Studies
Now that the first phase of study is over I will be able to make my first portrait. Below are my experiments, but consider that none of these videos have been made for this purpose.
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A set will be prepared on the studio set that will host the model for the half-length portrait
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The director of photography will establish the appropriate lighting to simulate the play of shadows and light of the portraits of classical painting.
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The subject will be dressed and made up, and will pose in front of the camera and remain motionless for a few minutes.
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In post production the clip will be treated with color grading to obtain the desired image.
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The video may be slowed down eventually in order to return only the perception of the movement of the subject which must seem apparently static.
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The final clip on a card will be inserted into a digital monitor which will become its container.
Moving image extracted from Marco Della Fonte's film 'Sonnet 104' in which the actress posed motionless in front of the camera. The barely noticeable movement is close to how the clips will be made. Instead, the image is photographic and not pictorial as it should be.
Same location with different subject. In this case the actor slightly moves his head by decentralizing the image. However, perceiving her movement requires more attention than Aisa who sensibly moves her eyebrows.
The third shot with Kiera is the most expressive one, but also the most mobile one. Maybe even too much. Note the movement of the earrings and the mention of the actress' change of expression.
This clip is borrowed from Sorrentino's The New Pope. These three fragments are more cinematographic and also pictorial. However the nun moves excessively and is a reference only for light and costume.
Same film with other subject and location. The actor has his innate pictorial physiognomy. So vetito already looks like a painting and the nose seems drawn. But the mouth must be strictly closed in my portraits.
Pamela was a beautiful woman before I dressed her as a nun. Then with color grading I also managed to make it worse. But this study is my favorite. Too dark, but both the movement and the color are right.
