Like with the studio camera I started to separate the functional and the interactive parts. The big difference to the studio system is the connection to the body of the Cameraman. <-back next ->
Blog-Thema: Ground Control Station for Micro Air Vehicles in Filmproduction
Next steps
At the moment I think it is more important to focus on the direct Control devices. Its the main interaction and it will be the difference to commercial system. For my target group it will be the part that has to be familiar and be easy to use. The whole experience for the cameraman will…
Findings
Target Group The Interview has shown that my research needs to be done. The existing situation in aerial filming is complicated and the coordination between pilot, cameraman and producer is not well organized at the moment. This three parts are the fundamental background of the GCS. It is all about creating an enviroment that allows…
Interview – Pro User
To compare my ideas with existing systems I interviewed a drone Pilot. I tried to find problems and good solutions in the existing remote controls, to improve on them. So I ask questions about the daily work with the drone. <-backnext ->
Morphological Box I
To map the common camera control to a ground control station I took the two camera systems and started to morph them. The first step was to disassemble the system and seperate parts that will take place in the drone or that will belong to the groundcontrol. Then I reassambled the parts as a first…
Observation Results
The observation show that there are two basic control types: 1. Handheld / Shoulder Camera In a handheld system, the cameraman is directly connected with the camera. He uses his whole body to move the camera. For example the pan axle is the cameraman and to move over pan he turns left or right with…
Interview – Target group
My project aims on the wishes and needs of cameraman. To see what is important for them and to gather inspirations for functionalities, I interviewed Quinn Reimann an experienced cameraman. 1. In this video he talks about his ideas for a ground control station 2. In this video he talks about aerial filming and the…
Observations – How Cameraman act
To get a deeper insight into the common workspace of cameraman I observed cameraman at work. At Basel swiss television SF staged a live opera on the river Rhein. I observed different camerasystems and cameraman. To get different insights of different workspaces I also visited the production of Giocobbo Müller at Kaufleuten in Zurich. <-backnext…