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September 16, 2005
Light Box
For the first assignment, I built a light box. I cut holes in a foam core box and filled those holes with different colored gels. I took the pieces of foam core that I cut out and put them on pins inside of the box. I then shone an ikea desk lamp through the gels and recorded the light transition on a one chip camera that records to mini-dv. Anna did the camera work.
I did an ok job. The light changes did not appear too well on tape and I should have spent more time investigating the light and shadow transitions. I'm glad I took a camera out instead of just using the video option on my digital still camera. In class one of the neatest projects was a set that was actually a mirror reflection. The student filmed the reflection and to throw us off the trail he colored some of the mirror.
Posted by mb2811 at September 16, 2005 10:17 PM