How to Lay Out and Level Dolly Track

In this chapter, we’ll be learning how to lay out dolly track, level it, and put down markers for dolly moves. This is all basically the same whether using PVC track or the professional grade dolly track in the last chapter. We’ll also be getting into stuff you’ll need to do this. Sometimes a few wedges will do the trick. Other times a combination of wedges, apple boxes, and wood blocks are needed. It all depends on the situation.

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Since you’ll be seeing this track design every now and again in these pages, I wanted to give you a closer look at it. It’s basically a wood version of the PVC padding in Chapter ...

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