( Kit )

The working kit

What the studio actually shoots on, documented plate by plate. The ledger grows as the kit does.

Onecamera,onelens

A compact mirrorless body through a 24–70 millimetre zoom — wide enough for the room, long enough for the portrait. One instrument, known inside out.

FOCUS RINGZOOM RINGBAYONET MOUNTCORNER FINDERHOT SHOEAPS-C SENSOR PLANE24–70 MM— 24— 35— 50— 70
Fig. 01 — the working kit, exploded on the optical axis

Andonethatflies

A folding quadcopter carrying a stabilised one-inch camera on a three-axis gimbal — for the establishing shot, and the angles a tripod can’t reach.

TWO-BLADE PROPELLERGIMBAL CAMERAFORWARD OBSTACLE SENSORSDOWNWARD VISION SENSORSFOLDING ARMFLIGHT BATTERYBRUSHLESS MOTOR3-AXIS GIMBAL · 1-INCH SENSOR
Fig. 02 — the aerial camera, top plan

Andasteadyhand

A three-axis handheld gimbal that carries the camera through the move — the walking shot, the slow reveal, the pass through a doorway — and takes the shake out of it.

CAMERA POSITIONTILT MOTORQUICK-RELEASE PLATEPAN MOTORJOYSTICKTRIGGERMINI TRIPODAXIS LOCKROLL MOTORTOUCHSCREENCONTROL DIALRECORD BUTTONBATTERY GRIP3-AXIS BRUSHLESS DRIVE
Fig. 03 — the stabiliser, front elevation

Andwhereitallcomestogether

A 14-inch laptop that runs the whole studio — the edit, the export, and the archive of every file. Everything above ends up here.

WEBCAM14-INCH DISPLAYHINGE BARRELTRACKPADUSB-C PORTCOOLING FANSTORAGE DRIVEBATTERYINTAKE MESH
Fig. 04 — the workstation, exploded stack

Andabiggerpicture

A field monitor riding on the camera cage — a larger view of the frame than the camera’s own screen, for judging focus and composition on set.

FIELD MONITORARTICULATING ARMCOLD SHOESIDE PLATEBASE PLATEVIDEO CABLECORNER FINDERLENSMOUNTING HOLES
Fig. 05 — the monitor rig, front elevation