I like carnival rides, and I like documenting reality. So I went to a carnival and I documented the carnival rides. Here’s my short video called, “Carnival Rides: A Personal Documentary“. Here it is:
Here’s the liner notes:
Carnival Rides: A personal documentary by Daniel X. O’Neil. July 2013. Summer forever.
0:05: Alpine Bobs: Undulating circular track ride that goes backward and forward with some speed and a loud music accompaniment.
1:02: Matterhorn: Another ski-themed ride with a number of cars attached to axles that swing in and out. A deceptively jerky-jerky experience.
1:52: Tilt A Whirl: A classic. Platform-style ride consisting of seven freely-spinning cars that hold three or four riders each. The cars attached at fixed pivot points on a rotating platform. As the platform revolves, parts of the platform are raised and lowered, and the resulting centrifugal and gravitational forces on the cars cause them to spin in different directions and at variable speeds.
3:28: Scooter: A classic bumper car ride. Individual electric cars drawing power from the metal floor and a pole touching the ceiling.
4:32: Cuckoo Haus: A German-themed fun house with interior stairs and interactive amusements including punching bags, a slide, and a horizontal revolving cylinder that makes it difficult and fun to exit.
5:12: Fun Slide: Descriptive.
6:00: Kite Flyer: Passengers lie horizontally within the frame of a glider. The ride turns and then rises in the air for a soaring sensation before gently gliding back down. Repeat.
7:07: Pharoh’s Fury: A pirate ship-type of amusement ride, consisting of an open, seated gondola which swings back and forth, subjecting the rider to various levels of angular momentum.
8:49: Ferris Wheel: Let’s close out with some whole-carnival goodness.
All stills from this video can be found here.
All of these rides are owned and operated by Fantasy Amusement Co. of Illinois. More info here.
Images and video was taken at the DuPage County Fair, Wheaton, IL, on Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27, 2013
And the playlist:
“The Sherpas Lament”
Garth Stevenson
Alpine
Defend Yuh Fuck
Tony Matterhorn
Birch Presents: Gangstas Anthem – EP
Tilt-A-Whirl
Masters of Reality
Sunrise on the Surferbus
Bumper Cars
(Dirty Disco Youth Remix)
Disco Trash Music & Dirty Disco Youth
Bumper Cars
Your Love
Frankie Knuckles
The Original Chicago House Classics
Slides Are Fun!
Kid2Will
Living Planet
(on top of Your Love)
Kite Flyer
(Original Mix)
Claustrophobia – EP
Pharaoh
Si-o
Winds of Wi-Fi
Ferris Wheel
Common
Electric Circus
Lemme know what you think!