Van Neistat's Cameras
Published February 21, 2025 · 39s · 20,603 views
About This Video
Van's cameras: a quick tour of the equipment that produces The Spirited Man. The Canon 1DX, GoPro, and film cameras each serve a different function in Van's filmmaking practice, and the short maps the toolset without the extended philosophy of the longer gear episodes.
Transcript
cameras have a smell mine smell of nail polish linseed oil and hands good
cameras are dense like a firearm heavy reliable some of the best cameras are milled from a solid block of magnesium
some are made from aluminum or Titanium or stainless steel good ones wear like
woodworking tools our hands love a camera some people think that a particular camera will give them magic
powers like Dumbo's feather like Dumbo's feather gave him
Films & Media Referenced
- Disney — Dumbo's feather as metaphor for camera as magic talisman