I Built a Face-Mounted Camera Display

Imagine a rig that allows you to see your monitor even when you aren't looking at your camera...
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Credits:
Director - Tiara Westlake
Producer, Editor & DOP - Simon Cade
Sound Recordist - Tobias Withers
Gaffer - Nea Springer
1st AC - Ronan McAuley
Production Assistant - Mariana Sousa
Behind the Scenes - Sylvan Kalviac

Cast
Basketball Player - Kenny Odebo
Basketball Player - Sharonjot Mahi
Basketball Player - Ricky Thapar

[ThongNguyen-fljp]

i would suggest for saftey that you mount that on to a motorcycle helmet instead of to your head. i don't know, attatching a rod to your head while rollerskating around running people and bouncing balls is an invitation for injury. don't get me wrong. i LOVE the inginuity. I just don't want you to get hurt. i think the higher tech solution would be to use VR glasses or if your can get a video out through USB-C just basic XREAL or VIRTURE AR glasses. really have loved your channel for years.

[filmprovocateur]

You sir are the type of filmmaker that makes filmmaking fun

[Musalam]

It is beautiful to see you continue to make films during a time when many others left the film industry due to the deterioration of the market. I salute you for your struggle. Having left the film industry, I lost the passion and that beautiful feeling of working. . I have returned to it, but it was not an easy process. I had to double my efforts.

[WasabiNoise]

Call me crazy but what about an augmented reality headset (Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3)

[MarionHoney]

Really enjoyed this. Impressed by the amount of options you trialled! This reminds me of when I was trying to DIY a DSLR filming scanning setup... Also you learning to skate backwards was worth it regardless; lifelong cool points now up your sleeve to whip that out as a party trick. The line "If you know me, you know I will jump through a bunch of hoops before asking for help" triggered the part of my brain with the stereotypes of men getting lost because they refuse to ask for directions 🤐 I was really happy to see the collaboration and cooperation triumph at the end of this story 😊

[FrogMotionStudios]

I literally was thinking of making something like this Yesterday, and then I saw this video!

[uniworkhorse]

I've also seen some posts on Reddit about people using the Nreal Air display glasses as a camera monitor during gimbal operation.

Certainly more expensive but might be cool to explore due to their lightweightness and being up close to your eyes!

[azaelfilms]

Always reinventing the wheel. Love it!

[BadKarma]

To make it light so it’s not so heavy 3-D print you some parts or they give me some GoPro parts you can use and skating backwards on rollerblades it’s like skating forward, but I do it like how I hockey players do it kind of glide backwards

[ClimbingCaed]

Always a pleasure seeing your notification pop up!

[Dale_Campbell]

Would love to try and do a skate shoot together at some point 🙌

[LouisLuzuka]

This was awesome can you please do t3i content 😢

[antonarenko]

Hey Simon did you produce Ordinary Things documentary?

[ТимурТаджибаев-кз]

Simon u must try to use Quest3 with camera window, instead this unbalanced heavy gear ❤

[iamakkkshay]

Apple Vision pro from a Chinese oem will be much better in this regards. Windowed viewfinder on the virtual screen playing realtime environment feed.

[Devin_Kevin]

When creative people solve there one problem

[scare_duardo]

Definitely a helmet instead of your forehead would make a difference, me thinks. Nice work nonetheless!

[cinobro]

Why not just use display glasses or a vr headset?