How to Build a Dolly Track for $50 (Cinematography Hacks) | Filmmaking Tips
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SUPPLIES:
- 1/4 inch hex bolts (8)
- 1/4 inch nuts (16)
- 1/4 inch washers (8)
- 2' x 2' plywood board
- L brackets (4)
- Wheels (8)
- 2" PVC pipe (2)
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This slider is amazing. Using it on a movie set now its truly incredible and versatile
If you want to save $20 try shopping at your local thrift store for the roller skates. They will almost always have a pair. Thanks for the video!
Or just buy a roughneck dolly for approx $20. Normally they have pivoting wheels too so even better than roller skate wheels and no effort to build.
@Lela Gray
Or just buy cart wheels at Walmart
@@whengrapespop5728 I wish I could do a cart wheel.
@@ElementsMMA pivoting wheels suck because they will pivot when you don’t want them to, causing jerks in the footage.
And if that doesn’t work, 5 below has skateboards for $5 each. Just buy 2.
Great video! Just bought all the same supplies to do this, but forgot I need titanium drill bits for the metal L brackets. Looks like a second trip to the store for me as well!
I love how simple you kept this video. Very straight forward, good job! Thanx for the info!
Update to 2023:
I had my own wood. I had my own wheels. I decided to elevate mine so I got 1 1/4 emt conduit. And the rest was the same hardware and angle brackets. Cost with tax was 88$ still pretty good for DIY slider. Thanks for the video!!
I was thinking about building something similar to this for capturing textures of flat surfaces like floors boards and such. I'd have to engineer a way to overhang the camera so the pipes and Dolly are out of frame but this is much more simple than the design I was working on. Thanks a ton.
So simple, yet so helpful. Love it!
Great Video. Not only did I learn how to build the dolly but also a Rollercoaster 😉
I just came home from making a similar one, watched a few tutorials and came up with one, it’s a lil more complicated but it works amazingly
Will you share a video of how it is done? Thanks
@@VOZM damn, what a way to take me back 5 years haha
Sadly no, did not get any footage and it didn’t last very long. I needed a weird specific slider so I took it apart and made the slider with it. It was a lot better than my dolly ! Maybe one day I could make a slider tutorial ? Idk.
As for the dolly I don’t remember what I did different from the tutorial. Maybe I used thicker and softer wheels from a longboard (don’t do that, get very hard wheels, the softer ones tend to skid over the pipe), but I’m sure you can achieve great results just watching this.
Careful when choosing your pipes, pvc isn’t always straight and it can suck.
Awesomeee! Made me miss my technical workshop school days and life in the media!! Thanks!!
Super awesome i was actually thinking of buying a slider...fuck that i‘m buidling this thing thanks a lot 💪🏼
Thank you so much for this video! I tried it and it worked out amazing!! Great work bro!
Simple, effective, why pay more?
The only change I'd make is to build a couple of struts to join the ends to keep the track tubes aligned.
Greg Wallis The weight of the camera, tripod, and dolly pretty much forces the pipes to stay equidistant without need for struts.
Yeah that’s true you can keep yours like that but I like the idea of that extra security measure. In the end i know Il be happy with my shot sequence.
with the angled wheels the track will be forced into that distance, I'm sure you could even use a a length of tubing to create round or curved track if you wanted.
I will be using that on my next video, you are the MAN.
Wow!!!! Iove it this great idea thumbs up now I can built mine in the near future.
Thank you so much for this tutorial video. Very interesting and informative content. I am learning a lot. Stay safe.
I love it. This will work great for me. Many thanks 😊
Great Video! Congrats! Very helpful for anyone!
This is great! I love this kind of stuff! I'm wondering how to make one of these, just smaller and on an auto moving left to right pan track so that I can capture the drummer on our worship team. One thing that would make the brackets more secure would be to get some scrap wood the width of the bracket, use the bracket to mark you L shape and then cut the scrap wood to fit inside the bracket. Then glue the wood to the board, put the bracket over the wood and screw it in. This way you have more to screw it into and it's not just held into the wood by a single screw.
Wow! It is awesome. Thank you for the video.
God bless you guys for this video
Finally!!!!
I looked up so many diy tutorials about that Dolly ...but nothing solid... until now.
Thank you
I learned this in 1994 in a book on low budget film making called Persistence of Vision.
Author please ?
@@warsameadam5572 I'll do you one better. Here's a link to the book.
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@@firebird7479 worth the read still?
@@rickhickman2730 Yes. This is pre-video (Film look was the technology of the day that turned made things shot in video look like 35mm) and pre-digital. The authors used 16mm film. But there are tricks and techniques in there for low budget filmmaking that is still useful.
great! just what i needed. more of these, man!
found this from an advertisment on facebook! nice to see more DIY stuff
Thanks so much--it turned out great!
Built it. Love it. Using it.
Wheels come loose after a few passes and have to re secure.
Thank you so much, I will be using this on my next video!
Thank you this video is excellent! much love
I am working on making a movable carriage for my solar panels along a concrete sidewalk. This dolly idea is a great idea, especially since it uses less expensive parts. Thanks for the ideas!
show it!
Wow!! Definitely trying this. Thanks
Definitely want more of such
Right on...thanks for the DIY dolly video.
Love doing DIY builds.
Fantastic video!!! Thanks!!! Have you or anyone else who’s done this needed anything to secure the tripod to the plywood? Do you get slippage while pushing or pulling? Thanks!
Oh this is perfect. Thank you
Excellent Video - thank you! I want to build a dolly, but I want to photograph cars.. I love the idea of your dolly, it's given me a lot to think about. Any suggestions?
OMG GENIUS! more DIY Equipment pls
Dude out here doing the Lord’s work 🙌🏾
Love things are simple to make great job
Nice video. Thank you!
Wow man great job
Amazing and thanks
Great work building the dolly! What screws did you use to secure the L brackets to the wood? Thanks👊
added to favorites !
My mann you are the best🔥🔥🔥🎥🎥
Awesome thank you
U groove wheels will be another option but setup will be different.
Camonwheels has different sizes
this is gold
Thanks for this. What do you have going on at the bottom of the tripod that helps it stay put on the plywood?? We're unfamiliar with that.
So radical! Thanks :)
I love you bro,you are my mantor,ai happy to make one like this
I wish I had such a store in my country where I can find all the building/construction/DIY materials I need. Fortunately, those few shops that carry such materials are not this expensive.
Great idea.
So sick
Is the movement of a dolly automated when its keeping track of someone jogging or is it someone just pushing it to keep track of the runner?
GENIUS
This is so stupidly brilliant
This is nice thank you
Great video but you could have use two inch bolts. It’s easier to transport not having to worry about extra length snagging on, or damaging stuff.
Thanks David! We did end up trimming the bolts, but it's not in the video. For anybody else reading this, you can use a hacksaw or a Dremel to shorten the bolts.
FYI if you try drilling into into those L brackets, make sure that you keep a can of WD40 on hand, I broke 2 drill bits trying to drill those holes.
That was awesome
Thank you so much
excellent !
Years ago I worked on a job with a video pro and he used an almost identical (and expensive) piece of kit. What is really great is how the pipes align themselves as the dolly passes over them. I recently built my own, but I do get a creaking sound that is very audible in camera. Now looking for different tubes or wheels with tyres. Any ideas?.
Put baby powder on the pipes. I was on a set that used something similar to this and the powder did the trick!
Bro I used one of these. It's freaking awesome
Great stuff. I want to ask if the wheel setup works on curved or circular tracks? thanks!
You would probably need the wheel assembly that connects to the wood to swivel to account for the curves. That's not a hard addition to the project. Should work in theory.
Thank you for the video. I would like to make a 360 dolly
Good job ! Possible create rail slider 360 degrees ?
What are you using to remove the wheels from the roller blades?
Yes Yes Yes
More videos
Hi. Thanks for sharing. Is the motion smooth?
awesome
Building mine now!
Magic
Wow crazy how similar this is to Ponysmasher's DIY dolly tutorial. Great minds obviously think alike.
This guy ripped it off from pOnysmasher.
@@anirudhgoud5035 shut up
I wonder if I could use a heatgun to make a curved track
Any recommendations on how to build a product that will allow the same even movement but going around a corner?? Something that’s able to make an arc
Look up PEX piping
More videos please!
What did you use to clamp the tripod legs to the board?
What material are the pipes shown in your film?
Hi, even I made almost same dolly watching your video but my dolly slightly vibrates during moving it forward or backward. Please suggest an idea how can I fix it.
Try adding more weight to your dolly. This could help prevent the vibrations.
Can you use a board of a different size?
What’s the size of the actual drill that you used to fit the 1/4 bolts?
What size are the L brackets?
Superbbbb👌👌
Feel like I know this guy. Maybe just from watching "the office" too much, reminds me of Krasinski. Great hack!
what’s the length of the hex bolts? 1 or 2 inches?
Can someone please tell me what size of L Bracket you need to make your own Movie Dolly?
Ok thank you bro I help full this track some more videos in this concept ok bro .....
Freaking dope thx
Super sir....
Thanks you for all brother.. i’m from Guinea (west africa) and today I was able to make my first dolly with only $13.
So how would I secure this to the ground is I wanted it to be safe?
This is awesome More Videos! A lot of DIY gear looks chinsey (sp?) and ugly. This appears to be well made and more visually appealing. My only question is if you have any tips on adjusting the PVC pipes if the ground it is on isnt level. Thanks!
Chad R. Hembree I would say you need a set or to of notched blocks to level each end of the pipe with. Should be a simple fix although perfect results are impossible.
Chad R. Hembree try using some sandbags under the pvc pipe.
Thanks for this video, you just saved me 'hundies!
Any of you guys think that if I doubled the amount of wheels and used a bigger board, would it be able to hold the weight of the camera operator as well?
How much weight are you trying to hold? You may need to change your base material to hold the proper weight per square inch and keep the weight of the overall construction light.
Didn't you notice any minor jitter when filming? I made one and the footage I got is somewhat shaky
how big are the L brackets?
wait why have a usb mic set up if you're just gonna use it? 🤔