Imperceptible Aging
Today’s story is mind-blowing and simultaneously disturbing—it doesn’t give time for pause, is consumed in no more than 5 minutes, and demands all our concentration because it’s not the texts or dialogues that tell the story. The images themselves narrate and expose life in the simplest and most forceful way possible. The artist recommends watching it with sound and full screen—it’s imperceptible aging.
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The short is made by Anthony Cerniello, a filmmaker who has dedicated much of his work to editing music videos (30 Seconds to Mars, Kings of Leon) but here launches with an attractive and very original proposal in terms of presentation.
I believe that if not all, the great majority of us have let ourselves go and ended up believing it’s the same person in their different life stages. However, the story behind this reveals it was a process born in a family reunion where the artist could evidence the passage of time across different generations of the family.
From there the idea emerges, and having clear what they wanted to achieve, Anthony involves photographer Keith Sirchio, who’s in charge of taking photographs of different family members who morphologically have greater similarity.
The Imperceptible
At this point, the dream camera has been turned on, and a couple of animators begin to get involved, making retouches and adjustments to animate the still photos and leave them as real as possible. [Great job].
Finally, Anthony wants the music itself to narrate the frenetic rhythm of the protagonist woman. This is where he seeks George Cuddy, who upon seeing the work generates a different proposal that ultimately ends up in the video.
One of the applause this video gets is for that subtlety and realism impregnated in the TIMELAPSE work. While it’s not a very original idea, the amazement is in how almost imperceptibly the transitions pass from one stage to another (imperceptible aging).
I tried to create a person to emulate the aging process. The idea was that something is happening, but you can’t see it, but you can feel it, just like aging itself Anthony Cerniello
