Whenever a new company enters the market, it needs a first product, right? In Heinrig’s case, this first product is called Quicksticks and is a good old film clapperboard, but with a few twists. Let’s take a quick look at this neat device. Aaand action! When it comes to filming what do you need? A camera, sure and something for recording sound of course. And lots of lights. Actors of course and props and.. a good ol’fashioned movie slate for syncing sound without worrying about TC generators and other tech! Do you really need one? Well, to be honest, yes. I think even in this day and age of modern digital cameras and audio recorders interlinked via timecode, a good visual and audio indicator is still a very good thing to have. Not only to synchronize audio and video, but also to indicate different scenes and make sure that valuable information is not lost for post-production. image credit: Heinrig Heinrig Quicksticks Heinrig is the company of Philipp Heinrich (obviously it was his name that was transformed into Rig) and our own Georg Gilstein out of Dieburg, Germany. Being fascinated by both filmmaking and the technology behind it, the two have decided to build useful things whenever they feel there is a need for them. Also, and importantly, they want to run their business in an environmentally friendly way. image credit: Heinrig from their website:“There are so many great people and companies already producing fascinating film tech, but we still wanted...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 21 December, 2021