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


A proxy-audience.  
Proxy audience.  


Something I’m not supposed to drop.
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.


A mysterious box that I’m not supposed to touch with greasy fingers.
Memory recorder.
 
A memory sharing (or archiving) device.
 
An obscuration box.  


Selfie Creator.
Selfie Creator.
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Behaviour augmentor.  
Behaviour augmentor.  


A performative spotlight.  
Performative spotlight.  


Energy extractor/recorder.
Energy extractor.


Light writer.
Light-writer.


Selector.
Selector.

Revision as of 21:00, 5 October 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.