Testing RC Dolly

A test film to see how the device will function once complete. The site is the Loft of Chelsea College of Art and Design.

progress review analysis

Finding the context that will be projected through my devices goes side by side with the design process. How do I explore spaces using my rigs? What are similar devices used for!

My understanding  for the context:

NASA Rover:

 Bomb Disposal Robots:

Experimental ideas from film as measure symposium

After the symposium I got super excited and went back to the market fishing for new idea's to import into my practice.

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:

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.