How To Make Household Dolly Hacks!

Ryan Connolly from Film Riot takes a look at how you can create a smooth moving shot without a real dolly with minimum budget.

A dolly is a really useful tool for recording different effects for videos and movie productions. However, a pro dolly can be expensive and if you are on a really tight budget – there are other options which might not be perfect but can give you an I.K. result at little to no cost.

On this video Connolly shares a few simple examples such as using cardboard, office chair with wheels or even a real wheelchair. You can even use a can (but be careful when driving with you camera on the hood!).

We have already shown you in the past how fenchel & janisch use a tripod to make Tracking Shots and if you actually want a dolly you can build one from PVC – its real simple as you can see in this video by Scott Eggleston.

You can watch more HDSLR and video techniques on our dedicated HDSLR channel here on LensVid.

Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.