A motion portrait is a rich living image of depth and light… a moving painting utilizing the visual penetration of chiaroscuro and sfumato from classic portraiture of antiquity and the renaissance but with a modern setting and attire.
Think of it as a cinematic, slow motion screen test or moving headshot, about 30 to 50 seconds in length, that you can send out to casting agents & producers as a link.
The most exciting aspect is providing you with a medium to portray emotionality and presence in a short clip that has a filmic quality and look. It would also allow you to convey personality, facial expressions, turning the head for profile views, coloration of eyes and skin tone in motion, going from smiling warm eyes to tears to astonishment, all moving slowly through the piece. Subtleties that a mere still image can’t provide.
A story can also be conveyed in the elements and symbols surrounding the main subject; flowing materials, subtle placement of relevant objects, lush out-of-focus landscapes in the backgrounds or even ‘film noir’ settings.
Emotion Headshots can be streamed and viewed on iPhones, iPads and various digital photo frames that are on the market. These digital moving portraits can be hung on a wall like a photo or artwork. I’m envisioning using dedicated HD monitors, turned sideways, to display these as moving portraits…