#kirsten clark aesthetic

[forest-enchantress]

Hi,

I make period drama style gifs. If you use gif packs, please like and reblog them. Most of my projects are already ready, but every day I post no more than 190 gifs. Because that was the reason why my previous account was blocked.

I tried to make gif packs in a format more familiar to you with a link to a separate page. However, unfortunately, I did not succeed because of the large format of high-quality gifs.

I want to explain about color processing. Usually, I improve the contrast, brightness and saturation, but leave the naturalness of the film. I don't make the contours too sharp because I like the aesthetic of it looking like a natural image.

Actors in alphabetical order: part 1(A-D), part 2, part 3

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The arrangement of names may not be alphabetical

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Anne Hathaway Anya Taylor-Joy Asia Argento Astrid Berges-Frisbey Boran Kuzum Camille Rutherford

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Carla Juri César Domboy Callum Turner Cate Blanchett Charity Wakefield Charlie Rowe Chiara Mastroianni Christian Bale Christoph Waltz

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Dagmara Dominczyk Dan Stevens Ella Purnell Emily Blunt Ezra Miller Raffey Cassidy Rebecca Emilie Sattrup Rose Byrne Roxane Duran

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Frances O'Connor Gemma Arterton Hannah Taylor-Gordon Hattie Morahan Hugh Dancy Isabelle Adjani

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Izzy Meikle-Small James Norton Jane Birkin Joanne Whalley Lucy Boynton Jim Caviezel Monica Keena Nicolas Duvauchelle Sally Hawkins

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Adriana Tarábková Dakota Fanning Elle Fanning Gaia Weiss Gwyneth Paltrow Kirsten Dunst Léa Seydoux Pia Degermark Roxane Mesquida Rosamund Pike Samantha Gates Sophia Myles

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Annabelle Wallis Austin Butler Carey Mulligan Guy Pearce James Frain Katie Parker Kate Siegel Olivia Cooke Rachel Hurd-Wood Soko Sujaya Dasgupta Tom Cruise

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Adèle Exarchopoulos Anna Maxwell Martin Charles Dance Emma Williams Gillian Anderson Ian Somerhalder Imogen Poots Matthew Rhys Natalie Press Nina Dobrev Paul Wesley Tamzin Merchant

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Anna Friel Catherine Mouchet Déborah François Dominic West Frédéric Noaille Joséphine Japy Kevin Kline María Valverde Paz Vega

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Ben Whishaw Clémence Poésy Elliot Grihault Emilia Fox Joseph Morgan Lambert Wilson Michelle Dockery Phoebe Fox Sophie Okonedo Tom Hiddleston Tom Hughes Tom Sturridge

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Calista Flockhart Charlotte Gainsbourg Christina Giannelli David Strathairn Felicity Jones Fu'ad Aït Aattou Greta Scacchi Helena Bonham Carter Holliday Grainger Michelle Pfeiffer Rupert Friend Sophie Marceau

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Angela Bassett Brooke Carter Cillian Murphy Danylo Kolomiiets Katie McGrath Keeley Hawes Maria Bonnevie Marta Gastini Miriam Giovanelli Olivia Hussey Oscar Isaac Peter Plaugborg

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Ben Barnes Ben Chaplin Bill Skarsgård Iben Akerlie Jakob Oftebro Jo Woodcock Lily-Rose Depp Reese Witherspoon Ruth Wilson Samantha Soule Tess Frazer Virginie Ledoyen

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Cary Elwes Colin Firth Daniel Day-Lewis Emilia Verginelli Hannah James Jonah Hauer-King Loli Bahia Lorenzo Balducci Rebecca Hall Robin Wright Rupert Everett Willa Fitzgerald

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Annes Elwy Claire Danes Eliza Scanlen Freddie Fox Hugh Jackman Kathryn Newton Louis Partridge Maya Hawke Romola Garai Samantha Mathis Trini Alvarado Winona Ryder

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Douglas Smith Eric Bana Gizem Karaca Jessica Brown Findlay Kenneth Branagh Kit Harington Millie Brady Natalie Dormer Poppy Delevingne Rachel Weisz Rosy McEwen Sam Claflin

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Aubri Ibrag Christina Hendricks Connie Jenkins-Greig Guy Remmers Henry Cavill Imogen Waterhouse Josie Totah Mia Threapleton Olivia Hallinan

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Essie Davis Fahriye Evcen Justine Waddell Natalia Sánchez Monica Bellucci Penelope Cruz Piper Perabo

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Alicia Vikander Alida Baldari Calabria Christopher Abbott Emma Stone Jasmine Blackborow Kim Rossi Stuart Lili Reinhart Louis Cunningham Margaret Qualley Marine Vacth Mark Ruffalo Mélanie Thierry Ramy Youssef Scarlett Johansson Sydney Sweeney

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Antonia Clarke Cameron Monaghan Heather Graham Isolda Dychauk Laoise Murray Madelaine Petsch Olivia Colman Sophie Turner Vanessa Redgrave

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Claire Holt Emily Mortimer Jennifer Beals Kelly Macdonald Lena Headey Perdita Weeks Ruta Gedmintas Sarah Bolger Sting

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Berrak Tuzunatac Burcu Ozberk Cansu Dere Deniz Cakir Melisa Sozen Merve Bolugur Saadet Aksoy Yasemin Allen

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Alina Kovalenko Anastasiya Ostreinova Anna Sagaydachnaya Dorota Delag Kseniya Mishina Oleksii Yarovenko Olena Lavrenyuk Taras Tsimbalyuk Veronika Shostak

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To do list:

Christopher Gorham under development (The Other Side of Heaven 2001) Harry Melling - The Pale Blue Eye 2022 Nora Arnezeder - Angélique 2013 Isabella Heathcote - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Gwen (2018) Julie Delpy - La passion Béatrice 1987,  Frankenstein 2004, Trois couleurs: Blanc 1994, The Three Musketeers 1993 Nastassja Kinski - Revolution (1985), Tess 1979 Julia Ormond - Young Catherine 1991, First Knight 1995, Legends of the Fall 1994 Laura Donnelly - Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Britannia, Outlander Morena Baccarin in Stargate Isabella Celani - A Room with a View 1985 Neve McIntosh - Gormenghast 2000 Kate Beckinsale - Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Sarah Felberbaum as Maddalena in Medici

✦Francesca Annis

Wives and Daughters 1999 — under development

Volker Bohnet — Ludwig 1973 Romy Schneider — Ludwig 1973, Sissi 1955 Helmut Berger — Ludwig 1973

✦Ethan Erickson

Dorian 2003— under development

All of these gifs were made from scratch by me for roleplaying purposes. Feel free to use them as sidebars and reaction gifs. PLEASE DON’T CLAIM THEM AS YOUR OWN.

[chardwic]

OTP Aesthetics: Camsten (Kirsten Clark and Cameron Goodkin from Stitchers)

[awesometothe3rd]

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value. Rather, it is one of the things which give value to survival.“

[safflowerseason]

I realised that I’d never watched the OC pilot, so I gave it a look. It feels so much more placed - the California landscape is used to create a sense of the setting, and the geography of the characters and the location feels much clearer. But it really stood out how little the show problematises the performative sexuality expected of the young girls, both at the fashion show & the party. There’s no sense that Marisa might have been worried by waking up post-binge in Ryan’s bed, for instance.

Yes! More people watching the pilot! 😎

The pilot is really the only episode to really capture the distinctive character of the show’s setting, with the exception of maybe the Thanksgiving episode in the first season. But very quickly it just devolves into a show about rich people that could, for the most part, take place anywhere. Yeah, a lot of scenes take place on the beach and there are many references to surfing and Los Angeles and how it’s sunny all the time, but none of that really affects the plot. 

And absolutely, the sexual politics of the show have not aged well at all, in a variety of contexts. The fact that the pilot involves a fashion show “for charity” that’s basically a lot of rich old (married) men ogling underage girls is very striking. Not to mention the cotillion plotline in S1E04. I do think in the early episodes of the show, Schwartz is consciously trying to capture the aesthetic of Southern California beach culture, eternal summer, golden bodies, all the women in bikinis, etc. etc., and he obviously did not invent the sexism inherent within that culture (nor did he invent the fashion trends of the period…this is the era of low-rise jeans! *shudders*). But he’s also clearly not interested in critiquing it or even to make a genuine attempt to explore how a young woman might feel living within that culture. I’m also really unsettled by the show’s frequent use of sexual relations between teens and adults as a source of drama. The OC is by far not the only show of the early 00’s guilty of this, however, so it’s really just a testament to the profound cultural shifts of the past twenty years that such plotlines were considered quality narrative fodder by television writers everywhere.

There are multiple depressing currents running through the show regarding how the women are sexualized (or not) that all seem distinct yet intertwined at the same time. I’m not even sure there is one cohesive explanation for all of it…but whatever relationship or character you are looking at, there’s bound to be some unpleasant implications lurking under the surface. Compare how Anna and Summer are styled throughout the first half of the show, especially the first ten or so episodes. Anna, the “smart” one, wears outfits that, for the most part, cover her skin. She’s not presented as an object of sexual fascination to Seth the way Summer is, who is frequently shown in low-cut or cropped tops, short shorts, strapless dresses, etc. At the same time, Summer is also presented as “dumber” than Anna, more selfish and shallow, and unlike the other “smarter” girls on the show (we’re told that Marissa is also high-achieving at school, in addition to her beauty) her outfits are far more skimpy. 

Even more telling, as Summer evolves into a central character in her own right, her styling changes to resemble Marissa. Marissa, even in the early episodes of the show when it’s summer and half the action is taking place on the beach, is generally a bit more covered up than Summer (obviously Ryan can’t be interested in a woman who is dressed scantily). The narrative sexualizes Marissa in other ways, but through plot and cinematography more than styling in my opinion. 

It’s *very* interesting to consider how the four main female characters are presented in the original draft pilot script—although of course, it is worth noting, that only Kirsten and Marissa were considered “permanent” characters from the beginning. The concept of “natural” beauty is wielded in a very targeted way that reveals the moralizing sexism underpinning the show. Keeping my analysis under the cut so this post doesn’t get too long...

Kirsten: Sandy stands before his wife, Kirsten, late 30s. Classically beautiful; doesn’t need make up, hasn’t needed plastic surgery.

Marissa: And the way the light from the streetlamp above hits her, she looks…perfect. Ryan has never seen a girl like this before. Dressed for a Friday night. This girl is heartbreakingly beautiful. And she knows it. And, truth be told, is a little embarrassed by it.

The beauty of Marissa and Kirsten is designed to communicate their “goodness” to the audience. Kirsten, the wife of the show’s moral authority figure, doesn’t need plastic surgery OR make-up! She doesn’t need to work hard at her beauty. As for Marissa, she is presented as Beauty personified, which in Western society at the turn of the twenty-first century meant thin, white, a lot of hair, big eyes, and full lips. But while Marissa may be heartbreakingly beautiful, but she cannot be proud of her beauty or take any kind of real pleasure from it. Nope! Ryan’s love interest cannot actually consciously wield or feel good about her body.

Now compare the way that Julie and Summer are presented: 

Julie: Julie isn’t a natural—not anymore, anyway. Fake everything. Tanned skin becoming leathery. But thinks she’s 40 going on 16.

Summer: Summer is a lot like Marissa—only more. Bigger hair, chest, personality.

Unlike Kirsten, Julie is a “bad” mom, and so also unlike Kirsten, Julie is unnatural. She probably has implants and a fake tan and is trying to remain beautiful! *Gasp* As for Summer, she’s “more” than Marissa, which on the surface may not seem necessarily like a negative thing. But: Summer in the first episode hits on Ryan, ignores Seth, disdains Ryan for being from Chino, abandons an unconscious Marissa in front of her house, and does cocaine and gets really drunk. Unlike Marissa, Summer clearly does what she wants and goes after what she wants, but the show does not frame these qualities as good things. 

Of course, things changed a bit between this pilot script and filming. The show cast Melinda Clarke, who is very striking to look at, and they cast tiny brunette Rachel Bilson as Summer. But I find it very telling that the author of the script uses physical descriptions to communicate who the “bad” women are versus the “good” women, and that these two women are visually sexualized in the early era of the show is deeply negative ways.

[tasksweekly]

[TASK 086: MĀORI]

There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 120+ Māori faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and iwi denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

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Character Aesthetics

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Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Kiri Te Kanawa (1944) Maori / Unspecified European - singer.

Mahia Blackmore (1949) Maori - singer and guitarist.

Whirimako Black (1961) Te Whakatōhea Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori, Ngāti Ranginui Maori - actress and singer-songwriter.

Moana / Moana Maniapoto / Moana Maniapoto-Jackson (1961) Maori - singer-songwriter and filmmaker.

Rena Owen (1962) Maori, some Welsh / Danish, French, English - actress, director, producer, and writer.

Vaitiare Hirshon-Asars / Vaitiare Bandera (1964) Tahitian, Maori Cook Islander, German, English, French - actress.

Emma Paki (1968) Ngāti Manuhiri Maori - singer-songwriter.

Boh Runga (1969 or 1970) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori / Chinese Malaysian - singer-songwriter.

Rachel House (1971) Ngāti Mutunga Maori, Ngāi Tahu, Unspecified European - actress.

Nancy Brunning (1971) Ngāti Raukawa Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori - actress and director.

Deborah Mailman (1972) Bidjara, Te Arawa Maori, Ngāti Porou Maori - actress and singer.

Megan Gale (1975) 1/4 Maori, 3/4 English - actress and model.

Simone Kessell (1975) Maori, Unspecified Other - actress.

Keala Settle (1975) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāi Tahu Maori, Rangitāne o Wairau Maori, Ngāti Raukawa Maori / British - actress and singer.

Bic Runga / Briolette Kah Bic Runga (1976) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori / Chinese Malaysian - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer.

Chanel Cole (1977) Maori - musician.

Jade MacRae (1979) Maori, English - singer.

Anika Moa (1980) Ngāpuhi Maori, Te Aupōuri Maori, Unspecified European - singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and percussionist.

Jaime Passier-Armstrong (1981) Maori, Dutch - actress.

Mahara McKay (1981) Maori / Swiss - model, DJ, and producer.

Ria Hall (1882/1983) Maori - singer and presenter.

Kristy Brooks (1983) Ngati Haua / French - actress.

Maisey Rika (1983) Ngāti Awa Maori, Tūhoe Maori, Te Arawa Maori, Te Whānau-a-Apanui Maori,

Pania Rose (1984) Maori / Dutch - model.

Ricki-Lee / Ricki-Lee Coulter (1985) Ngāi Tahu Maori, possibly other - singer-songwriter, tv presenter, and radio presenter.

Katy Steele (1985) Maori / Russian, Belarusian - singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Jodi Anasta (1985) Maori / Unspecified - actress and model.

Lizzie Marvelly (1989) Te Arawa Maori - singer-songwriter and journalist.

Keisha Castle-Hughes (1990) Maori / English - actress.

Mali-Koa Hood (1991) Maori / Scottish - singer-songwriter and fashion blogger.

Jessica Clarke (1992) Maori, Russian - model.

Cody Yerkovich (1992) Maori, Croatian, German - Miss New Zealand 2010.

Sasha Lane (1995) Maori, Unspecified European / African-American - actress.

Courtney Eaton (1996) Maori Cook Islander, Chinese / English - actress and model.

Talea Tatupu (2000 or 2001) Maori / Samoan - model.

Marie Te Hapuku (?) Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti Maori - singer.

Bridgette Allen (?) Maori - singer.

Marcella Edgecombe-Craig (?) Maori, Irish - actress.

Ngatapa Black (?) Tuhoe Maori, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori - singer.

Makaira Berry (?) Maori - singer.

Te Awhina Kaiwai-Wanikau (?) Maori - singer.

Miria Flavell (?) Maori - Youtuber.

Kirsten Te Rito (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine Maori / English - singer-songwriter.

Makeda Soper-Wirangi (?) Maori - model.

Ora Barlow (?) Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori / English - singer-songwriter, guitarist, percussionist, and ukulele player.

Rikitia Holloway (?) Maori - model.

Mere Arihi Pipi Takoko (?) Maori - actress and singer.

Kali Joyce (?) Te Arawa Maori, Tainui Maori, Nga Puhi Maori - model.

Rhys Carter-Coleman (?) Ngati Hine Maori, Nga Puhi Maori - model.

Shanice Whiley (?) Ngati Hine Maori - model.

Ngakiri Kershaw (?) Maori - musician (The Trio Gang).

Renee Rangikataua (?) Maori - musician (The Trio Gang).

Cian White (?) Maori - actress.

Honey Tahuri-Whakatope (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Haua Maori, Ngāti Whātua Maori, Tūhoe Maori - musician (NRG Rising).

Benita Tahuri (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Tūhoe Maori - musician (NRG Rising).

Anahera-Pono Tahuri-Whakatope (?) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Haua Maori, Ngāti Whātua Maori, Tūhoe Maori - musician (NRG Rising).

Miriama Smith (?) Maori - actress and presenter.

Elena Higgins (?) Maori, Samoan - musician (Indigie Femme).

M:

Eddie Low (1943) Maori - musician.

George Henare (1945) Ngāti Porou Maori, Ngāti Hine Maori - actor.

Deane Waretini (1946) Ngāti Whakaue Maori, Tūhourangi Maori - singer.

John Rowles (1947) Maori / Unspecified European - singer.

Frankie Stevens (1950) Maori / Scottish - singer and reality tv judge.

Jim Moriarty (1953) Ngāti Toa Maori, Ngāti Koata Maori, Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Ngāti Pākehā Maori - actor and director.

Temuera Morrison (1960) Ngāti Maniapoto Maori, Scottish, Irish, English - actor.

Jon Stevens (1961) Maori / Scottish - singer.

Cliff Curtis (1968) Te Arawa Maori, Ngāti Hauiti Maori - actor.

Lawrence Makoare (1968) Ngāti Whātua Maori - actor.

iOTA / Sean Hape (1968) Maori / English - singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor.

Manu Bennett (1969) Ngāti Kahungunu Maori, Te Arawa Maori, Irish / Scottish, English - actor.

Antonio Te Maioha (1970) Ngāpuhi Maori, Waikato Maori / Unspecified - actor.

Blair Strang (1972) Maori / Unspecified European - actor.

Julian Arahanga (1972) Ngāti Rangi Maori, Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi Maori, Estonian, possibly other - actor and director.

Jemaine Clement (1974) Maori / French, Irish, German, English - actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian, director, and writer.

Che Fu / Che Ness (1974) Maori / Niuean - rapper-songwriter, singer, and producer.

Taika Waititi / Taika Cohen (1975) Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori, distant French / Russian Jewish - actor, comedian, director, and writer.

Callan Mulvey (1975) 1/4 Maori, 3/4 Scottish - actor.

Tammy Davis (1975) Ngāti Rangi Maori, Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi Maori - actor.

Chong Nee / Matakite John Chong Nee (1975) Maori, Samoan, Chinese, British - singer-songwriter and producer.

Tiki Taane (1976) Maori - musician.

Ben Lummis / Isileli Junior Brown (1978) Ngāti Porou Maori - singer.

Horomona Horo (1978) Maori - musician (Waiora).

Mana The Polynesian Warrior / The Wild Samoan / Nikora Mana Tuhakaraina (1978) Ngāti Hauā Maori, Samoan - actor and wrestler.

Benjamin Mitchell (1979) Tainui Maori - actor.

Luke Steele (1979) Maori / Russian, Belarusian - singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, pianist, and synthesizer.

Jay’ed / Jade Goto (1981) Maori, Samoan / Japanese - singer-songwriter.

Te Kohe Tuhaka (1982) Ngāti Porou Maori, Ngāi Tuhoe Maori - actor.

Daniel Logan (1987) Maori - actor.

Pana Hema Taylor (1989) Maori - actor.

Stan Walker (1990) Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori - singer, guitarist, actor, and tv personality.

Tai Hara (1990) Maori / Japanese - actor and presenter.

William Singe / Will / Willy / Willy Will / Liam Singe (1992) Maori / Scottish, possibly other - singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, pianist, youtuber, and producer.

Jayde Kanon / Cameron Jesse King (1992) Maori, unspecified Hawaiian - actor.

Jordi Webber (1994) Te Arawa Maori, Ngāti Pikiao Maori, Ngāti Raukawa Maori, Te Āti Awa Maori - actor and singer.

Alex Aiono (1996) Maori, Samoan / Danish, English, German, Scottish, Irish, Swiss, Welsh - singer.

Calum Hood (1996) Maori / Scottish - singer and bassist.

Tikirau Hathaway (1997) Tuhoe Maori - actor.

James Rolleston (1997) Te Whakatōhea Maori, Ngāi Te Rangi Maori, Ngāti Whakaue Maori, Ngāti Porou Maori, Ngāi Tūhoe Maori, Tainui Maori - actor.

Kirk Torrance (?) Maori - actor, playwright, and swimmer.

Andy Stankovich (?) Maori, Croatian - singer.

Kevin Taumata (?) Maori - actor.

Rangimoana Taylor (?) Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori, Ngāti Ruanui Maori, Ngāti Porou Maori, Taranaki Maori, Unspecified European - actor, director, and storyteller.

Hori Ahipene (?) Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Maori, Ngāti Raukawa Maori, Ngāti Kahungunu Maori - actor and director.

Scott Cotter (?) Tainui Maori, Ngāpuhi Maori - actor.

Korey Atama (?) Maori - musician (Waiora).

Joshua Henare Rogers (?) Maori - musician (Waiora).

Rob Kipa-Williams (?) Maori, Irish, Scottish - actor.

Jayden Daniels (?) Maori - actor.

Jared De' Har (?) Maori, French - actor.

Thibul Nettle (?) Maori, Yamatji, Bibulman, Unspecified Native American, Italian, Irish - actor.

Doug Brooks (?) Maori, European - actor and writer.

Jeremy Hill (?) Maori, Norwegian - actor.

Bobby Tau (?) Ngapuhi Maori - actor.

Lewis de Jong (?) Maori - musician (Alien Weaponry)

Henry de Jong (?) Maori - musician (Alien Weaponry)

Ethan Trembath (?) Maori - musician (Alien Weaponry)

Konan Snow (?) Maori - model.

Te Manava Syme-Buchanan (?) Maori - model.

Jerome Flood (?) Ngati Kahungungu Maori - model.

Jayden Flood (?) Ngati Kahungungu Maori - model.

Kimba Tipene-Riki (?) Maori - model.

Problematic:

Russell Crowe (1964) Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, 1/8 Maori, 1/16 Norwegian, 1/16 Swedish, 1/32 German, possibly distant Italian - actor, musician, producer, and director - Helped cover for Harvey Weinstein as well as has been charged with assault and accused of rape himself.

[lvckyfew-archive]

because this is a Very Important and Informational post, here are songs from t-swift’s album reputation and which of my muses the songs remind me of. whether it be from the lyrics or the general aesthetic of the song:

...ready for it? - iris west end game - tzeitel kamzoil i did something bad - kirsten clark don’t blame me - phoebe d’ysquith delicate - lise dassin look what you made me do - daisy hilton so it goes... - lena riggi gorgeous - floyd talbert getaway car - brenda strong king of my heart - shifty powers dancing with our hands tied - adam hochberg dress - julia trojan this is why we can’t have nice things - joe toye call it what you want - evelyn johnson new years day - renée lemaire

[drawdownbooks]

Performance Society / Available at www.draw-down.com / Published by Books from the Future, 2017. Printed in a limited edition of 250 copies. Artists and designers revisit notions of performativity and myth-making in relation to contemporary society and current affairs, drawing new parallels between theatre, performance art and graphic design. Experience has moved to the center of cultural, economic and political action. Technology, its catalyst. Fantasies, Feelings and Fun, its currency. Postdigital selves enact the Aesthetics of Existence. Art as Life. Work as Play. Sign as Reality. Welcome to Performance Society. Contributors include Vicky Carr, Jack Clarke, Karolina Cialkaite, Loes Claessens, Georgia Cranstoun, Josiah Craven, William Fairbrother, Jurate Gacionyte, Léa Gallon, Paul Haworth, Lars H��ie, Tom Joyes, Halima Olalemi, Elisa Raciti, Jakob Rowlinson, Alberto Ruiz Soler, Tereza Ruller, Oliver Smith, Kirsten Spruit, Merve Ünsal, and Bryce Wilner. Edited and designed by Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees. Set in Sporting Grotesque by Lucas Le Bihan (Velvetyne Type Foundry) #graphicdesign #typography #BooksfromtheFuture #Performance

[booksfromthefuture]

Performance Society is a compilation of critical and performance writing on Performance.

Experience has moved to the centre of cultural, economic and political action. Technology, its catalyst. Fantasies, Feelings and Fun, its currency. Postdigital selves enact the Aesthetics of Existence. Art as Life. Work as Play. Sign as Reality. Welcome to Performance Society.

Artists and designers revisit notions of performativity and myth-making in relation to contemporary society and current affairs, drawing new parallels between theatre, performance art and graphic design.

Contributors: Vicky Carr, Jack Clarke, Karolina Cialkaite, Loes Claessens, Georgia Cranstoun, Josiah Craven, William Fairbrother, Jurate Gacionyte, Léa Gallon, Paul Haworth, Lars Høie, Tom Joyes, Halima Olalemi, Elisa Raciti, Jakob Rowlinson, Alberto Ruiz Soler, Tereza Ruller, Oliver Smith, Kirsten Spruit, Merve Ünsal, Bryce Wilner

Buy

Edition of 250 Single colour risograph 290 pages 130 x 195mm (5.12 x 7.68 inches) Softcover English ISBN 978-0-9573509-4-6 Edited and designed by Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees Books From The Future 2017

[strawbbseason]

Rules: answer these questions and tag (20) people you want to get to know better! (i’m not doing 20 people i’m so sorry i can’t do that off the top of my head)

Tagged by: @katherinesleatherjacket <333333 i actually forgot about this but i just found it again so <3

Name: Emma Nicknames: em, mem(s/z), emmers, i don’t get nicknamed a lot so these are all by my parents Zodiac Sign: scorpio (don’t even get me started about zodiac shit) Hogwarts House: ravenclaw and proud Orientation: bi <3  Ethnicity: I’m not quite sure what brand of white I am. << lmao me neither nat Favorite Fruit: i lov the strawb(erry) Favorite Season: autumn Favorite book series: Mara Dyer trilogy (michelle hodkin), Penryn and the End of Days (susan ee) Favorite fictional characters: bellamy blake, jasper jordan (;-;), cameron goodkin, kirsten clark, noah shaw, The Archangel Raphael (his name just sounds so much more sophisticated when capitalized), penryn young, warren graham Favorite Flowers: daisies, sunflowers, i love all of them Favorite scents: my perfume is cotton candy scented, also black cherry, strawberry Favorite colors: all pastel colors esp pink and purple and yellow Favorite Animals: deer, butterflies, otters, elephants, cats Favorite Artist/ Bands: halsey, oh wonder, p!atd, SNCKPCK, i love lorde’s album ‘melodrama’ Coffee, Tea, or Hot Cocoa: tea, occasionally hot cocoa Average Sleep: i agree with nat don’t even start Number of blankets I sleep with: 3-4 all year round (big throw blanket, comforter, tiny throw blanket, slightly bigger throw blanket) Dream Trip: me and my friend are planning the ‘perfect us road trip’ for the summer after junior year  Last thing you googled: milford drive in How many blogs I follow: 786 Number of Followers: 494 (i’m so close and i haven’t done anything since like 300 and i wanna do something but i feel like i’m not gonna be able to keep up with it and i don’t wanna disappoint anybody) What I usually post about: the 100, stitchers, other misc fandoms, my books that nobody cares about, miscellaneous stuff What is your aesthetic: i just made a masterlist the other day

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New Horizons

Current & Future Trends

For the past four years Variety has creating a ‘10 animators to watch’ list. On Tuesday they released their 2018 edition and on it are three stop motion animators, more than any other year. To me this is a big deal as it highlights the growing interest in stop motion stories and storytellers and it means that stop motion, and these creators in particular, are worth watching out for in the future. There are a number of animators that I follow that have been on this list in past years including Kirsten Lepore and Kevin Parry who are both huge inspirations for me so I always keep an eye out for this list to see which animators are currently at the top of their game.I think it’s great that a publication as big as Variety are shining a spotlight on animators and their work, the link to the list can be found here: http://variety.com/gallery/10-animators-to-watch-2018-variety/.

Stop Motion

This is just another piece of great news for stop motion recently with new Aardman and Laika projects being announced over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago Aardman announced that they would be making a sequel to Chicken Run, which is still the top grossing stop motion animated feature film at the box office. The sequel will be directed by Sam Fell, who made ParaNorman (Ritman, 2018). 

Laika this week announced a new film project called Missing Link which is due out in 2019 (Bui, 2018). Along with the announcement they released a still from the film that looks amazing. The details on the trees is pretty mind-blowing and reminds me off the boat made of leaves from their last feature Kubo and the Two Strings. 

Laika have been one of the leading companies in stop motion animation and have pioneered many new techniques to create their films. They were the first to use 3D printing to create components for their films when they innovated on the replacement face technique for Coraline in 2009 and they have continued to push the boundaries of stop motion ever since. 

In 2016 they released their most ambitious feature, Kubo and the Two Strings, which combined stop motion and CGI at a much higher level than before. Although there are many more CGI assets in this latest film than in their previous three, the CG is all based off of physical components. The digital characters in Kubo all go through the same design process as the puppets with the costume department providing fabric swatches and the fabrication department building physical character models. The advantage of this is that they can then be put into real sets to study the way they interact with light to make the digital versions more believable. At Laika the shooting department run in parallel to the VFX department instead of one after the other as seen in a typical film production and this is because they both inform and collaborate with each other.

Locksmith Animation

The U.K. finally has another dedicated feature film studio making animation to go along with Aardman. They will be specializing in high-end CG animation, they are in partnership with Double Negative and 20th Century Fox and are planning to release an animation feature film every 12-18 months (Clarke, 2018). This is great news for the U.K. animation industry as up until now only Aardman have been producing features. It’s really encouraging to me, as someone who is about to enter the industry, that this country build on the solid foundations that are in place such as the many high-end CG companies in London that work on American features. All that is needed now is the financial backing for the U.K. to be a leader in the animated feature film industry.

Real Time Rendering

Over the past year I’ve mostly been thinking about stop motion and have been pushing on with researching that side of the industry. But another area that I’d like to explore more is 3D and something that caught my attention is real time rendering, which could change the face of the animation industry by cutting out the need for rendering thus making it a manageable for one-man creators or small teams to make their own shows and films (Smith, 2018). This is already happening with the likes of Morgan Lives in a Rocket Ship and Mr. Carton. Morgan Lives in a Rocket Ship is a pre-school show created by animator Peter Monga using Unreal Engine, the show was inspired by old stop motion shows like The Magic Roundabout and Pingu which is why it is animated at 12fps. Using Unreal has vastly sped up Monga’s pipeline which means he can achieve a much better final image than he thought possible (Failes, 2017). Mr. Carton is another show being made using real-time rendering but this time using Unity. By using this software the shows’ creator, Michaël Bolufer, could save a lot of time that would otherwise be spent waiting for a render to finish. Real-time rendering also meant that if something in a shot needed changing he could make the adjustment and re-render almost instantly (Failes, 2017). 

What I find really interesting about the two examples above is how different they are aesthetically to the other 3D animation out there as they are both very much influenced by stop motion. I think this may be to do with the fact that these shows are entirely creator driven and have no overhead so they are able to experiment where big studios cannot. This is great for the industry, especially 3D, as it’s important to have diversity otherwise things become stale. 

Bibliography 

Ritman, A. (2018), ‘Chicken Run’ Sequel in Works at Aardman. Available at: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chicken-run-sequel-works-at-aardman-1098310

Bui, H-T. (2018), Laika’s ‘Missing Link’, Featuring All-Star Cast Led By Hugh Jackman, Sets Spring 2019 Release. Available at: https://www.slashfilm.com/laika-missing-link-hugh-jackman-spring-2019-release/

Clarke, S. (2018), Locksmith Opens High-End Animation Studio in London. Available at: http://variety.com/2018/film/news/locksmith-opens-london-animation-studio-1202737133/

Smith, B. (2018), Animation Industry Trends of 2018: It’s About To Get Real With Real-Time. Available at: https://nimblecollective.com/animation-industry-trends-of-2018-its-about-to-get-real-with-real-time/

Failes, I. (2017), How One Animator Is Making His Own CG Series With Unreal Engine. Available at: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tools/one-animator-making-cg-series-unreal-engine-153377.html

Failes, I. (2017), Behind The Scenes of ‘Mr. Carton’: The Animated Series Made With a Game Engine. Available at: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/behind-scenes-mr-carton-animated-series-made-game-engine-149794.html

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Book Launch and Lecture Performances : Performance Society by Books From The Future Organised as part of the current class on Performance and Performing Identities. 6th July 7.30pm @Evening Class ABOUT THE LECTURE PERFORMANCES Performance Society Curated by Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees with lecture performances by:

Claude Marzotto and Maia Sambonet (Milan) The Nose Theory & Other Masks NY City, 1967. The Italian director Sergio Zavoli and his troupe meet Saul Steinberg in his Manhattan apartment. As the conversation unfolds across the rooms, the illustrator engages a subtle play with graphic materials – paper, drawing and photos – to constantly question and shape his own identity in front of his interlocutors. Tom Joyes (Glasgow) Performing Truth: Non-Fiction-Science-Fiction Non-Fiction-Science-Fiction is a genre that aims to be documentary, speculative and highly aesthetic at the same time. How does this combination produce a convincing science-fiction through the performance of truth? And to what extent does the designer have an obligation to tell the truth in a time of slippery subjects and uncertain sources?

Franek Wardyński (London) Invasive Species 3.0 In 1930, Oswald de Andrade articulated the concept of Cultural Cannabalism with the intention of subsuming foreign cultures under a Brazilian identity in what he called ‘poetry for export’. As our contemporary culture feeds off itself, the question of poetry remains… ABOUT THE BOOK Performance Society is a compilation of critical and performance writing on Performance. Experience has moved to the centre of cultural, economic and political action. Technology, its catalyst. Fantasies, Feelings and Fun, its currency. Postdigital selves enact the Aesthetics of Existence. Art as Life. Work as Play. Sign as Reality. Welcome to Performance Society. Contributors: Vicky Carr, Jack Clarke, Karolina Cialkaite, Loes Claessens, Georgia Cranstoun, Josiah Craven, William Fairbrother, Jurate Gacionyte, Léa Gallon, Paul Haworth, Lars Høie, Tom Joyes, Halima Olalemi, Elisa Raciti, Jacob Rowlinson, Alberto Ruiz Soler, Tereza Ruller, Oliver Smith, Kirsten Spruit, Merve Ünsal, Bryce Wilner Edited and designed by Yvan Martinez and Joshua Trees Published by Books From The Future, June 2017 Risograph printed in an edition of 250; 290pp; 130x195mm