Friday, 15 February 2013

Change the wheels!

I started off by getting rid of the plastic wheels from the RC Car. I modified the axel to support my new wheels and hoped for a steadier grip with less shakiness on the floor.

Changing the wheels:







Constructing dolly wheels:




Film as measure symposium:













RC car

So I decided to work with my design and I moved forward with some initial design ideas and unbelievable amounts of planning.

Starting point - Using a simple dolly design:

 






Understanding rail and wheel interaction:




Bifurcation of plans for modifying an RC car :








The story so Far:





Thursday, 10 January 2013

Tony Hill and his camera rigs

After my last exercise i think what I need is some sort of a rig like the ones Tony Hill makes. His God's View camera rig is a good example.

http://www.tonyhillfilms.com/rigs

I am also looking at camera dolly's and their function and my new device will try and incorporate ideas from my current learnings.






After gaining some in depth knowledge about camera rigs I 've decided to move forward with my own project by constructing a new device that can record and project on the same mechanism. I'm thinking of building my own custom track and have a motorised device that can carry my camera or projector back and forth.


converting digital to film

 After realising that my device wasn't perfect I decided to translate my illustrator drawings of the camera movement in a 3D form. I used transparent paper to print on and translated the digital into analog; for a detailed analysis of the camera movement. The sole purpose for carrying out this exercise was to help me think better in terms of what the actual movement should be.

















Tuesday, 4 December 2012

The journey so far

My interest in the subject has been turned into curiosity and hence the following image does justice to my work.


This second image is a snapshot of something I read on Facebook and adds to everything I'm working on.



Lastly I'd like to sum things up for christmas with a new book I've found that I'll be reading soon.



Mariam Greenspan: Healing through the dark emotions


We are all touched at some point by the dark emotions of grief, fear or despair. In an age of global threat, these emotions have become widespread and overwhelming. While conventional wisdom warns us of the harmful effects of ''negative'' emotions, this revolutionary book offers a more hopeful view: There is a redemptive power in our worst feelings. Seasoned psychotherapist Miriam Greenspan argues that it's the avoidance and denial of the dark emotions that results in the escalating psychological disorders of our time: depression, anxiety, addiction, psychic numbing, and irrational violence. And she shows us how to trust the wisdom of the dark emotions to guide, heal and transform our lives and our world.
Drawing on inspiring stories from her psychotherapy practice and personal life, and including a complete set of emotional exercises, Greenspan teaches the art of emotional alchemy by which grief turns to gratitude, fear opens the door to joy, and despair becomes the ground of a more resilient faith in line.


Device test

After coming up with the device it was now time to test the piece, whether it works or not. One always hopes for the best but you know how life can be so here it is check it out and tell me what you think. Personally it needs heavy tweaking and it kind of broke down on the day of the test! My humble expression at that moment ''GREAT, now I get to rethink the whole thing !'' 



My Verdict:

Translating Movement

After analysing the camera movement I went on to the next step which was to try and find a way of show casing that movement while the film is being projected. Using Steve Farrer's idea of a rotating projector I decided to work on a mechanism that would help me do something similar. This movement however needed to be in conjunction with with camera movement in the selected one second film I had built. Using a pico projector which can be charged and used wirelessly I came up with the following idea. I needed a strong heavy duty motor that could power my my device and to keep things cheap I used a cordless drill. 


Frames In X Axis:




Sketch Idea:





Understanding different mechanisms:

Shift from speed to steering angel




Slider Crank Mechanism




Intervention: