Overhead Video Camera Rigs: How to Shoot Straight Down

We’re all familiar with using a tripod to get standard shots in our videos but what if you need to rig the camera overhead, pointing it straight at a table for those product or food beauty shots. Or to rig it higher up to record straight down at a person. Frank looks at a few simple rigs using grips stands and shows how to make a “goalpost” rig for more stable overhead shots.

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