The first thing that comes to mind when seeing a title, "Circle of Life," is the process of life and death, but more importantly, every moment in between. There is a beginning and an ending, but the 'middle' and the 'in between' is what really matters. Without the middle, there is only point A and point B. I believe that the circle of life illustrates and describes the transformation from life to death.
I also believe that Stop Motion is a perfect and strong way to illustrate a circle of life. A Circle of Life certainly can be a pretty lengthy process to describe/illustrate, so I think showing specific key stages/ changes can shorten it, yet still keep it strong and express the importance of the piece. With stop motion, you can be limited to things because it's consisted of still images, so I think playing around with lighting and placement of motion is very important. I found this video that I think has an interesting way of illustrating the circle of life, in nature.
http://youtu.be/cigfrgpiT0s
After seeing critique 1, I'm excited to see Amanda's final piece for this project. She did a great job so far of capturing the life process of the rose. I'm interested to see if she adds in an installation with it, to add to stop-motion clip.
I like your comment about life being about the middle parts of life, which is true. I think Amanda showed this in her critique as well. The most impactful part of the video is seeing the petals fall from the flower. Because we know what it looks like living, and how it may look like dead, but it is the process of the in between that is the most visually dynamic. I think she did a good job making nature the center of the piece because even somehting as simple as a flower can pull in a lot more being a symbol of life and something that is living.
ReplyDeleteWhen you mention the stages of life and how the middle stage is most important, I feel like that is very key to how Amanda is doing her project.
ReplyDeleteEven though the "middle stage" might be the most important, I think that how her movie loops is also an important factor within her art project. Circle means that their is no beginning or end.
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