For my portrait, I wanted to take a playful approach that reflects my personality and specifically how I would feel whenever I have hotpot - so much that I would want to physically dive in it to enjoy it more despite knowing how hot the soup is. I included my two birds into the composition peering into the soup as a way of showing that while I eat, they are always around to see what I'm eating with their growing curiosity and occasionally wanting to take a bite as part of my near daily experience while I'm eating. I made myself fall from a distance above and land into the soup, floating in it as my birds begin to appear into the composition before I am submerged into the soup with a warp effect added.
Transformative Critique of Troy Vong Nguyen By Emily Furr
ReplyDeleteThe scene starts with a big silver pot of soup in the very center of the composition. Inside the pot is a soup made up of vegetables, brown broth, and meat while a big serving spoon rests inside. The pot seems to be on top of a hot plate that is sitting on top of a wooden table. The table top is covered with mushrooms, greens, fish, and what looks like oysters. Once it starts you see Troy falling into the pot of soup with a happy expression, she is wearing a black hoodie and khaki colored pants. As she falls she gets smaller and lands on top of the soup, then the two birds come into the screen on the right side. One is yellow and white with an orange spot near its eye and the other is completely white. Once on screen they look into the soup at Troy and find that she has begun sinking into the soup happily.
This seems as if Troy absolutely just loves soup and wishes she could dive right in and take a bath in it. Her birds are probably curious and always want to know what Troy is up to when she is home. Her birds also seem like they would want to have some of the soup because if it's good enough to dive into, it's definitely good enough to eat. This project shows that Troy is playful and fun to be around. It shows that she loves her two pet birds and are a big part of her daily life.
This work was done really great. I got what Troy was trying to accomplish the first time I watched it. The expression used on her face, the set up of the still life picture and the images of the birds were well used. This portrait shows another side of Troy that I have not seen yet in the few classes we have taken together. I can clearly see that it is her in the video and does well to capture the playful side of her. This is transformative not only in the physical aspect because she does physically get smaller but also because I am seeing her in a new light. Troy did very well.
The movement is done well, there is motion blur on the subjects and they follow the scale of closer versus far away. The way Troy moves is quick and to the point as well as in a pretty straight line which is typical of someone falling or being tossed into something. The birds come in smoothly and you can tell they are observers to what just occurred to Troy. I do wish that one of them maybe peeked into the pot a little further to really get that investigative or curious nature that animals have. The movement definitely deepens our understanding. It shows that Troy would voluntarily go into the soup because you can see her expression more so in the beginning of being one of excitement and yet relaxed. It also shows how the birds come into play for this portrait, they come slow and steady like they’re curious, not fast and vicious like they will attack.
This work is relevant because she is literally diving into something she absolutely loves. We always use the expression “I could just dive right in” or “I could eat this forever.” She made those words literal in this motion picture. This image was shared because it is one that is relatable for all. Once you have a favorite food no matter how cold or hot it is you want to eat it forever or you wish you could be right inside it to soak up all of its goodness. It also plays into being a dream, like imagining a world where you are smaller or the same size as some of the products we use, especially as a kid after watching Thumbelina.
This work consists of soup, ingredients, a relaxed Troy, and two curious pet birds. It all works together to show how playful Troy is, how her pet birds are a part of her life and how much she loves this soup. This works as a still portrait but it works even better as a motion picture. The only thing that would have been fun to see is that at least one of the birds heads went a little further into the soup. This work is relatable, yet playful and you can see the work that was put into this transformative portrait.