Yeah, sure that the tripod is used to make stable, stationary shots used in opening scenes, cutaways, etc. But it doesn't matter which tripod you've bought, as long as it's more than a meter and a half in length, you can do a lot of things with it. For example, you can do short dolly shots with it by raising one of it's legs and rotating the tripod using the other two legs, but while you rotate the tripod, you should use the handle to counteract to the unwanted rotation. It gives a pretty convincing result, and it ain't bad(as it's free) If u didn't understand what i have just written, then this simple illustration should hopefully will :
Remember: you can always experiment with a lot of stuff; depending on your tripod and what kind of features it has, you can experiment with them to get what you want and more out of em.
There are a great deal of DIY gadgets you can make by yourself; just check out instructables.com and search for camera related stuff (rigs, dollies, etc) They tell you how to make everything step by step and what materials you require, so even if you dont get what materials do they need, just print out he materials page and give it to your local hardware store employee (he should understand it if he knows english). If no, then google translate is your sole companion.
Remember: you can always experiment with a lot of stuff; depending on your tripod and what kind of features it has, you can experiment with them to get what you want and more out of em.
There are a great deal of DIY gadgets you can make by yourself; just check out instructables.com and search for camera related stuff (rigs, dollies, etc) They tell you how to make everything step by step and what materials you require, so even if you dont get what materials do they need, just print out he materials page and give it to your local hardware store employee (he should understand it if he knows english). If no, then google translate is your sole companion.

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