User:Aitantv/Camera
Camera
'You hear the dollars running through the camera' (David Fincher)
Etymology: 'In Camera' (in private) (a rounded chamber)
A proxy-audience.
Something I’m not supposed to drop.
A weapon. ‘I shoot people for a living’
A box that documents and fictionalises at the same time.
A mysterious box that I’m not supposed to touch with greasy fingers.
A memory sharing (or archiving) device.
An obscuration box.
Selfie Creator.
Perspective obscura.
Surveillance inductor.
Extra limb.
Evidence collector.
Behaviour augmentor.
A performative spotlight.
Energy extractor/recorder.
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.