Equipment for Fastening and Control of Luminariers
By Olga Gayduk

Creativity of operator while operation with light, his creative technology are lead to expressive and harmony combination of all types of luminary equipment and also fastening and light control facilities present on filming area.

If outstanding operators of the past could have seen contemporary luminary equipment of such companies as Lowel, Westcott, Chimera, MSE Studio Equipment, Frezzi, they would have been admired for sure. Or probably angry that with such techniques on high-speed film we rarely get outstanding results.

Mounts locked on tracks

For thirty years already MSE Studio Equipment Company produces equipment for specialists, who work with film, video and photo filming. With the help of these facilities it is always possible to fix any luminarier reliably and so that it would be comfortable to work with it. Clamps, clips, different brackets and tripods of MSE Studio Equipment production would to organize rapidly the most complicated lightning and light modifiers would help to control light flows easily during filming.

Let's take a look at some of the most often used facilities.

Ceiling studio armature for luminariers fastening consists of the system of metallic girders that are gathered in some construction suspended under ceiling. On such ceiling frames with the help of different luminary brackets luminariers are set.

One of the simplest facilities for fastening is different clamps.

C-mount

Junior Pipe mount

MSE Company offers C-clamps of 102, 152, 203, 254 and 304 mm sizes with fixing rod and without and also with clips of Junior type. Steel channel-like cramp that connects parts of clip provides safety and reliably of fastening. For optimal setting of facilities on 5/8" fastenings clamps are equipped with two fastening rod of Baby type, which are welded under different angles. To Baby Pipe and Junior Pipe (Pipe clamps) fastenings additional hook as clamp is welded, which when drawn up keep them in necessary position on circular girder even with settled luminarier. With the help of universal clip Gaffer Grip ("crocodile" type) small luminariers can be fixed almost at anywhere with the help of regulated claw. Surface on which they are set is protected by 12 rubber edges, which provide reliable fastening. Claw can be set on the armature of width up to 90 mm. And claw of Matthelini type provides firm fastening on girders with circular, square, rectangular and even un-standard section. When using such girders it is necessary to be careful and always remember the maximum loading figure that they can support! Among big number of MSE facilities many of which can be used for fastening of equipment on girders, armature elements, telescopic suspensions, automobile body, etc it is necessary to mention also such fastening heads as Hollywood Grid Head, that are very solid, guarantee reliable fastening and are popular among lighters.

C-Stand Hollywood tripod

If carrying armature is situated on too big height then it is necessary to apply extension facilities like telescopic suspensions and more expensive pantographs.

Telescopic suspensions for light luminariers are indispensable for suspension of light facilities of fluorescent or any other light of weight not more than 11.4 kg. They fasten to the armature elements situated on some level under ceiling. Telescopic suspensions of MSE Company are produced in different length with different brackets for temporary and permanent setting of luminariers. In these suspensions special insurance elements that guarantee safe use of equipment are provided.

Often during filming appears the necessity of low positioning of luminary equipment. In that case floor tripods are used. American company MSE offers absolutely different configurations of popular and comfort and work Centure Stand (C-Stand) tripods different in length and design. Construction of legs, situated on different height allows compact distribution of tripods around the filming area, by putting them one on another. Lower bearing of tripod is done so that it can be easily situated under different part of decoration or props. Upper section of C-Stand tripods with sliding bearing

Magic Stand tripods

C-Stand Hollywood tripod in 2002 was fully modernized. Absolutely new tripod mechanism of loading distribution on the bearing is realized in it. Two bottom bearings can be reliably fixed in separated condition and the height of upper C-Stand Hollywood bearing (different from other tripods of other manufactures) can be regulated.

For heavy luminary equipment it is preferential to use more solid tripods on wheels, as they are more stable. So, for example MSE Studio Equipment Company offers Magic Stand tripods. With Runaway Base Magic Stand base can be used also tripod on rollers with regulated height. It can be transformed in two-section crane with rollers base, which boom can be

Magic Finger mounting tools

So, it is obvious that light is not only physical base of our visual perception of outward things but also source of reach information, that passes from the image to the viewer, and fastening and light control facilities are assigned to help professional to create television picture of maximum quality.

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