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| Notice the cargo bar holding up the mat |
I just finished shooting a short YouTube tutorial on basic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu positions. I needed quick and easy way to create the illusion of a jiu jitsu gym. I chose our bedroom as the shooting location because the carpet would act as sound proofing, the rest of the house is tile which would cause a lot of echo. My wife Jen made me promise to move all of the furniture back to its original position right after the video shoot. We have two 4 x 10 gymnastics mats which we were going to use for the tutorial. I got the idea to use only one on the ground and mount the other against the bedroom wall like they do a BJJ schools. I held the mats flat against the wall with the help of two ratcheting cargo bars that I picked up at Harbor Freight for under 30 dollars. I covered the adjacent wall with my chroma pop instant green/blue screen. This actually conceled my closet door. There was a little space in the corner of the room that was showing the exposed white wall. As a solution, my daughter Logan just placed our jiu jitsu dummy in the corner and posed him upright. Instant BJJ studio set up. I placed my camera on the tripod and set up two unbrella lights....Quiet on the set! Action!!!! Check out the video on our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blog at
http://www.jiujitsufamily.com/
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| The Finished BJJ set |
