Currently I'm working on a project that might have too many similar OTS (over the shoulder) Dialog scenes. So my advice is don't over-use the same setups. Be sure to cover your dialog scenes in a variety of ways otherwise it might get boring for the audience. I'm not sure if it's possible to fix this in editing. Thoughts?

I don't like the vertical format because of the wasted space. placing the camera at eye level looking straight ahead I care more about what's on either side than what's above and below the camera. this probably has to do with the setup of our eyes.

However there are a couple of good uses for the vertical format:

1. It works good when hiking on a narrow wooded trail with brush and trees on either side and my beagle or hiking buddy on the trail with me. What I want to show is the dog/person and the trail and the sky.

2. Filming attractive women (or men). People are arranged vertical and so they fill up the screen and you don't have to cut them off at the waist. Get a full body shot without extra stuff on either side. Not super useful but on IGTV it's nice to see the attractive women taking up most of the space on the screen (ugh! this sounds bad but I think it makes sense).

I got to test it out with my Blackmagic Cinema Camera and it works great! I even made a short simple video of my test. https://youtu.be/GXc_v5Jrwn8

I'm want to do it but getting 1000 followers in a month sounds almost impossible. Browsing the Seed & Spark campaigns shows a lot of them have met their financial goals yet only have a few hundred followers. I'm not sure if entering this with such slim chance of success is worth the time investment. Us indie filmmakers are pretty busy. On the other hand there are other prizes available so might not be too bad.

I've heard that it should work with the new Blackmagic 4k Pocket Cinema camera but does anyone know if it will fit an older Blackmagic Cinema Camera?
The weight limit sounds compatible if the camera is bare bones with just a lens and body but what about the distance between the side motor and the camera mount?

The ship is beautiful! The set is really nice too but only one set? I think you should be more ambitious with your sci-fi movies. Just write what you want and figure out how to make it. Why settle? They didn't need to spend so much money on name actors. It's not going to add much to your story (although you might get more views). I made Space Trucker Bruce for $10,000. https://youtu.be/kcOaAqGBWLo It has 7 sets built out of cardboard, several dressed locations, 5 spaceship/station models, a space suit, robots, and lots of rendered space shots. Granted, the quality and acting is lower but I told the story I wanted.