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"Annette" {art}
In this heartbreaking final scene, Annette finally becomes a fully realized human in Henry's eyes. No longer a puppet to be manipulated, she sings a stormy duet with her father in which she fiercely denounces both of her parents for the different ways in which they each exploited her for their own ends. As Henry sings his regretful recounting of the mistakes he made, Annette's counterpoint is her dilemma, to forgive or forget her parents and their actions so that she can heal and move on.
This little moment comes when the guard enters the room to end the visitation. Asserting her newfound independence, Annette calmly, but firmly, severs her ties with Henry, singing "Now, you have nothing to love" to the same tune used for "We Love Each Other So Much." When Henry, startled by this statement, asks, "Can't I love you?", she echoes his conversation with the Conductor, saying, "No, not really." Oh, my heart.
It's made even more remarkable for the fact that all of the singing was captured on site, in that tiny prison cell, and that Devyn was only 5 years old at the time. There were no retakes in a studio to cover any musical flubs. My hat is off to this remarkably brave and talented young lady; she may have only had about 9 minutes of screen time, but she made every second count, and we have the piles of damp tissues to prove it. Bravissima!
Photo used for reference was a screencap of "Annette" taken and edited by myself.
The lighting in this one was fiendishly complicated; with the white light from above and to her right being reflected off the green wall to her left, and off of Henry's red prison uniform. There are eight (8) color overlay layers, and four (4) color gradient maps, plus some saturation adjustment layers. Another challenge was the focal blur on Henry, specifically the illusion that we're kind of looking through the shoulder of his red prison shirt.
12 hours of painting time, mostly done while listening to "It's The End" from the Annette Unlimited Edition soundtrack on repeat. It was a delight to get to paint Devyn while listening to her giggle and play with the cast as they sang and celebrated during this sweet farewell to the audience.
This little moment comes when the guard enters the room to end the visitation. Asserting her newfound independence, Annette calmly, but firmly, severs her ties with Henry, singing "Now, you have nothing to love" to the same tune used for "We Love Each Other So Much." When Henry, startled by this statement, asks, "Can't I love you?", she echoes his conversation with the Conductor, saying, "No, not really." Oh, my heart.
It's made even more remarkable for the fact that all of the singing was captured on site, in that tiny prison cell, and that Devyn was only 5 years old at the time. There were no retakes in a studio to cover any musical flubs. My hat is off to this remarkably brave and talented young lady; she may have only had about 9 minutes of screen time, but she made every second count, and we have the piles of damp tissues to prove it. Bravissima!
Photo used for reference was a screencap of "Annette" taken and edited by myself.
The lighting in this one was fiendishly complicated; with the white light from above and to her right being reflected off the green wall to her left, and off of Henry's red prison uniform. There are eight (8) color overlay layers, and four (4) color gradient maps, plus some saturation adjustment layers. Another challenge was the focal blur on Henry, specifically the illusion that we're kind of looking through the shoulder of his red prison shirt.
12 hours of painting time, mostly done while listening to "It's The End" from the Annette Unlimited Edition soundtrack on repeat. It was a delight to get to paint Devyn while listening to her giggle and play with the cast as they sang and celebrated during this sweet farewell to the audience.
