Cinematic 180VR. Let's share production technics.

Kirill

Hey guys!
Let's have a some branch of the production tips for new VR180 creators.

Kirill

![For example here I have a picture of my "moving camera" setup.
It' mix between steady cam arm and first DJI Ronin gimbal flipped on top. This setup can give you stable 180 picture with ability to run and gun shooting. Biggest plus of this setup it's ability to get this camera "breath" which can help you to imitate POV.

Feel free to ask any questions😉

danceBLG

круть! где снимаете и что за камера?)

Hillbilly_Hobbyist

The first 4 pics of my stream is my setup which I personally believe is the best budget rig. It may not put out the same quality as the Canon, but it is close and the whole rig comes in at slightly over half of what the Canon lens alone costs. It consists of 2 Gopro Hero 11 Black Minis with max lens mods, 2 cooling fans for long static shoots and a DJI Ronin SC Gimbal for movement. I designed and 3D printed my own camera/ fan holder. The fans are held in between the cameras and posts and that is stable enough for tripod work, but I did add in strap buckles on each side in case they are needed as well as an open rear cavity that I epoxied lead wheel weights in so that the unit would be out in front of any gimbal arms. Pictures 2 and 3 show my homemade vibration dampener which consists of 2 $15 chesse plates, $3 of coated cable, $4 worth of nuts and bolts and self designed and 3D printed clips to hold it all together. Add that up then go see what the cheapest vibration dampener costs lol. Now the 2nd pic is of it mounted on my ATV which is asking too much of the gimbal and dampener but I was testing different cable lengths to see what worked best in a harsh environment. The ATV woods footage is almost useable so I am sure it will be ok for the low speed auto shots I have in mind. I use Davinci Resolve, Mistika Boutique, Reaper and FB360 as software. Now if I could just get ambisonics to work on DEOVR.

KatDEO

Hillbilly_Hobbyist WOW!!! Would love to see the footage from your rig on DeoVR, do you have sample videos on Deo? We're always looking for camera hacks 🙂

Hillbilly_Hobbyist

KatDEO Yes, all of my videos on this site were recorded with this setup. Unfortunately, the picture above is of one of the videos I cannot get the ambisonic working on as we discussed in the other thread.

antonbcn

wow! and where is the videos? ) i wold love to watch and HEAR this beauty! =)

KuyaQuatro

I actually got a writeup of my gear list here, it's a very run-n-gun kinda gear list, nothing pro like yours.

For the most part, all I got is a monopod and bubble-levelers to keep me steady. Does a decent job, but would love try using a gimbal some day.
monopod

For VR gameplay recordings I just set up headset on a laptop-to-tripod holder like this:
VR setup

KatDEO

KuyaQuatro Love the setup for VR gameplay recordings! Most people record while playing and it just comes out shaky 🙂

KuyaQuatro

If I were to come up with some beginner-rules to abide by for new vr180 creators, it'd be this:

If your video doesn't make use of the immersive-ness of VR, then don't bother with a vr180 video!
settle into a frame for a second or two longer to let the user get their bearings before you get into some action
Keep camera at eye-level with subjects
Try not to move the camera
If you need to move the camera, move wayyyyyy SLOWER than you think. Then go HALF that speed
when shooting, plan for the edit. Like, be sure to lead the user's eye where the subject will be in the next frame. So if you're cutting to a scene where action is on right, be sure to lead the user's eye to the right before the cut happens.

shtirly1

My channel: Hiking_Alex Siberian
My cameras:

KatDEO

shtirly1 Alex I had no idea the camera rig is so big 🙂 quite a workout hiking with your camera!

shtirly1

KatDEO Sure, all my hikes now are real exercises 😁 . My backpack with these cameras, big DIY powerbank, tent, water, and food for several days is 25-30 kg. But it's worth it. You can see my video "Hike. Climbing on Mount Castle. Part 4" , this is very beautiful place. I was hiking 3 days there. But if I will go hiking for 1-2 weeks I even will be needed to take my solar battery (3 kg) plus to other stuff. Anyway two Panasonic GH6 cameras have better resolution of the sensors (12k in total) than Canon R5C (8k), so I have spare quality for future when VR helmets will be getting higher screen resolutions. Also I can change lenses, in the same time Canon owner have only one stereoscopic lens. Also I can increase the distance between lenses as well, this option is good for filming landscapes at long valleys and mountains. Actually two 6k box cinema cameras could be better. The width of such camera is shorter than my Lumix GH6, but I choose Lumix because it is better weather protected and cheaper, but I forced to use powerbanks on another side of gimbal to balance heavy cameras.