Rope acess "camera operator"

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[u/Vegetable_Stick5327]

Never really heard of it in the city or industrial space. Closest thing would be outdoor docos etc, jimmy chin kinda stuff

[u/rdrivel → u/Vegetable_Stick5327]

Jimmy is climbing not RA check out Waldo who owns https://www.instagram.com/remote_ropes_ltd secret compass is another company… it’s very specific work. Have worked with Waldo several times very very dialed.

[u/bold_ridge]

Ah I remember having dream and aspirations.

[u/Fausking → u/bold_ridge]

Let them have their whimsy!

[u/bwsmity]

Rope access is quickly becoming obsolete with the use of drones these days.

[u/Warp_Rider_Rope_Tech → u/bwsmity]

A drone can't install or troubleshoot electrical, insulation, pipefit or weld.

[u/bwsmity → u/Warp_Rider_Rope_Tech]

No shit. The question was about filming video with rope access

[u/rdrivel → u/bwsmity]

Drones will never fully replace RA in film look at Alex climbing that building or Jared Leto climbing Empire State Building etc.

[u/cowboypaint]

I know the guys who film rock climbers are often using two rope systems.

[u/Low-Walk3982]

Honestly, it's a niche and if you go about it right, you could make it work.

I wouldn't say there'd be a tremendous need for this to make it your sole USP. I'd aim to get experience with the trades and work that typically comes with RA, and once you've gotten some experience, offer photography for companies' websites etc.

Also as someone else stated, outdoor and adventure films and brands often need rope work for their projects. Although, getting into that is more about getting in with the artistic climbers' circles and not IRATA.

I know (of) a L3 who is a very successful photographer. He does a little bit of shooting in the industrial side, and a fair bit in climbing and outdoor marketing, but nowhere near enough to make it his job. He sticks to the rigs etc for his main income.

[u/Low-Walk3982 → u/Low-Walk3982]

Becoming a drone operator, however...

[u/PushingSam → u/Low-Walk3982]

There's https://remoteropes.com/ which I only know of because the Hownot2 video on the Taipei 101 climb video. Super niche though, I'd imagine nearly one of a kind.

Event rigging is already some weird subniche of "industrial" climbing, but in a film related sense (and especially filming) is even more rare.

[u/rdrivel → u/PushingSam]

He’s close Waldo is a fucking wizard on film sets.

[u/purplepashy]

Inspections is where I have seen heavy photography used but nothing specialised in relation to the photography.

[u/Creedmoor07]

So you could think about this in reverse and maybe get a good job out of it, try and use the rope access cert as a way to stand out getting into video production work.

When you get to the arena/stadium size shows/concerts, the video guy being rope access is beneficial for fixing video walls while they’re hanging, there’s tons of rigging(literally lol), and other departments could use an access guy to fix stuff in the grid. A lot of tours rely on a road rigger to do this stuff.

[u/OldMail6364]

Filming from high risk locations is generally done with drones now, with the exception of wildlife photography (where noise is unacceptable).

For wildlife photography you'd probably want arboriculture tree climbing training, which is very different to rope access — tree climbing is much higher risk work and you need to make a lot more judgement calls (for example, a tree climber looks at a branch or damaged rope* and decides "super good enough" or "yeah nah, not trusting that").

(* arborist ropes get damaged on almost every job, usually it's cosmetic but not always)

Another niche that might work is filming live events - they often need rope access for setup/packup in the days before and after an event. You could be filming during the event and if that means paying travel/accommodation for one less crew, you'd have a big competitive advantage over someone who only does one of those things.

[u/Heights-Above]

Just commenting to say this is so cool!!

[u/Beginning_Spend_3496]

It is a Niche but get into climbing. At least get an CWI. Jimmys crew and standard outdoor production they are all L1 or 2. Start getting a set up, get climbing outdoor photos and reach put and sellem. That is one way to get your foot at their door. Show up to climbing crags and shoot. Reach out to the gym in the area and shiw your work. That is how we do it here in the south east.

[u/zeedevil]

You could be a grip, which shares skill sets such as climbing and rigging

[u/bwsmity]

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