Monday, 4 October 2010

Task: build a filmable Pinhole Camera

 My current filming project involves a selection of specialized pinhole camera style shots.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera

Pinhole camera's are used to take still photographs over a long period of time. The shots that will be included in this project need to be moving images.

It is my task to build a system that achieves the visual look required as well as being portable and simple to use.

Over the last month I have been developing this system with some results that I will post on here. The main development I have encountered is the introduction of a lens into the system.

This has lead to a reassessment of the original idea behind the shots and the new approach to the idea of a Camera Obscura being present within the film.



The picture here is from the film 'A matter of Life and Death' which features a Camera Obscura used to view the surrounding town and its inhabitants.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura

The final system will be a box that allows enough light through onto a piece of tracing paper like material that can then be filmed.

I hope you enjoy my research.

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