Portrait Collage – Written Assignments

Film Analysis Assignment

Jonathan Hodgson – ‘Feeling My Way’

“What goes around comes around: the daily cycle of home-work-home illuminated in collage, Hi-8 and paint. Layered and luminous with in-sight.An account of a journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind.
Through the use of moving collages and painterly animation laid over Hi-8 footage, the viewer is able to share the traveller’s experiences and his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of urban existence.An animated account of a two mile journey made from home to work on foot. Hi-8 video footage digitized and printed out using an inkjet printer is combined with drawings, text and paint. A subjective representation of how visual information is filtered and processed by the conscious and subconscious mind. We share the traveller’s experiences: his idle thoughts and repetitive neuroses and see his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of daily life.” https://animateprojectsarchive.org/films/by_date/1995_98/feeling

‘combines live action point-of-view shots filmed in 35mm and Digibeta, overlaid with hand painted and drawn animation. Hodgson has been able to observe and deconstruct the thought processes which occur passively when one is engaging with one’s surroundings. This is a phenomenon which takes place when no deliberate attempt is made to think clearly about a particular topic. Personally, I am impressed by the lucidity and universal sense of subjectivity this film evokes.‘ https://animateddocs.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/feeling-my-way-by-jonathan-hodgson/

Portrait Analysis Assignment

My Parents by David Hockney