Key ways to succeed as a "rabbit camera" out on the trail: What is it rabbit
camera or rabbit cam as it's known as? Well it's basically you are out on the
trail capturing a first-person POV point of view meaning that you are in the race
running amongst the athletes it is a perspective that is so unique because
the audience actually feels like they are in the middle of the race now
because of the interesting nature of actually running with a camera there are
a lot of things that you have to keep in mind so this is a top 10 list that I
have put together after many many years of running as a rabbit cam with NBC
Sports the Tough Mudder spartan race you name it adventure videography
first-person POV is the name of the game and I'm here to
share with you some secrets and hints tips and tricks number one thing that
you have to keep in mind is buttery smooth footage you don't want to be
running like this or you're gonna make the audience sick as if they're watching
the Blair Witch Project now of course the ultimate buttery smooth footage
would be derived from a drone but you don't want to drone flying and buzzing
among the athletes you're gonna cut up someone's ear so instead you need a
gimbal get some oh they're pretty relatively well priced anywhere from a
hundred to two hundred fifty dollars on Amazon if you're running with a GoPro if
you're running with something heavier well first of all go minimalists you're
probably gonna go really slow if it's anything heavier than an iPhone or a
GoPro now you may be like but whoa high quality videography this is where we're
at this is cinematic filmmaking nonsense you can get outstanding footage from an
iPhone 10 12 15 whatever number they're on at the viewing of this video but
point beam get buttery smooth footage and go with a gimbal run with the gimbal
now if in fact you're gonna be swimming you know water obstacles things of that
nature you're not gonna want a gimbal and in that case you're just gonna want
to do a head mount now head mounts aren't as smooth as holding a gimbal but
it's the next best thing that you can to get that buttery smooth footage
whatever you do don't run with a camera I saw this one guy running with a camera
on a sort of looked like that an antenna on his backpack and it was just wagging
like this and I was just picturing the footage looking like this the entire
time which is horrible also don't do a chest mount don't do handheld if at all
possible unless you're used to videography and running extremely
smoothly with your hands stabilized as the rest of your body is running so it
really takes a fine touched in order to run even with the gimbal oh and also
with that being said run with the gimbal like a lightsaber don't run with it up
and down like this a lightsaber and that would give the smoothest possible
footage when you're running with a gimbal a lightsaber second thing you
need to keep in mind as a rabbit camera Dress for Success now you're going to be
tempted to be out there with your shirt off and you're gonna be looking great
along with all of the other racers but let's be honest you're gonna be out
there all day long you're not there just for one race you might even run the
course one or two times and if in fact you get down to number 10 or rather yeah
number 10 secret you're gonna want to run the race
yourself I know there's this logic to that but anyway
Dress for Success cover your elbows cover your knees put some sunscreen on
of course you're not gonna wear a giant floppy Sun bonnet as you're running it
out there you're gonna look ridiculous that's gonna be up a lot of drag but
point being I see a lot of people not really dress well and they're taking
their shirt off and their look at all fancy with their Ripley abs and and
pulsing pecs but you know they're not gonna last very long if they're out
there all day so wear compression tights wear preferably a shirt if they give you
a staff shirt do that in order to give you some kind of authority if you don't
have this wear something with no logo so you're as generic as possible so if in
fact you do stumble into the footage it's not like
Hey this rabbit cam is sponsored in part by Nike and Nike is not a sponsor of the
event that's kind of awkward and then they can't use your footage because you
bombed it or they fuzz it out anyway Dress for Success now this is somewhat
unique to me but for number three I would say cheer on the athletes some
people say no no you don't want to have anything to do with the athletes I
actually built some great relationships with these elite athletes throughout the
years because I run with them and now granted I can't give them an unfair
advantage like I can't say hey you're that the second-place just dropped out
because they've got cramps in their legs I can't tell them things like that or I
can't be like hey duck under this tape in order to skip the course obviously
I'm not gonna tell them how to cheat however I am gonna cheer them on I'm
gonna say hey how you feeling right now and if they want to talk they'll talk
sometimes some athlete I've told me they actually appreciate a little distraction
and they're like hey thanks for running with me and it's kind of a cool rapport
that you're building and the reason why I do this is that because I am taking
footage of them and honestly it's the least that I can ask to well cheer them
on and I'm not you know out there to exploit them and make them look bad but
I'm actually in the race with them so to speak and they're giving me incredible
incredible footage so the last thing you want to do is build animosity between
you and the athletes you're probably gonna stumble into them
and some obstacles or you're running along some single track with them and
they might shout at you get out of the way and you just apologize that's the
nature of being a rabid cam as you are in the race itself but you can't be a
complete fly on the wall you will be bumping into them here and there and so
the best thing to do is to build a good rapport with them and one of the best
ways to do that is to just cheer them on and be a real person out there go
minimalist I see a lot of videographers out there who are running on the trail
with giant backpacking they can't run for
very far the name of the game is keeping up with the athletes and in order to do
that you're gonna have to run very very simply now earlier I was mentioning how
you're putting on some compression tights and long shirt things like that
why am i doing that I thought you said go minimalist just now well what I mean
by minimalist is you know don't carry along a giant rig don't think that you
need to carry water with you there's gonna be water stations along the way
odds are in this type of adventure race now there are some adventure races where
you're out for a week at a time and in that case you're still gonna have to
pack really really smartly because you are basically running the same speed as
the athletes including their equipment plus camera equipment so you are being
pretty hardcore right now it's gonna take a special mindset to be very
strategic with what you pack don't go crazy now yes do carry an extra SD cards
do carry extra batteries in some cases I carry an extra camera if it's light
enough just add a little extra GoPro camera pack it all into a ziploc bag
sometimes - especially if you're gonna be submerged or and swimming through
water obstacles and just put it in a little runners belt it's a very thin
belt that goes around your waist it doesn't flop around very much and you
pretty much forget about it also I would recommend bringing a little little
chamois Micro cloth just in the event that you really get some gunk on your
camera and I try to keep my camera lens as clean as possible usually every
minute or two I'm trying to wipe it off on my shirt and if push comes to shove I
can just unzip my runners belt pull up the chamois cloth and really do a number
on the lens to clean it very well because after all that's that's why
you're there to get good footage and if halfway through the race you realize
that there's been a blob of dirt on your camera for the last you know 50 minutes
wow that's gonna really be lame so keep your camera clean and the best way to do
that is to pack some extra things train train train train train this is number
five train for this but don't just be like ah whatever you
know I'm just gonna be a videographer out there a fly-on-the-wall not doing
anything no no no no no you aren't going to be running if not harder than the
athletes sure you're able to skip some obstacles is there crawling under the
barbed wire but you know when push comes to shove you are in fact running the
entire race not once not twice but probably upwards of three times
depending on if there's a women's heat and immense heat so you're gonna have to
work out and if you want to do this in a long term you're gonna want to treat
your body well so you know the easiest way to get an injury is not to train for
this so train for this this is hard work being a rabbit cam there are some races
where you are live-streaming your stream so let's say for example I'm carrying an
iPhone it's connected to base camp and they're taking that feed and chopping it
together maybe with other rabbit cameras or maybe it's just you so it is
absolutely imperative that you are communicating with base camp because if
your feed cuts out and goes dead they're gonna have to contact you somehow so the
downside to be to live-streaming is I would recommend carrying a radio usually
they're pretty darn heavy and you don't want that extra weight so normally I
would say don't carry a radio be streamlined minimalist middlemist
minimalist however it is imperative that you communicate with base camp so if you
are live-streaming or if you have some equipment if they're carrying that
you're carrying along with you or you're out for days on end be sure you have a
radio or very solid cell phone connection be smart with communication
number seven your footage will only be as good as you know the course let me
repeat that your footage will only be as good as well as you know the course that
being said you're probably just gonna be showing up the day before to quickly get
a rundown on the course so I would highly highly highly recommend actually
running jogging walking the entire course yes some of these obstacle
courses it can be upwards of 15 miles sometimes it's a full marathon but
build into the day before to actually go out and walk the course because once you
know the course then you're able to skip certain sections let's say in fact you
you you miss the leader and he just pulls out in front of you because these
people are amazing athletes you're gonna want to know where to cut a corner to
hop under the tape and pick them up again so get to know the course bring a
map along with you make lots of notes your footage is just as good as you know
the course number eight this might seem like a no duh but you won't believe how
many times have forgot this bring garbage bags in your in your luggage
because you're gonna be so dirty you're not gonna have time to hose out your
shoes and things like that but bring copious amounts of garbage bags throw
your muddy clothes in there so you can hop on the plane and get on back home
fun little pro tip try to shower before you get on the plane you know a lot of
these places afters hoses and stuff you hose yourself down but it is very very
nice to actually hop on a plane without mud and your eyes and your ears and plus
it's a little weird and awkward when you're sitting next to someone and you
don't smell very good a lot of this mud is yucky especially if you're running in
a Equestrian Center ooh lots of poop in the mud so be sure to well find a
trucker place nearby or a public pool and get showered up as a professional
rabbit camera professional means you're getting paid because you are providing
something of value now a lot of people say hey I'll just do this for free if it
means free admission I mean it's so much fun but guys you're putting your body on
the line so yes negotiate and ask to be compensated fairly and when people say
well how much do you charge I hate to say it depends but it does depend I
could be out for a week out in the middle of nowhere using my own equipment
or I could just be somewhere for less than 24 hours they're providing all the
equipment and it's a super super cush gig so it really does depend but do keep
in mind that they're not just paying your salary but they're paying your food
and all these other extraneous expenses that stack up and so be reasonable yes
the goose but don't push too hard because yeah
they have a budget and they might have some really good food for you but don't
think that that means that the budget the producers and directors are just
swimming in it they got to cut costs somewhere so yeah just be polite
basically and they will treat you well I know this is kind of bizarre and it's
probably gonna distinguish me from a lot of rabbit cameras out there but I would
highly recommend that you actually run the race I mean when all is said and
done when you are done filming you turn in your footage or maybe they're copy
and pasting your footage from your SD card right then and there just be like
hey I'm gonna go out for a couple hours and run the race ah ask some other
people to go with you too because it's kind of lame when you run things by
yourself but when you're doing it with other people it is so much fun and I say
this because I don't want you to lose the magic of these races there's so much
fun to do now obviously you can't maybe do a full adventure race especially if
you're going out for a week or two at a time
but do some major major sections of the course or just go out on a really long
jog just to appreciate the essence the energy and sometimes the atmosphere is
just so much fun and you know the more you do any kind of work whether it's you
know climbing a mountain or skydiving or or paragliding that you will build some
form of cynicism towards that industry and what I mean is this is that the more
you're in the industry and the more you become an expert at it the more you
notice little things that bother you because you've been doing it for so long
and you kind of have your way your formula that you just plug things into
and you just comfortably get things done but I would encourage you not to be
comfortable and the best way to do that is to keep throwing yourself curveballs
and go out and actually run the course yourself so don't lose the magic yes
you're providing a valuable skill and you're probably getting paid for this
but when push comes to shove you're doing it because it's an adventure and
that is adventure videography hopefully these hints tips tricks on being a
rabbit camp helps you go out and film an adventure
race yourself my name is beau chef su contact info is nearby somewhere on this
page and I look forward to seeing you out in the events in the races in the
fields in the mountains wherever cameras take us
you
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