Aerial Animation: America, judges boot transcendent talent from America's Got Talent
Aerial Animation got robbed. There is more talent in Abigail Baird’s petite body than in the rest of the competition combined. America’s Got Talent has seen the best come and go in a semi-final that saw East Coast voters save a child over true artistic vision.
David and Leeman are truly amazing, and Mara Justine can sing. However, neither of them writes, illustrates, animates, and uses silk in addition to other dance moves to create a cohesive multi-media dance experience. Mara Justine doesn’t even sing her own songs.
If all Baird did was follow some sort of choreography set to a background, then maybe America and AGT could be forgiven for this oversight. What she presented America with was a story that drew upon her experiences every week. This serialized telling of a vision of everything that she had done up to this point took hours to illustrate – 24 frames per second is standard, even if she drew only half that, she still had to make 1080 illustrations every 90 seconds. She then had to time it out, work with her partner and work the camera operators to get the right angle, so the illusion could hold.
As it stands now, the rest of the competitors should breathe a sigh of relief that this show has lost its best talent. With Aerial Animation out of the picture, the singers who couldn’t make American Idol, and the rest of the group can continue their one-dimensional march to the finals. Baird showed a level of creativity that cannot be measured in votes of popularity or by judges who have little idea of what it takes to get to level of competence in more than one area. Yes, there is some truly outstanding talent on AGT this year, but Aerial Animation is transcendent. America will miss them on the show, but hopefully Baird’s story will see its rewards, sooner rather than later.
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David and Leeman are truly amazing, and Mara Justine can sing. However, neither of them writes, illustrates, animates, and uses silk in addition to other dance moves to create a cohesive multi-media dance experience. Mara Justine doesn’t even sing her own songs.
If all Baird did was follow some sort of choreography set to a background, then maybe America and AGT could be forgiven for this oversight. What she presented America with was a story that drew upon her experiences every week. This serialized telling of a vision of everything that she had done up to this point took hours to illustrate – 24 frames per second is standard, even if she drew only half that, she still had to make 1080 illustrations every 90 seconds. She then had to time it out, work with her partner and work the camera operators to get the right angle, so the illusion could hold.
As it stands now, the rest of the competitors should breathe a sigh of relief that this show has lost its best talent. With Aerial Animation out of the picture, the singers who couldn’t make American Idol, and the rest of the group can continue their one-dimensional march to the finals. Baird showed a level of creativity that cannot be measured in votes of popularity or by judges who have little idea of what it takes to get to level of competence in more than one area. Yes, there is some truly outstanding talent on AGT this year, but Aerial Animation is transcendent. America will miss them on the show, but hopefully Baird’s story will see its rewards, sooner rather than later.
Support Aerial Animation through Patreon.