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Method  
Method  
* Shoot the same controlled scene/s multiple times with different camera movements.  
* Shoot the same controlled scene/s multiple times with different stabalisers.  
* Scene: monologue to camera.
* Scene: Vinisha Umashankar COP26 Speech
* Stabalization tools: tripod v mononpod v handheld v gimbal v fig rig v camera taped to random objects
* Stabalization tools: tripod v mononpod v plank v plank with two operators v handheld on wheely chair
* Camera: GX85 m43 sensor, 1080p, 24fps
* Camera: GX80 m43 sensor, 1080p, 24fps
 
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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