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Basics of the C-stand

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- The backbone of any collection of lighting equipment is the C-stand. The C stands for century since it was presumably invented at 20th Century Fox. A C-stand takes the place of a person holding something perfectly still in a specific place. It can hold anything. A prop, a monitor, a light, or a flag. Now when someone hands you a C-stand, it's very important that they do it properly. Thanks, Rob. Now you see, he's holding both the body of the stand and the grip arm with his hand wrapped around the whole thing. That's the correct way to do it. But if he handed it to me and he was just holding the stand and I grab it like that, I can trap his fingers in there, which can be very painful. So be very careful. Always hold it properly like that. Go ahead, grab it. And when you hand it to someone you're not gonna get your fingers crushed. Thanks, Rob. Put some ice on that. All right, the first thing you want to do is open up the legs of your C-stand. Now sometimes these are spring-loaded and…

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Contents

• Introduction Introduction
  • Welcome 1m 3s
  • Lighting and gear workflow 1m
• 1. Hot Light Basics 1. Hot Light Basics
  • (Locked) Using hot lights and the ARRI kit 13m 42s
  • (Locked) Building and utilizing the Chimera 5m 24s
• 2. Cool Light Basics 2. Cool Light Basics
  • (Locked) Using Cool Lights and the Kino kit 9m 5s
• 3. Controlling Your Light 3. Controlling Your Light
  • (Locked) The importance of flags and silks 4m 18s
• 4. C-Stand Fundamentals 4. C-Stand Fundamentals
  • (Locked) Basics of the C-stand 7m 33s
• 5. Cable Wrangling 5. Cable Wrangling
  • (Locked) Wrapping and storing cables 4m 12s
• Conclusion Conclusion
  • (Locked) Goodbye 21s

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