Taylor Quinley Blog Post #13

Ernesto Artily is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer and art director. He collaborates with many fashion brands and the federal opera house in Brussels. He is published in several international publications. 

https://www.ernestoartillo.com/tagged/video

Julien Douvier is a cinemagrpah artist. He works with many different styles such as found objects, nature, city and sports. Many of his cinemagraphs are typical everyday scenarios. 

http://juliendouvier.com

Mia-Myline Medina_Kurious Man/Tyler Von Tagen_ Week #13

Vimeo user, Kurious Man, posted this video, entitled Anger Room, seven years ago. It is what I can only describe as a cathartic release of pent up anger and frustration as the man desrpys his surroundings. He screams and grunts while pacing back and forth as the camera shots change drastically from wide angle shots to close ups. This is the kind of action I would like to incoperate into my own video to add drama and highlight the extreme juxtaposition in outward and inward expression of emotion.

Video Link: https://vimeo.com/45949669

Tyler Von Tagen has yet to publish his biography. From what we can see, he is a cinemagraph artist who enjoys working with self portrature and multiplicity. Many of his works envolve two of him- whether that is his shadow or him doing two things in a single scene. I chose these cinemagraphs for the duality of the singlular subject. I interpret in relation to my own work as having two sides of one person; one side cannot be controled by the other. 

https://www.comealiveimages.com/tyler-van-tagen

Mia-Myline Medina_Anonymous User/Sanja Copic_Week #12

An unknown GIPHY user posted this image without much context. This cinemagraph can be interpreted as simply a man trying to cool off on a hot day, or perhaps as a lonely and defeated individual living a life that is not what he had in mind. I feel a sense of dissapointment or deep contemplation going on in this scene. These negative connotations are things I would like my audience to pick up on with my own project.

Unfortunately, Sonja Copic did not post any description for this video entitled Crying. I simply admire her ability to show her vulnerabilty and express her deep sadness to the public. The audience does not know what is upsetting her, but the mystery is important to create universality. Her emotions are raw and impactful. I plan to express myself, perhaps not in the same way, but to the same degree in my own work.

Video Link:https://vimeo.com/159100460

Mia-Myline Medina_Rogier Hesp/Adeena Charlotte Grubb_Week #10

Director, Rogier Hesp in collaboration with Creatives, Stephen Nijhof and Sander Bergmeijer, created this PSA short film on depression entitled BOY. In the film, dialogue is replaced with music that aids in revealing the main character's disconnect with those around him. The theme of Hesp's film is something I would like to base my own project on. The dim-lit scenes and lack of dialogue from those on screen is something I am interested in as well. I articularly injoy to impliations of the main character being in a routine of sorts by begining the film with him in his room, looking at the television, and ending the film with him in his room once again.

https://vimeo.com/189963840

Animator and model maker, Adeena Grubb, creates a darker narrative with her scenes in a creative way. Using photography and video in combination to produce her chilling cinemagraphs, Grubb's work is much like a Tim Burton movie created for a target audience a little older than children. I admire her use of materials in clamation as well as her storytelling abilities. I would like to be able to create a more abstracted narrative in my own work for this project while bringing in some darker elements/ topics as well. 

https://www.comealiveimages.com/adeenagrubb

Mia-Myline Medina_Marie Edwards / Marat Sembayev_Week #11

British cinemagraph artist and photographer, Marie Edwards, began her cinemagraph work as an assignment in college. Combinging video and photo elements into one piece, Edwards is able to enhance the mysteriously dream-like tone of her work- pulling inspiration from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series as well as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. I enjoy her use of street lamp lighting in to backlight the subject which dramatizes the scene. Though movement in the cinemagraph does not necessarily aid in the impact of the image overall, it does not take away from it either. The cinemagraph would have been just as successful if it were a photograph but I find that the movement of the smoke plays on the mystery of the scene. I'm hoping to be able to bring the same amount of intensity into my own work for this project.

https://www.comealiveimages.com/come-alive-images-marie-edwards

Kazakhstan based photograher and cinemagraph artist, Marat Sembayev, creates visually dynamic cinemagraphs that are both action filled and female based. Though little is shared about the work that is created, Sembayev expresses that good equipement is not as important as "the idea of what you shoot". Though I only have one example here, many of Sembayev's work seems to show strong and empowered women- shotting guns, standing in front of burning fields, etc.- but also women in more helpless and lonely scenes- smoking by themselves, looking up at empty stairwells, and walking alone with a flashlight. In my own project, I would like to show both my own weakness and strength in juxtaposition with eachother; toggling back and forth between the two.

https://www.comealiveimages.com/come-alive-images-marat-sembayev

Taylor Quinley Blog Post #12

Uno Moralez is called a pixel painter. He creates detailed GIFS that seem to have an 80s video game vibe. He creates animated loops, illustrations and sequential stories. They all consist of pixel exact lines and limited in color. 

https://unomoralez.com

Micael Reynaud is a stop motion animator that also creates animated GIFS. He uses video techniques like slit scanning, time-lapse, and various forms of masking, which gives the GIFS a hypnotic effect. 

https://giphy.com/explore/micael-reynaud

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This video is a little graphic, but a real telling story. “C4 Random Acts – ‘Lawless’ is directed by Ellen Pearson, all photos by Tilly Lawless, and music by Suzanne Kraft. The film is a compilation of a photograph series shot by Lawless, who is a sex worker in Sydney’s decriminalized sex industry. The video intrigues me because of the unique story and the way it is portrayed. I feel that the director accomplishes the attempt to expose societal taboos surrounding sex work and attitudes about love and sex. The way they compile photographs to tell the story felt stronger than a regular video and had a deeper connection because the person who’s telling the story is the one the story is about. Overall I enjoyed how the video was a compilation of photo series that was then narrated to create a video.

https://vimeo.com/180491843

“Do You Like Me Now?” Anatomiae Occultii by Chris Shimojima is a video telling a story using dance movements. I have seen a theme in the videos that I choose including this one, because they do not include the people in the video talking, but rather music playing over it. I enjoy this quality in the work along with how well choreographed and directed this video is.

https://vimeo.com/202096541

Other videos I found interesting

https://vimeo.com/197443255  Doug Aitken’s Underwater Pavilions

https://vimeo.com/195304295 The Future of Cities Oscar Boyson (kinda long, but lots of interesting environmental info and how they captured film for some areas of the film where they never even got to go to)

https://vimeo.com/190347997  Another World – Marta Bevacqua conceptual video