(Left) This is the first template I made for my object, which upon construction, I discovered was a difficult task. It was difficult because of the way I chose to design my template; putting holes where they were not needed, which created problems with the glueing; the size of my tabs, which frustrated me because the glue would not hold to the little surface area I made for the tabs; and just the size of the camera, in general, was complicated to work with. So taking everything I learned, process-wise, I improved all the details that were not working for me.
During peer critiques, the main comment that kept coming up, which was also something that I criticized myself for, was that my object was too plain. Even before bringing it to class the more I looked at it the more my object just seemed like a rectangular prism connected to a cylinder, with barely and distinguishing features. So for the last revision, I shifted my main focus to adding details. During crit, everyone was able to tell it was a camera but they all suggested putting in more detail and levels to make the object pop more.
The templates below are from my final revision of my papercraft object. I decided to take inspiration from a specific camera, that being the Contax T2. The reason I choose this film point and shoot camera specifically is that I shot with it during my trip to New York this past summer, and it has such square body I figured it would be easy to work with for this project. Also by choosing a specific camera, it allowed me to know what kind of details I wanted to add to my object.
I also really wanted to do a film camera so that I could make a film roll and display it inside the camera, just like all point and shoots do (which is my favourite part of my object). Along with the film roll, I also added dials, exposure display count, a flash, and a textured grip/handle.
I was having trouble wrapping the film roll since it was hollowed so I stuffed it with tissues so that I could use a bit more pressure to get the glue to hold.
And this was the finished product!
- Brandon
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