Ultra-Cheap Flying Camera
Time
3.5 hrs
Difficulty
Intermediate
Prerequisites
Photography 101
Departments
Human Technologies
Authors
Ross Parker
Groupings
Threes
Fours
Fives
Fours
Fives
Minimum Year Group
None
Blurb
It has become fashionable to use quadcopters to produce aerial video, and the effect is really cool. Your challenge in this unit is to hack together another means to produce a aerial photo or video.
License
This work is shared under the following license: Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
Outline
| The Pitch Why should I bother learning this?
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| Resources What is needed to run this unit?
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Interdisciplinary Links Do not try and force this. What areas of other subjects might this reflect and/discuss language. For IB, links with ToK.
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| Teacher Reflection What was successful? What needs changing? Alternative Assessments and Lesson Ideas? What other Differentiation Ideas/Plans could be used?
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| Credits Any CC attribution, thanks, credit, etc.
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5 mins
Make It Fly!
The Pitch
- Make a camera fly, spending as little money as possible to get it done.
- Make sure the camera is safe, and does not get damaged.
- If you like a challenge, and thinking creatively, this one is for you.
135 mins
Doing It
Planning & Flying
- There are many ways to make something fly, or rise up into the sky.
- Use your imagination to come up with a device which:
- Allows you to create an aerial photo or video from a moving platform.
- Does not damage the camera
- Does not put by standers in risk
- Captures a relatively stable image.
- One approach is shown in the video below:
- Use your imagination, and search for inspiration online.
- When you are ready build and test your system.
- Once you perfect it, take your shots.
70 mins
Evidence
Finishing Up
- Take your aerial shots, and combine them using iMovie.
- Add photos, videos and text explaining how you got the shots.
- Add music, transitions, titles and credits.
- Add a CC license and attribution.
- Export the video to a shareable format.
- Submit the exported video to Gibbon as your evidence.
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