Identify your camera visit
| What you have or see | Correct objective |
|---|---|
| Original school, unconnected camera, Copper Seed or Flowers | Obtain Copper Key |
| No RCA Cable yet | Complete the electrical-room prerequisite |
| Altered school after the ritual, Blue RCA Cable or Black Bulb | Recover your belongings in Desiderium |
The original cinematography class is through the green door on Floor 0 of the Film School. The electrical equipment room is upstairs, not a second camera in the apartment building.
Obtain and connect the RCA Cable
If the camera has no signal, solve the equipment-room switches on Floor 1:
- Activate the lower-left switch and wait until the gate fully rises.
- Turn that switch off, then cross to the lower-right switch before the gate lowers. Time the remaining live cable rather than running over a glowing wire.
- Collect Piece of Cable from the opened upper box.
- Use that piece at the upper-left switch and leave the switch in its upward position.
- Return to the lower-left switch and activate it again. The central statue collapses, allowing you to collect RCA Cable.
- Return to the cinematography class on Floor 0 and use RCA Cable at the camera.
Piece of Cable repairs the switch circuit; it is not the finished camera cable. Likewise, the USB Cable from the bar is used for the phone charger and cannot replace RCA Cable here.
Complete the camera scenes
Interact with the camera to cycle its views. Stop on the recognizable scene you need, walk into the set and perform its interaction, then return to the camera for the next stage.
| Stage | Scene or object to look for | Action and confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outline of the woman | Stand in the outline and match its position; it fills in white |
| 2 | Woman pushing against glass, with the green door in view | Break the glass using a melee weapon |
| 3 | Bird perched with a green object in its beak | Approach and collect Copper Seed |
| 4 | Green vase at the far end of the Floor 1 school hallway | Use Copper Seed, then pick up Copper Poppy Flowers |
| 5 | Woman's flower/bouquet scene back in cinematography | Use the flowers at the figure |
| 6 | Scene after the figures complete their sequence | Collect the green Copper Key from the chair |
The vase step requires leaving the camera room. Once you have the flowers, return downstairs and select the matching woman scene before using them. Afterward, keep cycling the camera until the changed figures leave the key available.
With Copper Key collected, make the green door visible in the camera scene, stand at that door in the set and use the key. The next room is the dark TV room.
If a stage does not advance
| Current obstacle | Check |
|---|---|
| Screen remains disconnected | Use the finished RCA Cable at the camera; Piece of Cable is an electrical-room component |
| No Copper Seed on the bird | Cycle until the bird has the seed in its beak, then approach it |
| You have Copper Seed but no flowers | Use the green vase upstairs on the school hallway, then collect the flowers |
| Flowers do nothing | Select the correct woman/bouquet scene before using them |
| Key collected, door still inaccessible | Make the green door visible in the camera view before using Copper Key |
| Blue cable does not work after the ritual | Follow the altered-school route below; this is a different visit |
The later Desiderium camera
Show the altered-school recovery route
After the ritual, turn on the altered TV room's televisions and take Blue RCA Cable. Obtain Black Bulb and use it in the darkroom lamp to invert the world's colors. The cable becomes yellow.
Connect Yellow RCA Cable to the camera. A rope appears in the set; use it to reach the equipment-room chest and recover Julia's belongings through the switch sequence. You are not repeating the Copper Seed and flower chain here. Continue with the Desiderium recovery checkpoint.
Confirm success and continue
On the original visit, Copper Key opens the TV room. Activate its televisions, survive the encounter, take Black Candle and record the displayed colors in the Old Book. Before leaving, check Copper Star S4 on the right shelf.
Use the elevator-color guide for the next puzzle, or return to the Film School walkthrough. Having the key is only the camera reward; the personal TV-color clue is still needed for the lower-floor route.
Sources
- Official Puzzle & Boss Guide, sections 9–11 and 20: equipment circuit, camera interactions and altered-school recovery.
- Into Indie Games, Part 2: original camera route and green-door visibility.
- Into Indie Games, Part 4: Blue/Yellow RCA Cable and belongings recovery.
Source-checked October 23, 2026, using the retained official guide and the linked release walkthroughs. No universal camera-click count or independently captured playthrough is implied.