This transformative portrait, "DA SHOT," represents the type of courage I wish I had. It means being able to make the right decisions and taking the shot despite all odds. In real life, I would not be able to dribble on a mountain cliff side and would probably lose the ball and fall off. In this imagination, I am able to take that risk. To compensate for my lack of After Effects skill, I added multiple frames of me's to lead into the jump shot to give a little more motion. The animation shows the ball going up and fading out so you do not know if the shot is going in or not (it's not).
Images:
Pictures of me and basketball hoop taken by my boy Binh
https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-brown-house-on-cliff-beside-sea-5204802/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/beautiful-view-of-tazi-canyon-in-turkey-8985429/
This transformative portrait composed by Jimmy Truong is titled "DA SHOT", and uses strong editing skills bringing elements of himself, lighting, scaling, and creating his own geography. He is seen shooting the basketball at the end of his sequence of dribbling up to his final point, shooting in motion a basketball over the canyon to the basketball goal on the other side.
ReplyDeleteOff first glance it is not the easiest to interpret as to what the main goal is, but centering it around an idea of a miracle happening it can speak louder volumes into who he is. He believes that the power of the mind is strong enough to create a reality that he can do anything he puts his imagination to, but he wishes he could actually persevere and deliver that reality.
Going off of the visual clues, there is not a direct part of it that points me straight to transformative. The only motion being the ball being shot, I believe him having hisself as younger in the start going further on the cliff to being older could have pushed this stronger. It is very well put together and cohesive and I appreciate the creativity though, and his vision is shown well.
This work could work in a larger audience of sports ads, or sports clothing ads that challenge the buyer to push beyond their limits, and face what seems impossible. This image could be shared with an audience to promote awareness around young athletes feeling shy. The intersection with its culture comes from the nostalgic and unrealistic feeling of someone shooting over a canyon to a randomly placed basketball hoop on the other side.
Overall, I enjoy the composition, but wish the animation was pushed further, having him actually jump shooting in moving the body to show it. The lighting and shadows are done very well as well as the proportionality of scale and where he places himself inside the composition.