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Film and Video
Pritchard began his film and video work in the mid 70's by building a motion control system for a film studio. This system was designed to artistically give motion (pans, tilts, and zooms) to various types of flat art and transparencies. This project began with design discussions that sought out the client’s operational desires. The natural give and take of creative people produced a very unique and powerful system.
The electronics for this system was redone in the late 80's to enhance system capabilities and to replace aging electronics. This system, dubbed Animotion, is still in use today.
This project led to a study of stepping motor resonance and non-resonant drivers. A computer control system, Athena 11, was designed around these new drivers. The computer control systems were installed on various camera systems, some designed and built by Metis.
One of these computer controlled systems employed two video cameras set on separate stages for a total of 12 axes. The computer could control the two cameras and their stages separately or together. The unison operation was used to video the foreground and background for later mixing.
Pritchard and Metis consulted on, designed, and built a variety of prototypes for a three-dimensional photographic technique. This work resulted in several U.S. Patents and many more foreign patents.
Metis has also modified a variety of film cameras for automated photo duplicating processes. These were actually movie cameras and used large film magazines. The camera modification changed the format to still dimensions and provided control for filming with much slower, higher resolution films.
Metis has also built Special Effects Systems, such as a digitally controlled panning system for the South Street Experience. The digital panning system panned a projector from side to side of a screen to give the narrator some additional animation and to give the show’s designer, Rusty Russell, some additional artistic freedom.
Contact
Us:
Located Just Outside of Maryland, Virginia & Pennsylvania at
290 Pritchard Lane, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411;
Telephone: 304-258-4799 Fax: 304-258-4763
Eric Pritchard and everyone at Metis respects and honors the intellectual property of our clients and potential clients. Unfortunately, this limits our ability to provide examples and information of prior experience, particularly on more recent projects.
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