Intention

As a filmmaker, I'm always looking for opportunities to take video. One of the greatest tools I use sits in my back pocket - my phone. Whenever I'm inspired by an image or see the potential in a moment, I use my phone to document it. It's fast, it's convenient, and it's readily available. Especially with improving camera quality, our phones allow us to transform initial prototyping shots into usable, cinematic scenes. The biggest problem that still lies, however, is shakiness - it's still very easy to mess up footage just by walking and not all phones have internal, stabilizing technologies yet. I propose the creation of a one handed, analog phone gimbal. Although phone gimbals exist, they're rather expensive and often rely on battery powered mechanisms. The item I plan to create will be light-weight, compact, and in-expensive to everyday people. Although this iteration will lack the key component for the gimbal, the stabilizer, it will be the basis for a realistic tool.