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= Making a Camera =
= Making a Camera =


Deconstruct to find about further exploration.
Deconstruct to define "the optical device"


"The optical device"
What is seeing?


Seeing (internalizing quite intuitively)
- internalizing
- intuition
- feeling


Represent
What is representing?


Distort
== Discussions about the Camera ==
 
'''Terms''':
 
film
 
cinema
 
moving image
 
motion picture
 
video
 
'''Questions''':
 
''How does the camera shape what you make''?
 
"Digital makes me want to shoot very sharp." (Sonia)
 
"When I make pictures I don't care if they are sharp or not." (Marieke)
 
'''shape''' of the camera
 
position of the '''viewfinder'''
 
- Is the viewfinder a division between you and the world?
 
- Sometimes the world is full of people. Sometimes, trees.
 
- How has it been to be without a viewfinder?
 
'''sound''' of the camera
 
'''weight''' of the camera
 
- "Carrying that at 6am in London in February. No more of that!" (Susanna)
 
"Where does the camera begin and where does it end?"
 
== Experiments ==
 
Devise an experiment to test an assumption you had about the camera.

Revision as of 21:07, 18 September 2018

Making a Camera

Deconstruct to define "the optical device"

What is seeing?

- internalizing - intuition - feeling

What is representing?

Discussions about the Camera

Terms:

film

cinema

moving image

motion picture

video

Questions:

How does the camera shape what you make?

"Digital makes me want to shoot very sharp." (Sonia)

"When I make pictures I don't care if they are sharp or not." (Marieke)

shape of the camera

position of the viewfinder

- Is the viewfinder a division between you and the world?

- Sometimes the world is full of people. Sometimes, trees.

- How has it been to be without a viewfinder?

sound of the camera

weight of the camera

- "Carrying that at 6am in London in February. No more of that!" (Susanna)

"Where does the camera begin and where does it end?"

Experiments

Devise an experiment to test an assumption you had about the camera.