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Jerry Svoboda—rigging for stop motion animation, tabletop, and live action motion media

This site contains video samples representing the results of Jerry Svoboda's hard work rigging props, puppets and effects for the film industry. The textual commentary is intended to describe to fellow film industry professionals the nature of the particular film making challenges solved by Jerry Svoboda's rigging expertise. Contact Jerry for more information.

Asahi "Pour", Big Deahl Productions, 30 seconds

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• Director: David Deahl
• Addl. rigging: Brian Berkey and Geoff Bins-Calvey

Challenge - Launch 3 beer cans and ice toward camera and keep them in focus at 500 frames per second.

Solution- Sycronized piston launch of cans and ice to custom built mechanical focus puller. Outfitted photosonics high-speed camera lens with motion control driven focus puller and united piston launch via mechanical relay to motion control activated switch closure.

Challenge - Emulate feeling that beer cans are trailing streams of water as they careen through space.

Solution - Outfitted linear rails with water-proof stepper motor drive systems. Solid mounted beer cans to rails and remotely piped streaming water to the cans out of cameras view. Built multi-channel pressure and flow controls for each water output.

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