Rustic River Media
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Rustic River Media is a collection of likeminded individuals who all possess a sickness called frame fever. Shooting an unnecessary amount of scenes and possessing a disastrous addiction to lenses, we have a passion for producing cinematic films with a vintage look. We love coffee, we love traveling and we love creating content for social media marketing. We desire to be the life of the party, all while pushing the envelope for that extra creative shot.
04/26/2026
Fun shoot this weekend filming canoeing with 🚣
Our FX6 build has evolved a lot over the past five years. In its current form, it’s extremely well balanced and is just heavy enough to smooth out handheld shots, but without weighing so much that it wears us down. Built for filming commercial, corporate, docs, television, live-broadcast, news, and event coverage. 🎥
For those interested, here are some highlights from the build:
Camera: FX6
Monitor: SmallHD Ultra 5
Wireless Video: Teradek Bolt 6 LT 750 TX
On-Camera Audio: Sennheiser MKH 8060 w/ MZF Module + Sony URX-P41D Dual Wireless Receiver
Power: Core V-mounts + IDX BP-U in-body for hot-swapping
Timecode: Te****le Sync E MKII
Cables: All custom made from Alvin’s Cables
Rigging: Mixture of Mid49, Wooden Camera, Bright Tangerine, and custom built parts
Lenses: Mixture of Sony GM primes and zooms
Tripod: Sachtler Flowtech 100 sticks + FSB10 fluid head
Handheld: Easyrig Minimax or Cinesaddle Minisaddle, depending on the shoot
04/22/2026
BTS from yesterday’s shoot in Austin, TX. 🎥
Our team was brought in to film a single-camera 30 second interview that will be airing locally ahead of the May 26 elections in support of two political candidates.
To keep things efficient, we built out a simple three-light setup using a key, fill, and backlight. We also added a couple of Infinibars behind the subject that were blurred out just enough in the shot to sell them as built-in bookshelf lights which added some nice depth.
For audio, we boomed our trusty MKH 8050 into a MixPre-6 II and synced everything using timecode via Te****le Syncs. We also used a teleprompter for the script read so that the delivery felt confident.
Overall, this day moved pretty quickly. We spent about 30 minutes scouting the location, roughly an hour and a half on setup, 30 minutes filming, and about an hour breaking everything down. All told, we were in and out in around 3.5 hours, making this a pretty efficient shoot.
A simple setup with big impact. These are some of our favorite projects to do.
04/20/2026
Locked in behind the lens.
When it’s live, there’s no reset. Just solid gear, a reliable signal, and a team that knows how to execute. 🎥
04/08/2026
Is there anything better to photograph than a good bird dog that’s hard at work? 📸
Locked in. Driven. Doing exactly what it was born to do.
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