Andy Warhol is one of the creative industry’s most well-know creative minds. Best known for his paintings and screen prints, Warhol also is known for his film work. Warhol produced many videos but the one I am taking inspiration the most is his screen test series of screen test videos filmed between 1964 and 1966. One of my favourite screen tests from the collection is screen test three featuring Edie Sedgwick. The screen test would involve the sitter sitting in front of a camera for a long period of time  while Warhol would simply keep the camera rolling. Even though the idea is simple, the slight expressions on the sitters faces change during the duration of the video. As an audience we are taken through a journey of the sitters emotions; confidence soon turns to awkwardness and anxiety and then back again.

This idea of a moving portrait really inspired me in my own video. After seeing the Screen test’s by Warhol it made me want to create something similar. I loved the idea of the audience not knowing whether the work in question was a still or moving image. Warhol’s screen test’s were probably the main source of inspiration for my own moving image piece. I loved the whole concept behind the videos and is definitely something that resonated with me while planning out my own video. I knew I wanted my moving image piece to be based around portraits, but as soon as I saw Warhol’s screen tests I knew I wanted to base my project around moving portraits. This simplistic idea is easy to recreate and yet has such an effective outcome on audiences.