It's what you can't see that will make the magic. Both in the operation and construction of my apparatus and in the way in which my footage is captured. Today I completed construction and so tonight is the eve before I take it for a test run. All that was left to do was to adjuct the height of the holes so they lined up and glue in my foam circles which will keep my interior cylinder in place.
Armed with four rolls of film, tomorrow I will take to the city for a few rounds of experimentation and then out to the photolab on Wednesday, and after analysis of results, further experimentation thereafter.
We were from the word Go, Day One of the BCT, encouraged to take risks and this is definitely one of the biggest risks I feel I've ever taken with a project. I always like to do relatively simple concepts which I know will work. In theory, my apparatus follows established principles and methods of pinhole photography and I have taken every care to construct my apparatus according to these; from the light tight construction, to taking into account calculations of aperture, focal length, and ISO, to painting it black, to the fine tin foil pinhole, to 'borrowing' a dark bag from work to enable me to change film on site without need for a darkroom.
At this point perhaps what I'm most apprehensive about are the things which are now more or less beyond my immediate control; the spin of the interior cylinder, risk of over/under exposure, and even damage to the exterior appearance (ie chips in the paint job).
At this point only have vague ides around how to compose my final video but this is something which will inevitably be based on the result of my apparatus. I have a few ideas and am actually thinking about using processing again to perhaps create something where the physical movement of the apparatus will have another element of control over the immediate visual result. I also have a potential artist model in mind but will be doing more research on video art. Workshops on Final Cut Pro will also give me a better idea what I have to work with and what I am capable of in the remaining amount of time, how to best use it to my advantage. I have used very simple video editing software before so I think it will be more or less easier with this background to adapt over the the new software.
But first, tomorrow we go for a roll around the town!
Armed with four rolls of film, tomorrow I will take to the city for a few rounds of experimentation and then out to the photolab on Wednesday, and after analysis of results, further experimentation thereafter.
We were from the word Go, Day One of the BCT, encouraged to take risks and this is definitely one of the biggest risks I feel I've ever taken with a project. I always like to do relatively simple concepts which I know will work. In theory, my apparatus follows established principles and methods of pinhole photography and I have taken every care to construct my apparatus according to these; from the light tight construction, to taking into account calculations of aperture, focal length, and ISO, to painting it black, to the fine tin foil pinhole, to 'borrowing' a dark bag from work to enable me to change film on site without need for a darkroom.
At this point perhaps what I'm most apprehensive about are the things which are now more or less beyond my immediate control; the spin of the interior cylinder, risk of over/under exposure, and even damage to the exterior appearance (ie chips in the paint job).
At this point only have vague ides around how to compose my final video but this is something which will inevitably be based on the result of my apparatus. I have a few ideas and am actually thinking about using processing again to perhaps create something where the physical movement of the apparatus will have another element of control over the immediate visual result. I also have a potential artist model in mind but will be doing more research on video art. Workshops on Final Cut Pro will also give me a better idea what I have to work with and what I am capable of in the remaining amount of time, how to best use it to my advantage. I have used very simple video editing software before so I think it will be more or less easier with this background to adapt over the the new software.
But first, tomorrow we go for a roll around the town!
I'm sort of treating this project as if you dont hand in a worn piece of apparatus your not doing it right. Stop worrying about the paintwork! your using film its benifit is that if you royaly write off your PinWheel Camera all you loose is a roll/part of film. If an individual section is overexposed it will be like a fade in/out so it will make little difference.
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