Pistols
The guns in the film are all made by me out of old circuit boards, dismantled harddrives, and pieces of computers. The films narrative centres around the destructive and deadly consequences of allowing computers to take control, and so by making the guns out of computers this idea is reinforced. The style also lends itself to the otherworldy setting of the film, and allows the story to be accepted on its own terms rather than drawing constant parallels to our own world.
Nigel’s gun
The scene in which Katy shoots Nigel will require a very small gun because the characters are almost pressed against each other. As such, I made Nigel’s gun very small so they would be able to get close without it getting in the way.
Lynda’s Gun
I started out with this design, but I felt the gun was too bulky and clumsy to fit Lydia’s character, which is fashionable and pretty. As such I took it apart and rebuilt it to better suit her.
New design for Lynda’s gun, I think it suits her way better now
Katy’s Gun
Katy’s pistol is the gun Tracy used in Circuit Breaker, and also the gun Kat used in Killer Kat. The idea is to present Katy both as Kat, and as someone with direct connections with Tracy.,
Headset
In the story, Tracy upgrades the equipment used to control her to control the world. As such, I decided to keep the headset largely the same but this time use an arduino to add flashing lights and give it more scale.
Started with headset from circuit breaker
I began by testing a simple speeding-up flashing lights sequence
I then began soldering the lights to headset. Luckily the style of the film allows for me to have all my wires open and not have to worry about hiding the connections.
Still needs work but success!
Code also still needs work
I wasn’t happy with the flashing sequence so i rewired the lights and rewrote the code so the flashing felt more intentional.
I used elastic and velcro to attach the headset to my head!