7D Glidetrack Shooter SD Rig Setup/Review

Some stills of the Canon 7D rig Glidetrack SD on a recent music video shoot.

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The Glidetrack Shooter SD is an awesome bit of kit. It provides a truly portable solution for either dolly or shoulder mounted stabilisation for your HDSLR video camera. In short producing a really radical solution that is capable of delivering extremely cinematic results when used correctly. It’s taken me a little while to get round to using it properly as I didn’t end up using it as I had hoped on my summer filmmaking trip to the Pyrenees due to the weather and the additional weight. The Glidetrack Shooter SD is however extremely portable and functional. I have added a Manfrotto quick release plate to the system to enable easy quick release and interchange with other kit. It also means I can mount the camera for either shoulder mount operation or sideways dolly moves on a tripod by mounting the baseplate at 90 degrees. There are some great options for low mode shooting and I’m still very much looking forward to what I can do with it over the  coming projects. I seriously recommend this piece of kit to any indie filmmaker shooting on HDSLR. At just under £200 it will prove to be a great investment if you’re looking for something versatile. Here it is rigged up with the LCDVF. Full video review to be posted when I’ve got my 7D back.

Digital Scoring

My good friend and long time collaborator George Cooper is in the studio with me today composing the music for the TOA project. Sounding pretty epic – which is what the film needs. Integration within the system means that we can send audio/video and fx stems straight to Logic Pro and work music to picture on low resolution video files.