CHANNEL
THE VERSE
PREVIEW
Lengths and times are an estimate for this phone.
SPEED
2.0letters a second
Walk about 24 cm a second.
LIGHT ON PER DOT
NEXT RUN
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Keep Light Type open with the screen on. It goes black 7 seconds before.
Squares wider than tall: walk slower. Narrower: walk faster.
SETTINGS
DIRECTION
WALKERS
MY LINE
LETTERS
LIGHT WIDTH
These settings are the same on every phone on this channel.
THIS PHONE ONLY
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Every phone that taps this in the same minute starts on the next :00, with or without signal.
Set it on the wifi. Every phone on this channel keeps the time and starts at it, with or without signal.
LIGHT TYPE SIMPLE ›
HOW
- Everyone opens the same channel. The photographer sets up a tripod and a long exposure (bulb).
- Press START. Every phone counts 5 4 3 2 1. The photographer opens the shutter on the long low beep.
- Hold the phone upright, screen to the camera. On the long low beep, start walking sideways at an even pace: one tick per letter. With → walk from the camera's left to its right.
- With ⇄, after the three-note chime, lower the phone by its own height and walk back the other way.
- The photographer closes the shutter on the two-note tone. The screen stays black for 6 seconds after it.
- To stop early, hold three fingers on the screen for 2 seconds.
Start at ISO 200, f/8, manual focus on the walking line. If the dots bloom, turn the phone's light level down.