Camera Mounts for Cars

For the pilot we hired a camera mount specialist from Austin. The specialist installed cameras on Jack Farr’s mustang and we used it as the ‘camera car’. Joe Dea, our director, was completely frustrated by how much the mount vibrated. Evidently, even an ‘expert’ can have issues so make sure you ‘test’ your mounts prior to shooting (i.e. a week or so before is ideal). Don’t show up to the shoot with a mount you have never tested, you can ruin a whole day of filming if you do. There are lots of DIY kits if you don’t have the budget for a mount guy.

For the series we had several more cameras as well as a specifically designed ‘camera car’ with mounts pre-installed. These worked at LOT better than the ones we used for the pilot. Here are a few photos (with my son Ethan):

Also, here are some interesting videos from YouTube with examples of car mounted cameras

I don’t believe this one:

This looks a little crazy too: