{"id":117971,"date":"2019-08-19T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=117971"},"modified":"2019-08-18T17:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T22:26:37","slug":"using-diy-filmmaking-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/using-diy-filmmaking-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Joys of Using DIY Filmmaking Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all been there \u2014 solving production problems with creative builds on the cheap. But what else do we gain by building our own DIY filmmaking equipment?<\/h2>\n

During the winter of 2009, there were two places where I spent my time: the DIY megastore and my back garden \u2014 buying and then assembling bits of piping and construction material to make my DIY filmmaking equipment. From a 9-ft dolly to a 1-ft slider, and of course, the classic PVC shoulder rig \u2014 I spent a little time on all the hits.<\/p>\n

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My first contraption from 2009.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Golden Age of YouTube<\/h3>\n

I fondly remember walking out of the DIY store feeling like I had won the lottery \u2014 I was sure that the checkout assistant didn\u2019t correctly scan the second aluminum bracket. It was only when I got back to the car, which was a hurried rush, that I confirmed my suspicions. I only paid for one bracket. As a broke university student trying to build the equipment Peter Jackson was using, this was a godsend. (The store is a gargantuan billion-dollar company; it wasn\u2019t as if I just sent a local small business into the red.)<\/p>\n

Aside from cat videos, DIY filmmaking tutorials were also at the height of popularity during the so-called golden age of YouTube. Recently, Ted Sim of Aputure and Indy Mogul said, “Nowadays, gear is cheap. Like scary cheap, and if you don’t know already, it’s probably cheaper to buy a lot of gear than to make it. It will save time and money by buying it.”<\/p>\n