My youngest child is getting ready to graduate from High School and I promised him I'd help him with his senior display table. One of his interests is videography, so I made him a prop video camera. I borrowed the old-fashioned tripod from a telescope on hand so I didn't have to build one.
Making the film canisters:
You may notice techniques I use which remind you of other artists' methods. That's only because I shamelessly steal useful techniques from everyone I can! (See my links)
Mr. Ogle's body is an empty plastic cat-litter container and lid. Various odds and ends I had been saving were used as eye candy.
A discarded walkway lamp provided the lens housing and tripod mount.
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"Waste not, want not" |
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Milkah is ready for "Lights! Camera! --- Inaction!" |
The mouth was fashioned from egg carton scraps and cloth mache.
Robert wanted an old-fashioned hand crank, so I bent the bail from the kitty-litter container into a crank.
Note the subtle big, red "record" button.
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It's now the Mache, it's now the MonsterMache.net |
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Whimsical or hideous? You decide. |
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Ya got a bit of droop in yer dingus, there. Ya might want to get that looked at ya know? |
VoilĂ ! An exact replica of a Hollywood movie camera (in Loony Tune land!)
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