Portable Jib Arm Crane

[Dan Wake]

which portable Jib Arm Crane should I buy for about 150 euro? my actual tripod is this I will mount it on top of it: https://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-501HDV-546GBK-Video-Tripod/dp/B003FGWKJU

my camera is 7D mk1 (I will use 50mm1.8). I wish to move/control the arm from the top, probably adding a second fluid head in the future.

1) https://www.amazon.it/Movofilms-shooting-portable-mounting-MF-FLT-4/dp/B012WJBNQQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8#Ask

2) https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00PGDMVGW/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_20?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AZJLXBECRH82E

3) https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01IR6JTIC/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_23?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1OFOAOTB9DRPX

I saw those ones may you help me to choose the best please?

do you have better options/models? may you give me some advice please? I wish to use it for short movies, indoor a lot for orizontal movements. I hope it is not noisy, this is crucial because I need to rec clean audio from the actors.

I'm going to buy this system because I can not afford motorized gimbals and my camera have not auto focus for video mode (cant afford a new one).

thanks!

 

 

[Kisaha]

This is a very interesting thread, if anyone knows anything about inexpensive cranes should add his wisdom here!

The only thing I know, the traditional big ones need 2 persons to make them and 2 to operate them sufficiently on the field.

[Dan Wake]

I wish to learn how move the camera around the filmic scene using a jib, using it indoor and outdoor. I'm not interested about using it only for establishing shots (or at all because I dislike them a little bit).
I wish to ask you if you can suggest me some movies that I could watch to get inspired looking for jib crane techniques (expecially examples in indoor space if possible).
any kind of advice is welcome.

In my imagiation I could use it indoor, mounting a video head on the top of the jib, filming the actors and then, if for example the actor need to walk a little bit, I could follow him/her with the jib arm, having a connection between the first and the second place.
I do not know, I'm open to every kind of example because I really have not experience with this instrument.

I'll be very grateful for your reply.

[Kisaha]

Using a jib is a very common technique from soap operasm sports, to films. It is almost impossible to achieve great Hollywood movement, they are not using just a "jib", it takes really specialized equipment and people, and recently a lot of technology; of course you are open to experiment and achieve some things that will make you really happy, depending the project.

You can study movement in all the great directors, you can start from here