Building The Rover
To create the rover for our film, we used an old remote control car that Josh bought a few years ago. It does not seem to have any performance issues at this time and only needed it's batteries replacing. The car normally looks like a sports car with a neon green skin, but we took it off to reveal it's inner wiring. We think this made the car look more realistic and makes it fit in better with our genre. While we were happy with the way it looked, we felt that it needed something else added to it to make it look less like a remote controlled car. So, we decided to add a GoPro camera to the front of the car.
The GoPro was useful for two reasons, with the main reason being it's recording capabilities. We are going to use this camera for most of the POV shots in the film, so it's placement was important. We decided to place it at the front of the car so it could get the widest shot possible and could also tilt up and down easily. The camera also served as a focus point for the rover, where a lot of shots would end up focusing on. The lens almost looks like an eye and gives our rover a human feel.
(This post was written by Josh as he has the idea and built the rover)
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