YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/eDPCkI0h5dg
Heat
The concept behind the transformative portrait was to convey the pain of eating a super-hot pepper. Capturing the before and after is essentially the transformation, including the quick change in between. The videos including the fire transition, were commercially licensed from Storyblocks.com. I didn't actually eat the hot pepper which was a ghost pepper on camera. However, I did touch the raw pepper to my teeth and that helped me act out facial expressions.
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https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/oahu-hawaii-circa-2018-aerial-view-of-koko-crater-shot-with-cineflex-and-red-epic-w-helium-347689194
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/fire-transition-vertical-352107165
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/simulation-of-a-massive-lava-eruption-that-sends-molten-rock-soaring-into-the-sky-doomsday-concept-apocalypse-348794147
The piece Heat by Jacob Taylor uses the concept of transformative portraits in an exemplary way because of the way he has captured the many stages of eating a hot pepper. The motion in the beginning, as well as the color palette, shows the viewer how everything is going smoothly at first, yet after taking a bite of the pepper, the filter immediately changes, and the subject is in a frantic panic. The use of the volcano and fire graphics helps to exaggerate the overall pain he is going through. I absolutely love this concept; it is super hilarious and clever. You can definitely see the transformation through each image!
ReplyDelete"Heat" by Jacob Taylor is a great concept of a transformative portrait. It utilizes both story and humor to come together to make an engaging visual experience that leaves the viewer asking for more.
ReplyDeleteThe work, 'Heat' by Jacob Taylor is centered around the main figure, in this case autobiographical, and their consumption of this pepper. It starts from an unsuspecting person to then quite literally an explosive reaction to eating it. The scenery even follows the story line and begins with a calm island background to then a volcano erupting. This follows more so a short movie rather than a portrait.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though this work deals with just an action occurring rather than being a portrait that deals with any sort of personality trait. The work is a story itself and not a portrait. At least in my opinion. It does not give a sense of anything other than being a cheeky video about eating hot peppers. It is possible that the background conveys a different meaning, however, it’s quite literally hidden so that may be a reach from me.
Again, I feel as though this failed to be a portrait. I get the impression that the transformation was supposed to be a change in facial expression in reaction to eating the pepper, but that’s very surface level. The motion is the changing of center figure as well as the explosiveness of the volcano and fire. I don't think the movement was used to convey a message, rather just a part of a sequence.
This work I think was made to be an enjoyable and funny video of eating a pepper and how it literally feels like your whole mouth is on fire. The volcano and fire really drives home that idea of just a fun video that doesn’t have to have a deeper meaning but can just exist.
I think that this work was effective in the way of being a witty transition of the “stages” of grief after eating something so spicy. There was little room to misinterpret the video to be anything other than that. This work is one of the ones that moved much more than others. A lot of other works were very static in general but then had small elements that moved, whereas this one had more of a linear story that changed the composition with each frame change.