For this assignment, I created an animation from photos taken at a concert. The artist can be seen filled with energy, whipping his hair back and forth. I then treated the images and animation with film reel and textures to add to the stop motion effect. I also added a sparkle effect to the highlights to enhance the visual experience.
This portrait is exemplary of the project criterion as the portrait changes with every frame, literally transforming the image into a series of images within the animation. The motion layers bring the series of portraits into a lifelike recording of an actual concert phone recording, really capturing the feeling of being at a rowdy concert.
This is really strong work. I love the amount of texture you were able to add to the piece, it gives it an extra layer of life than it would have otherwise
I thought Landry Hutchens’ portrait was really strong. The black-and-white look with the stop-motion style and film textures made it feel like an old concert video, which fit the energy of the subject perfectly. The motion of the hair and light flickers gave it life and made the scene feel wild and exciting. The whole thing came together in a really cool and strong way.
Transformative Portrait by Landry Hutchens is a black and white portrait cinemagraph of a music performer on guitar. The performer strums his guitar while swinging his head side to side. Spotlights turn on and off and move around behind the performer. The border of the portrait oscillates on top of a white canvas. The movement is visually choppy. What the image says about the performer in the portrait, is that he is a free spirit and has a rhythm in his life. The performer has an energetic personality. He also has a bold character displayed in his on stage performance. The portrait is aspirational in the sense of wanting to become a performer and entertain an audience. I would say there were sufficient visual cues to interpret the work. The portrait takes place at a concert and its message of thrill, excitement, and freedom are easily relatable to the audience. I would say it is transformative to an extent because we see the performer in his state of motion, and flow. I believe the motion calls the viewer to replicate motion of their own to a certain degree to understand or sympathize with the performer. I believe the key element highlighted by the motion is the freedom of movement and spirit. The physical embodiment of a melody in a performer. I believe this work exists in our larger culture through advertisements of concerts and similar musical performances. The focal point of the portrait appears to be the embodiment of the music, over the individual himself. This image was shared with an audience to relate them with jamming out to tunes and igniting a musical revolution. In conclusion, Landry did an exceptional job in compositing multiple elements of imagery to bring to life a performance without the reliance on video. The of black and white highlights the movement so as to not get lost in color. This work is similar to War Never Changes by Stern in his use of photos to create motion without relying on video. On the contrary, Stern uses muted color and a bright red at the end to convey his message of violence, whereas Landry focuses on movement and light to highlight the flow of spirit in a musical performance.
This portrait is exemplary of the project criterion as the portrait changes with every frame, literally transforming the image into a series of images within the animation. The motion layers bring the series of portraits into a lifelike recording of an actual concert phone recording, really capturing the feeling of being at a rowdy concert.
ReplyDeleteThis is really strong work. I love the amount of texture you were able to add to the piece, it gives it an extra layer of life than it would have otherwise
ReplyDeleteI thought Landry Hutchens’ portrait was really strong. The black-and-white look with the stop-motion style and film textures made it feel like an old concert video, which fit the energy of the subject perfectly. The motion of the hair and light flickers gave it life and made the scene feel wild and exciting. The whole thing came together in a really cool and strong way.
ReplyDeleteTransformative Portrait by Landry Hutchens is a black and white portrait cinemagraph of a music performer on guitar. The performer strums his guitar while swinging his head side to side. Spotlights turn on and off and move around behind the performer. The border of the portrait oscillates on top of a white canvas. The movement is visually choppy.
ReplyDeleteWhat the image says about the performer in the portrait, is that he is a free spirit and has a rhythm in his life. The performer has an energetic personality. He also has a bold character displayed in his on stage performance. The portrait is aspirational in the sense of wanting to become a performer and entertain an audience.
I would say there were sufficient visual cues to interpret the work. The portrait takes place at a concert and its message of thrill, excitement, and freedom are easily relatable to the audience. I would say it is transformative to an extent because we see the performer in his state of motion, and flow. I believe the motion calls the viewer to replicate motion of their own to a certain degree to understand or sympathize with the performer. I believe the key element highlighted by the motion is the freedom of movement and spirit. The physical embodiment of a melody in a performer.
I believe this work exists in our larger culture through advertisements of concerts and similar musical performances. The focal point of the portrait appears to be the embodiment of the music, over the individual himself. This image was shared with an audience to relate them with jamming out to tunes and igniting a musical revolution.
In conclusion, Landry did an exceptional job in compositing multiple elements of imagery to bring to life a performance without the reliance on video. The of black and white highlights the movement so as to not get lost in color. This work is similar to War Never Changes by Stern in his use of photos to create motion without relying on video. On the contrary, Stern uses muted color and a bright red at the end to convey his message of violence, whereas Landry focuses on movement and light to highlight the flow of spirit in a musical performance.