We got transferred to a new room today. We were shown excerpts from two more documentaries- Capturing the Friedmans and Bowling for Columbine. While Capturing the Freidmans is made out of Cloverfield-style video footage and family photos, Bowling for Columbine involves more of director's hands-on experiences and interviews. Two rather diferent styles...Anyway, after that, our lecturer gave us the outline of today's class: What is our format going to be like, what is our graphic style, what's going to be in our Powerpoint presentation on Tuesday (basically, everything we've discussed), and what is our theme/message/objective. So, being very hardworking, my group got down to serious business. We assigned roles first; Joel is to be in charge of equipment and being scribe, Marj is our group leader and other scribe, Kezia helped with rough sketches/storyboards, while to also help with the editing/software/technical stuff and me, to deal with the editing/software stuff. We will also help generate ideas. Finaaly came up with group name: Press to Exit (after getting inspiration from that exit button next to the door). During discussion, this is what we came up with:
Intro/Opening: Apparently, no one approved of my 'rotate out from black and then have dancing caricutures' idea; they say save it for conclusion. I then came up with the story-like idea of having the first few shots like trailing Marj as she walks into school. Then slowly, Kez and Joel threw some bits in and then, we decided....first part of opening, have flashing photos of projects, to give something like a preview. Then, the shots after that will have three of us going to school in different ways, with the fourth member waiting in a classroom. Rather movie-style.
Format/Body: Something like a group interview, where the interviewer's voice is heard but he/she is not seen. Interview, bits of flashbacks, present modules, heckle one another, candid moments, yadda yadda...
Conclusion: Dancing caricutures and flying titles against black. Enough said. May put a video at the side, like they do in movies, when the credits roll...
That's all for now. *yawns* Have no class tomorrow, but have group meeting at 9am. Hope to 'chiong' everything before presentation on Tuesday...something tells me I should give up, something tells me I should listen, something tells me I have to let go...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Day 3
We did nothing much today...just went back to LT 25 to watch excerpts from documentaries, such as Making of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, some Mount Everest investigation, and Fog of War. We were shown those clips so that we can gain some knowledge on how our final product should look like. Then we were shown opening/closing sequences from shows such as Shoot 'Em Up, Hostage, Monsters Inc, Iron Man and a few more I can't remember:P. Ronald then told us that as much as our content has to be good, our intro and conclusion has to be just as excellent. In other words, our work has to be consistent throughout. Alfie added that next to concept, we cannot over-see the technical parts; camera angles and exposure are just as important. Getting some brain juices flowing...
After that 'cinema' session at the LT, class was over and we all went to the canteen. I was desperate for some discussion with my team-mates but they somehow insisted I post my ideas on my blog. Wonder if that's a good excuse to get rid of me...
Well, here are my ideas, team-mates:
Intro: Do it like Monsters Inc. I am still stubbornly sticking to the idea of having the title rotate out from black. Title then flies out of the frame, and caricutures of us come flying in one by one, as in to introduce ourselves (we can use Flash or Photoshop for these animated caricutures). Like, after the title, then one caricuture comes in, with his/her name, then next one makes 'grand entrance', like push aside and yadda, yadda...music for this can be very mysterious...
Layout/Concept: We can do like this INSANE...we kill one another...like one person presents, and then gets killed by the next one, then at the end we all come together in one frame, shocking viewers...OKAY BAD IDEA...Anyway, I am thinking present in this order: Marj, me, Joel, Kezia (save the best for last *wink,wink*) Opening shot can be in a room, and then pans down to back of Marj facing her Mac. Next shot, is the back of the Mac, then track up, Marj looks over, and starts speaking. Let's keep the ideas we discuss yesterday guys, they seem pretty good (how to present certain modules, animations at the back of presenter). However, being a loyal/stubborn type, I still want to put in some animation slides (do u guys remember?) since to show some Animation Fundamentals and comic effect...unless you guys are okay with dumping all that on my part since I'm persistent:P. Marj, please remember my back-up plans just in case I don't get my Creative Storytelling and Digital Media Fundamentals back:P. Or like I said before, make up for it with some Flash. Stupid me...
Conclusion: We can do it like Monsters Inc; Caricutures of us next to credits (isn't that breaking copyright law?) or we can make our caricutures dance next to the flashing credits. Or, we can make a small video window at the side, with credits flashing or rolling next to it.
I guess that will be all for now...and by the way, KUDOS to Marj and Joel for neing our scribes, and Kez for being such an excellent idea generator...we so rule!
After that 'cinema' session at the LT, class was over and we all went to the canteen. I was desperate for some discussion with my team-mates but they somehow insisted I post my ideas on my blog. Wonder if that's a good excuse to get rid of me...
Well, here are my ideas, team-mates:
Intro: Do it like Monsters Inc. I am still stubbornly sticking to the idea of having the title rotate out from black. Title then flies out of the frame, and caricutures of us come flying in one by one, as in to introduce ourselves (we can use Flash or Photoshop for these animated caricutures). Like, after the title, then one caricuture comes in, with his/her name, then next one makes 'grand entrance', like push aside and yadda, yadda...music for this can be very mysterious...
Layout/Concept: We can do like this INSANE...we kill one another...like one person presents, and then gets killed by the next one, then at the end we all come together in one frame, shocking viewers...OKAY BAD IDEA...Anyway, I am thinking present in this order: Marj, me, Joel, Kezia (save the best for last *wink,wink*) Opening shot can be in a room, and then pans down to back of Marj facing her Mac. Next shot, is the back of the Mac, then track up, Marj looks over, and starts speaking. Let's keep the ideas we discuss yesterday guys, they seem pretty good (how to present certain modules, animations at the back of presenter). However, being a loyal/stubborn type, I still want to put in some animation slides (do u guys remember?) since to show some Animation Fundamentals and comic effect...unless you guys are okay with dumping all that on my part since I'm persistent:P. Marj, please remember my back-up plans just in case I don't get my Creative Storytelling and Digital Media Fundamentals back:P. Or like I said before, make up for it with some Flash. Stupid me...
Conclusion: We can do it like Monsters Inc; Caricutures of us next to credits (isn't that breaking copyright law?) or we can make our caricutures dance next to the flashing credits. Or, we can make a small video window at the side, with credits flashing or rolling next to it.
I guess that will be all for now...and by the way, KUDOS to Marj and Joel for neing our scribes, and Kez for being such an excellent idea generator...we so rule!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Day 2
Day 2. Found my thumbdrive at the print shop. Asked Alfie and Alan if it was possible to get back my Digital Media Fundamentals and Creative Storytelling as soon as possible. Anyway, went to class where we saw one another's blogs.
Then, it was back to more discussion on how to present out modules in our video. We considered scrapping presenting Communicating Design Ideas at first, but we brainstormed further and came up with having some 'live demo' of generating a collage mindmap on a whiteboard. Then we discussed on how we were going to present 3D Art Fundamentals. One of us came up with the idea of making another 1-metre tall sculpture together, but we eventually came to this rather comical set-up of one person doing a bit of the sculpture, then leaving, then another person come and remove/add some parts, so it is like a groupie thing. Another module we contemplated over on presenting was Drawing Essentials. In comes in another idea of another 'live demo', hopefully dragging Ronald into it. Then, we also discussed on how to present 2D Art Fundamentals (painting another 1mx1m piece was so out of the question!), maybe doing a pan of our works. Technically, we may end up mashing our '2-minutes-per-person' timeline up into something else. As for the animation part, we thought of doing little animations in the background while a person is presenting (i.e. a stick figure falling off a building). Wonder if we can still put in some Flash animated slides:P.
Then, our lecturer posed to us this question: What do we want to convey to our audience? After some discussion, we came to the point that we just want to tell our audience about what we do in Moving Images (from my team-mates' view, some of them had no idea what they were in for when they signed up for the course) and how fun we can be.
Then, a little bit more discussing (we were thinking of mashing Ideation and CDS Public Speaking in a comic 'before-and-after' moment) before going off. Hope to get more somewhere tomorrow...
Then, it was back to more discussion on how to present out modules in our video. We considered scrapping presenting Communicating Design Ideas at first, but we brainstormed further and came up with having some 'live demo' of generating a collage mindmap on a whiteboard. Then we discussed on how we were going to present 3D Art Fundamentals. One of us came up with the idea of making another 1-metre tall sculpture together, but we eventually came to this rather comical set-up of one person doing a bit of the sculpture, then leaving, then another person come and remove/add some parts, so it is like a groupie thing. Another module we contemplated over on presenting was Drawing Essentials. In comes in another idea of another 'live demo', hopefully dragging Ronald into it. Then, we also discussed on how to present 2D Art Fundamentals (painting another 1mx1m piece was so out of the question!), maybe doing a pan of our works. Technically, we may end up mashing our '2-minutes-per-person' timeline up into something else. As for the animation part, we thought of doing little animations in the background while a person is presenting (i.e. a stick figure falling off a building). Wonder if we can still put in some Flash animated slides:P.
Then, our lecturer posed to us this question: What do we want to convey to our audience? After some discussion, we came to the point that we just want to tell our audience about what we do in Moving Images (from my team-mates' view, some of them had no idea what they were in for when they signed up for the course) and how fun we can be.
Then, a little bit more discussing (we were thinking of mashing Ideation and CDS Public Speaking in a comic 'before-and-after' moment) before going off. Hope to get more somewhere tomorrow...
Monday, January 28, 2008
Day 1
Natalya Thangamany here. This is the first day af two-months-long sheer grit and hard work, commencing on my MOI (Moving Images) First Year project. Here's the gist: Create a short documentary on our works from our first year.
Today, we had our briefing by Alan, guy in charge. Then we proceeded to our classrooms, where we started forming our groups. I first wanted to be in a group with three other mates, but due to some discussion, I was eventually 'transferred' to another group. So far, we seem to be hitting it off quite well. As soon as this project was announced, I pretty much had a good idea on how I wanted the video to go, so I shared my ideas with my team-mates. Ideas included the layout for our introduction, putting in snapshots of our work, and putting in little cute animations/pictures for humourous effect. I figured out that we will need Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects for this project.
We carried on our discussion during break, as in who will present what subjects. We then realised that we have to get back as much as our works as possible. Deciding on getting as much as we can by this Wednesday, we continued discussing how we are do our 2-minute long presentations. Overall, I think we are getting off to a good start. All we have to do is to get our projects from previous subjects back, as much as it.
So, I went home, opened my pencil case....and find out to my utmost horror, my thumbdrive is missing. Oh, snap.
Today, we had our briefing by Alan, guy in charge. Then we proceeded to our classrooms, where we started forming our groups. I first wanted to be in a group with three other mates, but due to some discussion, I was eventually 'transferred' to another group. So far, we seem to be hitting it off quite well. As soon as this project was announced, I pretty much had a good idea on how I wanted the video to go, so I shared my ideas with my team-mates. Ideas included the layout for our introduction, putting in snapshots of our work, and putting in little cute animations/pictures for humourous effect. I figured out that we will need Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects for this project.
We carried on our discussion during break, as in who will present what subjects. We then realised that we have to get back as much as our works as possible. Deciding on getting as much as we can by this Wednesday, we continued discussing how we are do our 2-minute long presentations. Overall, I think we are getting off to a good start. All we have to do is to get our projects from previous subjects back, as much as it.
So, I went home, opened my pencil case....and find out to my utmost horror, my thumbdrive is missing. Oh, snap.
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