This project is an extension of my preview project People In Time-Pupil Stillness. I had essentially developed a technology for farther distance pupil detection. With this project I wanted to use it to capture something less performed and more organic.
With the opportunity of Thanksgiving last week, I decided to film my mother and grandmother during Thanksgiving dinner. My grandmother has some hearing issues so she is usually less engaged in conversation, I often view her as a fly on the wall. My mom is often also more on the reserved side during meals so I thought it could be interesting to put the spotlight on them.
I set up two cameras 1 on a shelf zoomed in on my mom:
And another (which I forgot to photograph) that was hanging from the pots and pans holder using a magic arm.
No one noticed the cameras which was great because I didn’t want them to change their behavior from knowing they were being filmed.
Here is a side by side, 2 minute segment, centered and rotated in alignment with their eyes:
Extra if time:
drive link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oq-m-V6lfHwxYX60Y2QresFYoX-9KRCF/view?usp=drive_link