some wire, dont forget to make a hole in the top panel to put your light in there, cover the sides with black plastic bags. Now youll need something to attach the light to some kind of hook.
Now just hang it in your location and thats it
dont forget to cover the fire alarms!! xD
This is one of the best things that i've learned on the last days, ill use it in our next indie film, tnx from Mexico
Danny seems like a cool dude to work with
Such a great guy!!
Been scouring the internet for months on how to make this exact size softbox + light combo
THANK YOU
Sometimes I think you can read my mind. Thanks, exactly what I needed!
Same here - might have to go with one of the even "indier" alternatives like the McGyver way @Carlos Valle shared above
I've been looking for top light tutorial for a while , thanx guys
I was a corporate event production rigger for about a year before the pandemic. 2 ton motors, lighting truss, dmx'd stage lighting. This makes me miss my gig.
A tip for any wanting to fix "clipped" voice audio like the audio in the this video. RX9 plugins has a great plugin that removes the clipping from your voice. Kinda works like magic! And has saved a couple of audio productions where I work.
Rx8*
Thank you so much for this! It's not easy to find this information on the net
You guys may wanna consider recording all your audio on a 32 bit recorders if you really aren't going to lower the heat on your audio.
Every video, SOMEONE is distorting like shit
this!!! great content, but the clipping it kills my sooooooooooul
Yeahhhhhhh
They’re using wireless lavs... the clipping happens on the lav transmitter/receiver probably not the audio recorder. It’s a hard balance when using lavs. Just my thought. 😁
@@cmdcreativity if your lavs are consistently that hot then you're using lavs wrong but yes that's a good point
Also, having multiple lav mics live at the same time produces odd phasing and delayed effects. A single boom mic would produce a better sound.
Loved this episode, especially the soft box build sequences. Would love to see more grippage build videos!
Thank you! Very very educational!Loved it
The amount of quality content you post is amazing.. I can watch your videos all day continuously ❤️
great video the safety lesson on where to have your weighted item and where to turn the knob was really helpful. thank you
i liked this video before the 1st sec started playing !!! that's how much i love learning about light !!!! :D
This video was slammin! The grips are hilarious And I learned so much! I love the videos that lean more on the high-end side than the Indy.
Glad you enjoyed it!
OMG! Thank you all for doing this video. Great video and information.
Once a scout. Always a scout! Lol man this makes me miss my rigging gig for corporate events. We used half ton chain motors and aluminum lighting truss for eeeeeverything. Safety is ALWAYS first and you will never spend time with a rigger without learning something new that day. Guaranteed!
That hollywood thing is just an other level I woukd say just from another planet
Always great. Still trying to figure out how to do this in my studio and this helps. Only TWO 120 Ds overhead? Is that right? Impressive.
I love what you guys do... You're revolutionary for us amatures!! Please keep posting such good stuff ❤️
Can someone tell me what's going on around the 12:00 mark with the video compression derping out?
I was trying to ignore the robotic sounding noise suppression earlier but this is getting super distracting.
Seeing that also. Have seen it elsewhere too, I wonder if it is a UA-cam compression issue.
I like the energy projected on every video, really cool and nice people!!!
Absolutely indie, but we already have a telehandler. So it is a must try. I'll definitely do it in the spring.
Phenomenal , also just noticed that there was only TWO lights. Great work!
I can't say you make it look easy - but you definitely make it look fun!
thank you soo much for bringing this pro industry stuff to youtube man! legend
Ya'll do an incredible job, showed our whole team this video!
Omg thank you for the tips. Got some ideas now. 🔥
Loved watching this, missed my vocation! Thanks to everyone involved, great team. 👏
4:55 anyone else notice Danny sneaking behind the frame to wave at the camera? That was funny, I'm sure he's a fun guy to have on set.
Danny is a hoot!!
Thank you so much Ted. For all the information you provide us. Thank you very much for your help, specially for a beginner like me.
This content is awesome ! Best video I've seen about grip so far, do you have others about it ?
Clove hitch... Did being a boy scout actually help my film career?!
Aah great video, love how you got Matthew grips to explain all this for us :) thank you Ted and Indy mogul team for bringing this top notch quality content from the professional world to youtube :)
this is what we need more of. Thanks Ted!
Indy Mogul always bringing the goods!
Thanks!
Grips have the most fun!!
This was sooo dope. Informative, and just fun to watch. Can't wait to experiment with these concepts...after I finish this pilot by a 30 September deadline.
And that's the reason I subscribed
Thanks for the awesome video Ted! This was really enlightening!
Great job as usual guys! Loved it.
Martin is awesome man
My dream is to own a studio like this one day... Build it or buy it... Great content guys ♥
This was super dope. Thanks for making this.
I need to learn some knots.
It would be sick if they made a knot video.
This is a great video and a brilliant direction to go. Vastly needed experience from the industry for the UA-cam filmmaking community! Keep it up
You think this would be a good lighting setup for a small 4 person podcast studio?
Heya. Might want to let your post-mixer know that you have some phasing in the mics. Muting one of the lavs would help when you're close together. :)
4:30 this will help anyone ever trying to decide on a diffusion
This is amazing. I dream to have this. The entire warehouse...
Lol…well the third option is to fly a 20x frame and boom in your lights above it with some mega booms….for those that don’t own an overhead hoist system. Four high-highs and four large crankovators with mega booms makes it an equipment heavy rig though… using a frame does give you quite a few options on the diffusion quality since you can choose grid cloth silk, China silk etc.
Dan THE Man!
Excellent episode loved it. Can i know how you miked the episode did you use lav Or boom?
7:36 - great advice!
miss you guys!
Cool episode. Q: why you didn't use honey crates in big 12x12 soft box?
AWESOME... NEED THESE ADD-ONS...!
Yeah, this is what it's all about. Grip life.
This might seem like a stupid question, but could you do a tutorial on how to build a 4x4 frame? What clamps, clips, etc?
Great knowledge I like it Your Lighting Work Style.
very useful!!!
Great episode
Glad you liked it!
Hey, gracias por mostrar todo eso, me haces soñar.
Just bought a C Stand Boom for my Kino's about to buy another one to cover from above.
Great video, we need a sponsor to get you a few C500s so you can upload these in 4K and you will be in tack sharp focus even in the dark.
Tbf if you wanted a budget box, you could probably make one cheap using pvc pipe and some kind of diffused fabric.
Awesome content. Thank you guys
More episodes like this!!
are those 12ft rails? or 2 6ft rails joined together by the T adapter?
Love this content
it look like a light stuff video, but it was a boyscout stuff actually, i narrowly missed these cool content
keep working guys
Ive been waiting for thisssssss!
Thanks !!!!
Minute 1:12 you almost slapped the crap out of poor Danny! 🤣
Did Martin get access to the roof? hahaha
You know dis!! Haa!
Awesome video!!!! Extremely useful!!!!
4:57 SPOTTED
In taMilnadu we still use wood or light iron or aluminium rods for soft boxes,,,, 💡💡👍👍
What percentage were you running the p300c's at for daylight balance? Wondering if 4 p300c would be punchy enough for a 12x12 12ft off the ground with a china silk to light a choir and band.
yep that sounds like alot to do imma have to hire folks to put something like this in my office haha lol
Some people’s indie is the other people’s pro hahahaha
Bless Honeycrates
¿Alguien más se sintió observado con el saludo en el 4:57 ? jajajaja
Wow! Thanks for sharing!
What does Martin’s grip kit look like
Great Episode