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A camera dolly is a piece of equipment that allows you to move the camera in a single smooth movement. You can obviously buy professional kit but what can you do with a low budget?
The Skypod is a 6 foot camera boom designed by Elliot C Evans that attaches to a standard camera tripod and holds a camera about nine feet in the air, pointing straight down.
This article shows some of the unusual props I have used in my films including GUTS, Meet The Locals and Hollow Point. The props range from a briefcase full of money to alien medical instruments.
This guide shows how I made a fake sponge brick for one of our scenes in Hollow Point. We needed a fake brick which we could throw at the windscreen of a car without smashing it.
There are several commercial camcorder stabilizer options, which range from approximately $200 on up. You can also make one yourself for about $30 plus a weekend of work with some hand tools.