Shoot a music video
A music video is made for the look: colour, movement and light you can see in the air. Most are one song played many times over, with the camera moving on every take while the artist performs to playback.
Cine primes are manual focus. Plan on someone pulling focus, or keep the artist at a marked distance. Haze needs a location that allows it, so ask before you add the machine to your booking.
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Cameras for the look
Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6k G2$250 / dayOur widest dynamic range, with built-in ND. Needs V-mount power and a crew to run it.
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K$125 / dayBlackmagic RAW and an EF mount for the Rokinon cine set. Its own batteries drain fast.
Sony FX3 Full-Frame Cinema Camera$180 / dayLight enough for a gimbal, and clean in a dark club or a night exterior.
Lenses and focus
Rokinon CineDS Lens Kit$80 / day24, 35, 50 and 85mm cine primes with matched colour and geared focus. Manual focus, EF mount.
EF to E-Mount Adapter$5 / dayPuts EF lenses like the Rokinon set on a Sony FX3.
Tilta Nucleus-M II Wireless Follow Focus Ultimate Kit$100 / dayWireless follow focus, so a focus puller can work away from a moving camera.
Colour, beams and haze
Aputure Amaran 300c RGB LED Video Light$40 / dayAny colour from the light itself, no gels. Runs on wall power only.
Godox TL120 RGB LED 4 Tube Light Kit$70 / dayFour colour tubes to put in the shot or line the background.
RGB/Black Light/UV Par 36 Light$10 / dayA colour or UV wash for a stage or club look.
CHAUVET DJ Hurricane Haze 4D$40 / dayA fine haze that makes light beams show on camera. Check the location allows it.
Movement
DJI Ronin RS2 Stabilizer (Combo Kit)$50 / dayA gimbal for the FX3 or another light camera.
iFootage Carbon Fiber Shark Slider S1 with Dual Extension Tubes Bundle$25 / daySlow, steady moves past the band or across the set.
CAME-TV Steadicam System (4-26lbs)$75 / dayFloating moves that walk with the artist. Allow time on the first day to balance it.
Playback, power and cards
Braven BRV-XXL Portable Bluetooth Speaker$20 / dayPlays the track on set from a phone so the artist can perform to it.
Rolux 240wh V Mount Battery$20 / dayPowers the Ursa Mini, a monitor or a light through D-tap.
Rolux RL-2KS Dual V-Mount Charger$10 / dayCharges two V-mount batteries at once between setups.
Angelbird 256GB AV PRO CFast Card 560MB/s$25 / dayCFast media for the Ursa Mini.
Packages to start from
Cine Kit 2$495 / dayThe Ursa Mini with a set of cine primes, a tripod, a light and V-mount power.
Basic Cine Kit$264 / dayThe Pocket 6K with three Rokinon cine primes, a tripod and a light with a softbox.
Director’s Monitor Package$114 / dayA 7-inch monitor on a wireless video link, so the artist can watch takes away from the camera.
Aputure STORM 80c RGB 3-Light Kit$100 / dayThree small full-colour lights for accents and background colour.