![]() ![]() Westerns and gunslinger stereotypes inspired more “cool” camera gear, like hip holsters and a lens holder with the suggestive name of Quikdraw. Janssen’s Revolver was inspired by Samuel Colt’s revolver, an 1836 gun that inspired more than one camera and created a whole film genre: the western. The Janssen revolver in action in a 1874 illustration. The chronophotographic gun was inspired by an astrophotography camera called Janssen’s Revolver. So instead of shooting an animal to put it on your wall, you shot the animal to, well, put it on your wall. The chronophotographic gun had a drum filled not with bullets, but film, shooting a burst of twelve frames per second when the user squeezed the trigger. Photo byĬonservatoire national des Arts et Métiers and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 FR. The chronophotographic gun invented by Étienne-Jules Marey. The movie camera’s original shape was Étienne-Jules Marey’s chronophotographic gun from 1882, which was made to look and operate like a rifle but aimed at studying the movement of animals. This connection is present not only through the language but in the development of cameras from their very start. Photography and cinematography have a gun-loaded language. I also missed that being at the opposite end of the barrel is intimidating in both cases.Īfter more than a decade working in film, the language started to stick out, as I both heard and said things like “kill the blonde” while referring to a light, “get that shot” as an ultimatum for an important setup, “use the pistol grip” or “slide onto the NATO rails” when talking about accessories, “pass me that mag” for requesting an empty memory card, and much more. There was a sense of familiarity in bringing the camera’s viewfinder to the eye, but I didn’t quite notice that it was the same as lining up a shot with a gun. It was about the same time I bought my first camera and decided to pursue a career in filmmaking. Growing up in Brazil, real guns were illegal and out of reach, so as I grew up my fascination with them became harder to sustain. Pop culture teaches us guns are “cool” first-person shooter videogames and action movies are among top-grossing entertainment options, toy guns are still popular among children, and guns were the reason I got started in film. ![]() There is a deep connection between guns and cameras, and it is not a positive connection.
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