GoPro is a consumer camera marketed to extreme sport
enthusiasts – biking, surfing, snowboarding, just about anything that you want to
record to show your friends the “gotta see to believe it.” But if you’ve watched any reality
programming, especially competition type shows, you've probably seen a GoPro
strapped to the helmet of someone rappelling down a building or tucked in the
dash of a car. The camera is small,
versatile and can be mounted nearly anywhere thanks to the numerous mounts,
straps and housings GoPro offers. And
the wide angle HD image is pretty impressive for a camera that size.
We've found it to be effective to provide a different angle
for all the transportation work we've done.
We mounted it to hoods of trucks going 60-70 mph, locomotives,
trains, helicopters, big rigs, and even cheerleaders. It’s a great tool to get a shot that would be
too dangerous for a human to do with our typical camera set up. We’re looking forward to mounting it to some
watercraft this summer to really test that waterproof housing.
Now that Go Pro is WiFi enabled there’s an app for that. You can preview your shot on your iPad or iPhone and even control the start and stop of recording. That feature was really helpful when we mounted the camera on the hood of the truck and used the speed of the car to track the shot. It’s fun to experiment to see what will and won’t work in the context of the edit. The camera we mounted to the tumbling cheerleader didn't work nearly as well as the ceiling mounted GoPro once we saw it in the edit suite. Perspective is everything in the final product.
Now that Go Pro is WiFi enabled there’s an app for that. You can preview your shot on your iPad or iPhone and even control the start and stop of recording. That feature was really helpful when we mounted the camera on the hood of the truck and used the speed of the car to track the shot. It’s fun to experiment to see what will and won’t work in the context of the edit. The camera we mounted to the tumbling cheerleader didn't work nearly as well as the ceiling mounted GoPro once we saw it in the edit suite. Perspective is everything in the final product.