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'You hear the dollars running through the camera' (David Fincher)
'You hear the dollars running through the camera' (David Fincher)


Etymology: 'In Camera' (in private) (a rounded chamber)


A proxy-audience.
Etymology: 'In Camera' (in private) / Photography (light writing)


Something I’m not supposed to drop.
Proxy audience.
 
Something I must not drop.


A weapon. ‘I shoot people for a living’
A weapon. ‘I shoot people for a living’


A box that documents and fictionalises at the same time.
A box that documents and fictionalises.
 
Memory recorder.
 
Selfie Creator.
 
Perspective obscura.
 
Surveillance inductor.
 
Extra limb.
 
Evidence collector.
 
Behaviour augmentor.
 
Performative spotlight.
 
Energy extractor.
 
Light-writer.
 
Selector.
 
Cropper.


A mysterious box that I’m not supposed to touch with greasy fingers.  
Reality Curator.


A memory sharing (or archiving) device.
== Camera Features ==


A way of interpretating reality.  
* cost
* weight, dimension, mobility, maneuverability
* connectivity, connectedness
* sealedness (water / air / sand)
* resolution
* sensor size
* lens quality and (inter)changeability
* focal length (angle of view, all the way to 360)
* noisee-ness
* battery
* recording capacity
* sensitivity (light)
* dynamic range
* compression/RAW
* sound record
* frame-rate
* digital/analogue
* spectrum of light
* modulability or modularity
* stabilisation
* shutter speed (no rolling shutter)
* durability (environment, temperature etc.)
* cinematographer


'Just a tool' but maybe not. Maybe it's very important.
== Challenge ==


Extension of one's body.
* Which camera feature would you like to question?
* What's the method of experimentation?
* How do you plan on documenting?


A proof-maker of crime and insurance issues.
Give a brief 1 minute presentation proposing your research idea and process.


A behavior-changer. As a spotlight.
== Experiment ==


An energy taking device, that changes it to information or other energy.
<span style="color: black; ext-decoration:none; background-color: #FFF300; padding-top: 0.1vw; padding-bottom: 0.1vw; padding-left: 0.1vw; padding-right: 0.2vw;" >''m o b i l i t y''</span> is the key variable.


A selector.
Questions:
* Inspired by the nimble cinematography of Anthony Dod Mantle, Christopher Doyle, & Emmanuel Lubezki, how much impact does movement have on a scene? 
* How does the dance with the camera change the result or emotional resonance of a subject or object?
* What message or feeling can movement/stasis translate?


An image conservator.
Method
* Shoot the same controlled scene/s multiple times with different stabalisers.  
* Scene: Vinisha Umashankar COP26 Speech
* Stabalization tools: tripod v mononpod v plank v plank with two operators v handheld on wheely chair
* Camera: GX80 m43 sensor, 1080p, 24fps


=== PARAMETERS OF A CAMERA===
{{vimeo|653683018}}
cost
weight, dimension and maneuverability
is it wireless, or connected/tetherered?
sealedness (water / air / sand)
image quality (res.)
sensor size
lens quality and (inter)changeability
focal length (angle of view, all the way to 360)
noise-ness
battery
recording capacity
sensitivity (light)
dynamic range
level of compression
ergonomics
sound
frame-rat
digital/analogue
spectrum of light
modulability or modularity.
stabilisation
shutter and it's speed (no rolling shutter)
durability (environment, temperature etc.)
cinematographer

Latest revision as of 14:23, 6 December 2021

Camera

'You hear the dollars running through the camera' (David Fincher)


Etymology: 'In Camera' (in private) / Photography (light writing)

Proxy audience.

Something I must not drop.

A weapon. ‘I shoot people for a living’

A box that documents and fictionalises.

Memory recorder.

Selfie Creator.

Perspective obscura.

Surveillance inductor.

Extra limb.

Evidence collector.

Behaviour augmentor.

Performative spotlight.

Energy extractor.

Light-writer.

Selector.

Cropper.

Reality Curator.

Camera Features

  • cost
  • weight, dimension, mobility, maneuverability
  • connectivity, connectedness
  • sealedness (water / air / sand)
  • resolution
  • sensor size
  • lens quality and (inter)changeability
  • focal length (angle of view, all the way to 360)
  • noisee-ness
  • battery
  • recording capacity
  • sensitivity (light)
  • dynamic range
  • compression/RAW
  • sound record
  • frame-rate
  • digital/analogue
  • spectrum of light
  • modulability or modularity
  • stabilisation
  • shutter speed (no rolling shutter)
  • durability (environment, temperature etc.)
  • cinematographer

Challenge

  • Which camera feature would you like to question?
  • What's the method of experimentation?
  • How do you plan on documenting?

Give a brief 1 minute presentation proposing your research idea and process.

Experiment

m o b i l i t y is the key variable.

Questions:

  • Inspired by the nimble cinematography of Anthony Dod Mantle, Christopher Doyle, & Emmanuel Lubezki, how much impact does movement have on a scene?
  • How does the dance with the camera change the result or emotional resonance of a subject or object?
  • What message or feeling can movement/stasis translate?

Method

  • Shoot the same controlled scene/s multiple times with different stabalisers.
  • Scene: Vinisha Umashankar COP26 Speech
  • Stabalization tools: tripod v mononpod v plank v plank with two operators v handheld on wheely chair
  • Camera: GX80 m43 sensor, 1080p, 24fps

http://vimeo.com/653683018