Camera Stability

There are lots of ways to cut costs in television production, but often times they produce unexpected results. In our case we saved considerable costs by renting standard lifts to mount our cameras on. While a standard lift might work in industrial or construction applications, a carpenter doesn’t need flawless stability. The wind kept blowing the lift and making the shots unsteady (a big issue when you are filming in HD). Check out the lifts blowing in the wind:

When you can get the camera on solid ground, with a heavy tripod you get much better results: