I was quite interested and intrigued by Ryle’s unique and creative slow motion videos she produces. She begins by Illustrating pictures then puts it all together, then finally adding in animation to create an interesting effect for the short video 15 second video. I decided to chose this slow motion video because the bridge featured below is the Brooklyn Bridge. I was there last year and America had a big impact and influence on me, I loved travelling and exploring all over the state. Brooklyn bridge certainly being a highlight for me. In addition, Rachel’s videos quite frequently appears on my Instagram explore page and I always try and stay updated with the new content she publishes, as in each short video she is always expanding and exploring her creativity.
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Who is the practitioner (What is their name and their (Instagram handlebar?”and when were they practicing?
The practitioners name is Rachel Ryle, she is based in Brooklyn, New York where she has a studio there. Her handlebar for her Instagram account is as follows: https://www.instagram.com/rachelryle/. Through out Rachel’s entire life she has always had a great passion and love for exploring her creativity. Her passion for crafts and different creations has inspired and influenced her work. While this has been a passion of hers for some time, it wasn’t until July of 2013 that she decided to pursue her ambitions for illustrating and animating. Since she posted her first short animation video, she received worldwide support from viewers who loved her content produced.
With the Video you are examining when was it produced?
This Slow motion animation video was produced on the 13th February, 2016 and gave viewers a visual representation of the climate in New York during that time, snowy and cold.
How was the Video authored and published?
Roughly 12 hours of illustrating for this content, followed by two hours of set design and then 3 hours of filming with the use of a camera (the exact type of camera she used is unknown) & editing to finalise the piece. Finally, after this long process of creation it was then uploaded on her instagram account for her 1 Million+ followers to view.
How was the Video distributed?
This short video featured on her website, as well as being posted on her Instagram account. She is an award winning Illustrator as well as an animator. Having been awarded with the #1 Instagram account to follow by MTV & BuzzFeed, this allowed her to expand her target audience, creating more awareness for her work.
Who is the practitioner (what is their name and their Instagram handlebar ?) and when were they practicing?
The famous photographer’s name is Eelco Roos, from the Netherlands. He can be found on Instagram with his handlebar name being @croyable. Eelco Roos was as an IT specialist at IBM Amsterdam for over 10 years, however his biggest passion was always photography. After setting up an Instagram account in June 2011 and receiving a lot of attention from the photos he posted, after only a short period of time his followers grew past 100,000. This pushed him to quit his IBM job to purse a career in photography. He began travelling around the world to capture beautiful images of places he visited along his journey and provide his followers with breath taking images.
With the photo you are examining when was it produced ?
This photograph was captured in Moraine Lake in Canada during the year of 2012.
How was the photo authored and published?
This image was taken on his iPhone and uploaded straight to his Instagram account. He uses several applications to assist him during the editing process of his images, these; include; Snapseed, Filterstorm, Blender and VSCO CAM. Eelco claims during the early stages of his photographer career he didn’t take it as serious, a photo was just taken and pretty much posted almost immediately, every now and then he may have have tested a filter or two. However, due to all the evolving technological advancements and new applications arising, it’s given him the opportunity to create his own filters using various apps, but he likes a clean, natural and realistic photo, without overdoing the editing process and spoiling the authenticity of the Image. This famous image as well as all his other images captured have all been taken from his Iphone. Yet he is able to capture brilliant photos with such a simple tool, nothing entirely professional such as a HD camera.
How was the photo distributed?
At the beginning of 2012 for his unique work he won an iPhone Photography Award in the Children’s and seasons field, due to educating younger students of the quality of images taken on an iPhone and providing them with inspiration. The Image along with his other published images were distributed on his Instagram account for his 429,000+ followers to view his content.
In this weeks class, we explored the topic of Legacy Videos with a focus on the famous Nam June Paik’s interesting work he has produced. As I was researching through his practices produced, it came to my attention how unique and abstract his work is, something that really stands out and is quite significantly different to what you would see broadcasted in today’s media.
Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?
The practitioners name I focused my research around for this week is Nam June Paik, a Korean American video artist. Paik was featured as one of The Century’s 25 Most Influential artists along with Pablo Picasso by ART News, an influential U.S. He is still, the most internationally famous Korean-born artist. He starting practicing as early as the 1960’s, where in1964 in New York he first began combining his visual and musical interests together.
With video you are examining when was it produced (date)?
The video was published in 1980, titled ‘Lace Placid’. Lake Placid‘ 80 is a metonymy for the Winter Olympic Games, created by Nam June Paik, when commissioned by the National Fine Arts Committee for the 13th Games, in Lake Placid, in 1980.
How was the video authored?`
It was authored with the use of an expensive camera that is solely used for videography and would have most likely involved the use of tape recording rather than an SD card and a hard drive that we would use in today’s society. The video would need to be taken to a special area that had the software and equipment to edit the video, which shows the difference between the production of the legacy images and modern day production of images.
Lake Placid’ 80 is a metonymy for the Winter Olympic Games, created by Nam June Paik, when commissioned by the National Fine Arts Committee for the 13th Games, in Lake Placid, in 1980. Sound and image unite sport and the festivities. Both the subject and the medium are endowed with the international dimension of the context, and Nam June Paik only goes beyond this with music, which he sees as a non-verbal communication between audiences of different ages cultures and countries.
How was the video distributed?
The video was presented by Paik producing this exuberant, high-speed collage as a commission for the National Fine Arts Committee of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games and was presented on Television. In a fractured explosion of densely layered movement and action, images of Olympic sports events are mixed with Paik’s recurring visual and audio motifs.
