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As a former journalist, I found the camera to be a constant source of problems, immediately inhibiting my subjects from opening up. I had never appreciated the
by tsunamifury 15y ago
As a former journalist, I found the camera to be a constant source of problems, immediately inhibiting my subjects from opening up.
I had never appreciated the power of anthropomorphizing the capture device to help people interact directly with it.
- cpeterso 15y agoDocumentary filmmaker Errol Morris' (creepy) solution to the camera problem is his (patent pending) Interrotron. Something like a cross between a teleprompter and a two-way mirror, the Interrotron lets the interviewee watch the interviewer's face while talking into the camera. http://www.errolmorris.com/content/eyecontact/interrotron.html http://www.errolmorris.com/content/eyecontact/interrotron.ht... Diagram: http://www.whiterabbitdesigncompany.com/Miscellaneous/images/Interrotron.html http://www.whiterabbitdesigncompany.com/Miscellaneous/images...
- stfu 15y agoQuite some time ago I went through Morris' first person interview series. Very interesting stuff but also very odd characters. Especially the Murray Richman episode stuck with me as one of the very view interviews that I still can remember years after watching it.