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Guaranteed Eye Contact
The EyeDirect is a photographic device that guarantees eye contact from any subject, regardless of age or mood. It requires no electricity and works with practically any camera. I developed the EyeDirect to capture eye contact from any camera-shy or difficult subjects who are uncomfortable in front of a lens. I can guarantee a 10 month old baby, celebrity or camera-shy-teen will look directly into the camera, without undo stress.
I just say... "look at me," and we instantly engage in direct eye contact while they are looking into the camera lens." - Steve McWilliams Inventor/Director/Camera
Testimonials
For years I’ve been interviewing people on camera in the classic- look to the side of the lens fashion. It was silly- who are they talking to? Sometimes they would be staring at a inanimate object because I was filming as a one man band. I have now realized the silliness of my ways. When someone is telling a Continue Reading.
Hi Steve, I’ve been wanting to write and share how pleased we are with the Mark II. We literally made our money back on the first week of ownership. I can’t forget the look of delight in the subject’s eyes when they first see another face in the EyeDirect and realize they just have to have a simple conversation with me. They Continue Reading.
The EyeDirect offers us something that any amount of preparation can’t guarantee; an authentic, direct connection from our subjects, delivered straight down the barrel of the lens.” Tyler Ginter, Creative Producer, Variable, New York Variable specializes in commercial and documentary work dealing primarily with real people and real stories. A big part of our creative and production process revolves around Continue Reading.
Hi, Steve, I ordered your product a few weeks ago for use in one-man band scenarios. I’ve finished the corporate film that I needed the EyeDirect for, and I thought you might like to see it. Everything was shot with my Canon C300 (I love that camera). Really couldn’t have done this project without your box. Budget precluded having a Continue Reading.
(Following a test of the Eyedirect) I am sorry for the delay in reporting back. We took several hours on Thursday to work with the EyeDirect and play around with possible interview styles. We are totally sold. It’s simple to set up and feels natural and personal, not at all strange or awkward. Brilliant invention. We now have to run Continue Reading.
Just wanted you to know that I’ve used the EyeDirect on several of my documentary shoots and it is one of the best purchases I have made. Candid interviews contain so much more emotion + credibility when the subject is looking directly into the camera. My clients have started to call it the “Magic Box” and it’s really setting me Continue Reading.
We had great success working with the EyeDirect on a First Nations shoot. A professor at the University of BC started a company that sells carbon offsets to improve the lives of the coastal communities in the Great Bear Rainforest. Thank you for developing such a great tool. It’s going to make a huge impact on the lives of these Continue Reading.
The EyeDirect is a filmmaking marvel. Thaddeus Matula, Director, Pony Excess, a 30 for 30 ESPN film We set out to make Pony Excess look like nothing the viewer had seen before – I mean we’ve all seen thousands and thousands of “talking heads” interviews in our lifetime, right? To reach that goal we utilized everything from achieving close to Continue Reading.
“Essential piece of kit for direct-to-camera interviews.” Philip Bloom, London based DP and Director At last we can put online the music documentary about lead singer/ songwriter of Turin Brakes, Olly Knights! It is about his attempt to break his writer’s block, which spanned many years, by going back to complete basics and recording a solo album in his own Continue Reading.
“The EyeDirect builds rapport easily and simply. The interviewee is intrigued at first but then quickly comfortable — and we can begin to dialogue naturally. That connection between the filmmaker and the subject gets transmitted directly to the audience — and making connections between the audience and the subject is what a good documentary is all about.” - Oliver Hockenhull, Continue Reading.
“Our film Behold the Earth“, invites viewers to look beyond what they think they already know. We’ve used the EyeDirect throughout production. It is well designed, well built, durable, and easy to set up. It allows viewers to see interviewees eye-to-eye, not for when eye contact is sustained, but for when it is broken… and then re-established. Why broken? Why re-established This Continue Reading.
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“To secure an intimate feeling… we used the EyeDirect all over Rwanda.” - David Allen, Passion Pictures “The film was a BBC production here in the Uk and for PBS Nature in USA. It recently won several awards including: Banff Film festival -Best natural history film and Jackson Hole film festival – animal behaviour. The film tells the fifty year Continue Reading.
“I’ve been making documentaries for 40 years. Recently an opportunity came my way to produce, direct and shoot a film about opera for PBS. I wanted to give it a different look from my past work, so I’m using some animation, shooting some sequences with DSLR, and shooting all the interviews with EyeDirect. EyeDirect has transformed my interviews! My Continue Reading.
“Well, it worked great! Better than expected. At first, we used it in a controlled, studio situation with a greenscreen. It was easy to setup and people quickly adjusted to it. We did nine interviews with it with people of various experience and comfort with a camera. No one had any trouble with EyeDirect. Greatly satisfied, we decided to take Continue Reading.
See The EyeDirect In Action
Steve McWilliams, the inventor of the EyeDirect, interviews a subject
Notice the direct eye contact and non-verbal reactions from the subject. Steve can prompt with a smile, raised eyebrow and use other active listening cues while operating and pulling her eyeline into camera.