First test run of my apparatus was not without it's flaws but that was to be expected. I did four separate exposures in a variety of locations and methods to get an idea of what works and what doesn't. My first exposure was standing outside AUT tower and just spun and rolled it in my hands; second exposure was rolling across Aotea square; third exposure was a multiple exposure where I aimed the pinhole at several brightly and different coloured fixtures; fourth exposure was rolling it down a steep hill covered in bright yellow leaves.
The main technical difficulties was in that as it rolled, the opposing holes would get misaligned by either the two cylinders turning or becoming pushed closer together or starting to come apart. If I were to reconstruct it, I'd create some sort of mechanism that actually locked it in place. As a temporary measure, I used strong duct tape to stop it from turning and drilled another hole to ensure that it would stay within the vertical range of the pinhole.
I cannot express the extreme joy and relief that I felt as my first film came through the C41 and I saw that there was something on it. At that point I didn't particularly care what. Once all four half films had come through, it was into the scanner which, designed to read individual frames, protested at the lack of said frames. Regardless, two of my four trials gave good results with relative continuity between frames and variations of colour and light patterns.
The most successful ones were actually my two more controlled exposures, possibly because it was on the uncontrolled ones that the aperture misaligned and got closed up as these ones were more or less unexposed. At least I know from this that my method of changing and storing films is successful and my canister is light tight. Below is the result of this exposure and what the exposure was of. The colours are at this point a little inconsistent due to the nature of the scanning so the method of scanning will require some experimenting.
My next exposures were planned and taken with these ones taking into consideration and, despite many technical difficulties with the temperamental machines at work, they came out again with varying degrees of success, giving another reference point to again work from for my final trial.
The important thing at this point is to not lose sight of the brief and original concept. Where my most successful trials so far have been my controlled exposures, ideally the more random ones where the path of the apparatus takes over are more fitting in my exploration of light and space. The controlled exposures can perhaps be justified in terms of drawing attention to the normally overlooked fixtures of the city as dynamic in their own aspect but my initial idea is more focused on movement through and around the city. Perhaps I need to bring this back to and reevaluate my brief before my next round of trials to clarify what I am trying to achieve and what these exposures show so I can then bring this together and convey it more successfully in my video.
The main technical difficulties was in that as it rolled, the opposing holes would get misaligned by either the two cylinders turning or becoming pushed closer together or starting to come apart. If I were to reconstruct it, I'd create some sort of mechanism that actually locked it in place. As a temporary measure, I used strong duct tape to stop it from turning and drilled another hole to ensure that it would stay within the vertical range of the pinhole.
I cannot express the extreme joy and relief that I felt as my first film came through the C41 and I saw that there was something on it. At that point I didn't particularly care what. Once all four half films had come through, it was into the scanner which, designed to read individual frames, protested at the lack of said frames. Regardless, two of my four trials gave good results with relative continuity between frames and variations of colour and light patterns.
The most successful ones were actually my two more controlled exposures, possibly because it was on the uncontrolled ones that the aperture misaligned and got closed up as these ones were more or less unexposed. At least I know from this that my method of changing and storing films is successful and my canister is light tight. Below is the result of this exposure and what the exposure was of. The colours are at this point a little inconsistent due to the nature of the scanning so the method of scanning will require some experimenting.
The important thing at this point is to not lose sight of the brief and original concept. Where my most successful trials so far have been my controlled exposures, ideally the more random ones where the path of the apparatus takes over are more fitting in my exploration of light and space. The controlled exposures can perhaps be justified in terms of drawing attention to the normally overlooked fixtures of the city as dynamic in their own aspect but my initial idea is more focused on movement through and around the city. Perhaps I need to bring this back to and reevaluate my brief before my next round of trials to clarify what I am trying to achieve and what these exposures show so I can then bring this together and convey it more successfully in my video.
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