C-Stands | How to use them properly
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Published 2024-05-25
There are a lot of ways to use a C-stand - there are also a lot of ways to use them incorrectly. Follow along to feel more confident walking on to your next film set.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
0:29 Quality vs cheap C-Stands
4:22 Types of C-Stands and their strengths
9:07 Staging
10:19 Chrome vs Black
11:58 How to properly set C-Stands
14:50 Bagging stands
17:09 Pet peeve
18:27 Configuring the way that makes the most sense
23:19 Best practice to avoid mistakes
24:28 Setting floppies
27:06 Collapsing stands
30:20 The hand-off
31:10 Swing crews (yes, I use C-Stands all the time and sometimes I put lights on them)
32:23 An actual light stand (the Beefy Baby)
33:47 Ok, lets mount a light on a C-stand
37:43 Helping out the sound dept.
39:02 Outro
All Comments (19)
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Now I don’t have to worry about embarrassing myself in front of the grips. This is awesome Josiah (and team). Such great communication, and dapper as ever.
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Love it 🙌🏼
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Loved this! Great job guys
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Dude this was dope, thanks for sharing your knowledge! 😁
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Excellent.
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This was good. Second time watching already. So glad someone finally says it: they’re not light stands! I’m a home studio guy, and we’re the BIGGEST perpetrators here. Also, just discovered Norm’s, when I can afford pro C-stands I think I’m goin with them. Thanks! Anywho, love the content, keep it up! SUB
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A good look indeed! Highly informational and entertaining! Great Content, looks awesome as well!
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Such a great video. Felt like I was watching the Ron Swanson of Gaffing.
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Great stuff here!
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Very good! Keep it up!
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Nicely done. Great content for beginners and even DPs that sometimes need a little refresh on what everyone else is doing while they are sitting on a comfortable cushioned dolly seat sipping tea. I think I have that same couch.
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Beefy Baby was my wrestling name in the 80's
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Excelente trabajo, muy informativo, gracias por compartir.
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My 3.5 year old son saw me watching this and said "its Jim Dear from Lady and the Tramp!"
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Watched. Took notes. Great presentation and coverage of the topic. I've had to learn some of these lessons the hard way, and I really appreciated you taking the time to go over the basics. BTW, sarcasm is my first language too. 37:01
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For the algorithm brother
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I have a few matthews with a little skinny knob above the base. Super easy to deploy. Don't see them often.
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thank you, please show how to hang backdrops for talking heads.
