'The Girl with the Red Hair' by Lauren Pissochet

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The short film looks at the womens transition and her ability to change into the Phoenix, her alter ego. The Phoenix is the symbol of her spirit, a fire spirit who goes out to build itself a nest of twigs in order to ignite herself; both nest and bird burn fiercely in order to reborn a new to live again. She is destined to live as long as her old self. In very few mythological stories of the Phoenix, it is said that they are able to change into humans - ‘The Girl with Red Hair’.

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Comments

  • Matt Burton 11/05/2011 12:29

    The way this film has been composited is simply stunning !

  • aaaashy 28/07/2011 13:40

    why did this win?
    it resembles the state of fashion "movies" at the mo - simple idea filmed poorly, over and over, and then edited to create an aRTy piece of work without technical or idea merit
    is this what democratisation of the formerly technical arts has reduced us to?

  • danusius 28/07/2011 13:49

    a...shy, when I read your comment I thouhght that you are one that did not get through....Sorry for you, but don't be bitter:) The video by Lauren may be simple but it's stunning and I think that it has a great idea behind it. Well done - all, movie and music works great!

  • Lauren Pissochet 28/07/2011 17:02

    aaaashy, I'm sorry that it did not resonate with you. What a shame that you feel so negative about it!
    This video was my first real attempt at making "a short film" or whatever you may like to call it, I made it in my 2nd year of studying photography, so I'm extremely flattered that I won it. Probably just as surprised as you! ;) But know this... the visions (shots) realized came from my own imagination, I use the metaphor of the 'Phoenix' to make the root idea even clearer. I worked extremely hard to make it (especially because I wasn't a film student) and in the end, I did the absolute best that I could, and that is all anyone can ever do. Perhaps all the people who voted can tell you why it won?

    danusius: thank you so much for your comment, your support is really appreciated. :) Making this video, made me feel so alive, I hope that energy is shared with others when watching.

    and aaashy, thank you also for your comment, the fact that you spared the time and energy to do so shows that people are going away with some kind of re-action, which is much better than none.

  • casebrown 28/07/2011 18:26

    Out of curiosity, what did you film it with? Was it originally 60 fps?

  • aesse 28/07/2011 18:54

    Lauren ! You are very talent at this millenium... Congratulation because your job is inside the teme: graphic, photo, music and video !

  • Mark french 28/07/2011 19:04

    That's the nature of competitions-some good pieces win and some bad pieces win. I have entered many competitions and am suprised if a relatively weak image wins and my 'best' images don't get a look in!
    All in all it is part hard work and vision and part good luck if you win......however the more hard work I put in the luckier I seem to get :)

  • Bitedacier 28/07/2011 19:05

    aaaashy is right
    can't believe that won.. what was supposed to be art just turned out to be a bland and pretentious piece of c...p, well didn't expect much from a "photography student" anyways
    peeps seem to be more impressed by "pretty colors" rather than pure substance
    that's so sad

  • Lauren Pissochet 28/07/2011 19:55

    casebrown: the camera I shot with was the Motion Pro X3 (high speed camera)
    aesse: thank you very much!
    Mark French: I completely agree with you. :)
    Bitedacier: I would really love to see some of your moving image work, perhaps I could learn something from you?

  • Thess 29/07/2011 05:35

    Hi !
    I'm just an amateur.
    I really like the sequence with the girl jumping in the grass. Very nice.
    After I've got an impression to look an advertising of a perfume... Sorry to tell that, just my impression.
    I think that comes from the music I really don't like. (I'm a musician). The music sounds to much trendy, without really personality...
    I like the montage. Good job !
    Thanks ! ;)

  • sayseb 29/07/2011 08:20

    Very nice indeed! Well done, it's splendid. Congratulations
    Sebastiano

  • luis manuel cárdenas 30/07/2011 01:22

    ...Laurent: it´s everything ...I liked very much
    it goes right to that part of you that don´t know for sure...
    it´s a sweet simphony...a wild screem! ...a life in a second...an arrow in my heart...thank you for this "short" work of you
    luis manuel cárdenas mtz

  • Lauren Pissochet 30/07/2011 16:07

    Thess: Your opinion is appreciated. It's interesting for me to hear different people's perspectives. Thank you.
    sayseb: Thank you also!
    luis manuel caredenas: Your comment is very sweet, it makes me happy to hear that you feel that way about it, that you connected to it & that it gave you something in return. :) Thank you.

  • Lauren Pissochet 30/07/2011 16:10

    I've noticed that it plays out of sync here (music with visual imagery) but it might just be my computer... if not, you can also watch it here at: http://www.vimeo.com/125111.

  • Abi Winder @ WPO 03/08/2011 00:03

    Hi everyone,

    We appreciate all the comments that you have been making here. We do encourage our WPO Members to share their ideas and opinions, but we hope that feedback will always be given in the politest manner.

    We want this to be a forum for constructive criticism and critiquing, not abusive comments. We hope that in future these things will be taken in to consideration by all WPO Members.

    Once again, our congratulations go out to Lauren on winning this prize, as voted for by the general public.

    Kind regards,

    Abi

  • Sue Stokes 04/08/2011 09:20

    you deserve your prize Lauren for playing with fire - beautifully shot capturing the spirit of women-brave venture indeed!

  • luis manuel cárdenas 12/08/2011 17:42

    ...hi! Lauren...this is Luis Manuel again...who sings ? ...she sounds like Susan Vega (I am a fan ) is she singing?...once again congratulations and hope you win more with all the talent is in your soul...

  • Vasanth 09/09/2011 12:19

    hi lauren awesome editing....you are really a very talented person.....

  • vitalis.neufeld 08/01/2012 13:38

    I agree with all the positive comments here. This video is amazing. I like also the music which suits to the video! All in all - you've done a really fantastic work! Greetings, Vitalis

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