MULTI SCREEN PORTRAITS

RESEARCH
Initially in my research I explored an online digital artist, and all of her works are created around the theme of mental illness or struggling with the digital world. I enjoyed one of her photos as it was a drawing of two people with a yellow circle over their head and their tummy. After seeing this it sparked some ideas as to what i wanted my twin screen to look like. I pictured it ass two screens with one side having a cut out of the stomach and the other a cut out of the head. I felt this was relevant as I could play archived footage through the cut outs I would create, to express how I think and Feel. I then looked into other artists and came across Pipilotti Rist's work, she always produces very beautiful and work with such depth. I was inspired by her dynamic use of twin screens, as the screens are both very different, but when you look more closely you can see that the two correlate. I knew I wanted to create a piece that was inspired from the digital artist I researched, and Pipilotti Rist's work. So, I set about to do that.

PRODUCTION
I had an idea of what I wanted my film to look like, so I set about a day for filming where I would record my head in shot for one of the screens, and my tummy in shot for the other screen. After I was happy with these recordings, I then composed what would come in the background of the cut outs I was going to make in After Effects. For my background piece I used all archive footage from Online, and edited a piece together that I was happy with, and felt it expressed how I feel and think. I then imported my two live recordings of myself and then my background I created. I then went about in separate compositions creating a shape layer over my head and face. I then placed the background piece behind the shape layers to see how it looked. I wasn't happy with the way it looked so I drew round with the roto brush the outlines of my body and Alpha track matted them so they would be inverted. I was a lot more happy with this result as it gave a more abstract look to my work. I decided I would create a new solid as the background as I didn't just want black. I chose a light pink/purple as that is a calming colour for me and I felt the way I feel and think was being displayed on the screen I wanted to show a calm background to balance out and show I can manage how stressful it is for me. Below is my finished product.

I hope you enjoy. Thank you.