Experimentation with the Journey and Camera

The only way which I have experimented using the camera device is walking along the South Bank. I walk all along one flat path and follow the Thames. The journey that I take my device on records the space, this needs experimentation. Changing the journey, either by foot, car, bus, train or boat, will start to change the viewpoint of what I am recording.

The nine films below are testing how the device behaves in the car. The only editing that has happened to these films are the process of removing everything but the light. The experiment was to see how the well the device would behave now that I have changed form of the journey. In all of the videos you can see a swinging motion which is either when you accelerate or break in the car. The device constantly needs to be watched when you are recording otherwise you think aren't moving moving but your hand slightly is causing the device to swing. When you watch the films back you can definitely see when the car moves, for example when the road is bumpy, there is too much movement for the device to stabilize itself quickly. The surprising results of the films is how well the device behaves when you turn at a corner. It moves into the corner and then pulls itself back out quickly. Another surprising result is when you are driving at a steady pace, the lights are just slowly and smoothly passing by you. Almost as if you are just standing still and lights are flying pass.
   

Car test1 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test2 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test3 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test4 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test5 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test6 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test7 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test8 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.

Car test9 from Lauren McEwen on Vimeo.