My Camera and Me

The purpose of this website was to introduce young people to the portable cameras that have shaped the history of cinema and our view of the world. Through film clips, informative fact sheets, podcast journeys, and a virtual filming experience, young people can learn more about the six cameras in our virtual exhibition. They could handle the cameras themselves by shooting a scene in the Shoot your own Scene section and understand how these devices influence the operator's relationship with their camera and their subject.

The interactive filming experience was designed to give 12- to 17-year-olds a sense of how the evolution of the portability of six cameras has changed the way we perceive and represent the world. To do this, the young people were asked to operate the cameras in order to learn the mechanics of filmmaking and understand the influence of these cameras on the relationship between the operator, the camera, and the subject. They were also able to better understand what happens “behind” the scene.

Please note that macameraetmoi.ca is now offline. Contact the Médiathèque Guy-L-Coté for information on how to view the content that was previously available on the site.