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Friday 30 November 2007
Friday 23 November 2007
Monday 12 November 2007
Tuesday 6 November 2007
Design Museum
On the 2nd of November, Aaron, Shanon and I followed Suzi to the Design Museum which is located at Shad Thames nearby to the London Bridge Underground Station.
The display was mostly about Zaha Hadid and her splendid works back then until now. For more information, visit to Zaha Hadid and ZahaHadid Blog.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Thanksgivingtime!
There is also an exhibition about Matthew Williamson 10 years time in fashion field.
BubbleShare: Share photos - Here comes Halloween!
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Logo and Icons Design
The color theme and design based on UK flag
and Undergroud Tube Logo.
Bauhaus font is used in the design.
Forum banner marker and icons
(click to enlarge)
the previous banner done by Shanon
Research< image retrieved from http://del.icio.us/fat.cat/logo
(click to enlarge)
logo sketches for forum
Logo development illustration by Aaron
Story Telling
"Story telling can be oral, traditional telling of a tale, visual as in an information graphy or movie; or textual as in a poem or novel."
(Lindell 2003, P.186)
Narratology, the art of telling story.
Techniques
Diegesis- having a narrator in a story.
Mimesis- not having a narrator but the visual will tell the story.
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti who was a French writer from the mid 19th century to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.
- first person
- second person
- third person (usually on documentary programs or sensitive issue)
Plot is the events that happen to the characters in a story.
Plot Devices, something introduced into the story to advance the plot.
- items
- vision
- finales
Plot hole is a gap in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic set-up by the plot. Plot holes are usually seen as weaknesses and flaws in a story, and writes try to avoid them( except in certain deliberate circumstances, usually for humorous effect) to make their stories seem as realistic ans lifelike as possible.
Plot Structure, how to link everything together.
According to Aristotle's Poetics, a plot in literature is "the arrangement of incidents" that (ideally) each follow plausibly from the other. The plot is like the pencil outline that guides the painter's brush.
Elements of plot in a narrative
Initial situation - the beginning. It is the first incident that makes the story move.
Conflict or Problem - goal which the main character of the story has to achieve.
Complication - obstacles which the main character has to overcome.
Climax - highest point of interest of the story.
Suspense - point of tension. It arouses the interest of the readers.
Denouement or Resolution - what happens to the character after overcoming all obstacles/ failing to achieve the desired result ans reaching/ not reaching his goal.
Conclusion - the end of the story.
Dramatic Structure
Characters , the actions and reactions of the characters drive the plot forward. Characters create their own realities as externalizations of their inner worlds in a sense.
Protagonist - somebody who carried the story
Antagonist - someone who opponents the protagonist
False Protagonist - someone who was thought as the lead character
Fictional - someone who does not exist
stock characters - sub characters
Genre, the main theme of the story. The theme is the invisible underlying universal- controlling idea, moral, message, concept, emotion, issue, essence or soul of the story.
Invisibility, what the audience can not see. (form/ media/ content)
Mood, the emotion.
Movement, the flow of the story.
- motion
- coherent
- logical
- sequence
Setting is the location where the story takes place. It is a sense of time and place.
Related websites:
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/narratology/modules/introduction.html
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-921/story.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_telling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narratology
http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/3act/index.html
(Lindell 2003, P.186)
Narratology, the art of telling story.
Techniques
Diegesis- having a narrator in a story.
Mimesis- not having a narrator but the visual will tell the story.
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti who was a French writer from the mid 19th century to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.
- Supplication - a Persecutor; a Supplicant; a Power in authority, whose decision is doubtful.
- Deliverance - an Unfortunate; a Threatener; a Rescuer
- Crime pursued by vengeance - an Avenger; a Criminal
- Vengeance taken for kin upon kin - an Avenging Kinsman; Guilty Kinsman; remembrance of the Victim, a relative of both
- Pursuit - Punishment; a Fugitive
- Disaster - a Vanquished Power; a Victorious Enemy or a Messenger
- Falling prey to cruelty/misfortune - an Unfortunate; a Master or a Misfortune
- Revolt - a Tyrant; a Conspirator
- Daring enterprise - a Bold Leader; an Object; an Adversary
- Abduction - an Abductor; the Abducted; a Guardian
- The enigma - an Interrogator; a Seeker; a Problem
- Obtaining - (a Solicitor & an Adversary who is refusing) or (an Arbitrator & Opposing Parties)
- Enmity of kin - a Malevolent Kinsman; a Hatred or a reciprocally-hating Kinsman
- Rivalry of kin - the Preferred Kinsman; the Rejected Kinsman; the Object of Rivalry
- Murderous adultery - two Adulterers; a Betrayed Spouse
- Madness - a Madman; a Victim
- Fatal imprudence - the Imprudent; a Victim or an Object Lost
- Involuntary crimes of love - a Lover; a Beloved; a Revealer
- Slaying of kin unrecognized - the Slayer; an Unrecognized Victim
- Self-sacrifice for an ideal - a Hero; an Ideal; a Creditor or a Person/Thing sacrificed
- Self-sacrifice for kin - a Hero; a Kinsman; a Creditor or a Person/Thing sacrificed
- All sacrificed for passion - a Lover; an Object of fatal Passion; the Person/Thing sacrificed
- Necessity of sacrificing loved ones - a Hero; a Beloved Victim; the Necessity for the Sacrifice
- Rivalry of superior v. inferior - a Superior Rival; an Inferior Rival; the Object of Rivalry
- Adultery - two Adulterers; a Deceived Spouse
- Crimes of love - a Lover; the Beloved
- Discovery of the dishonour of a loved one - a Discoverer; the Guilty One
- Obstacles to love - two Lovers; an Obstacle
- An enemy loved - a Lover; the Beloved Enemy; the Hater
- Ambition - an Ambitious Person; a Thing Coveted; an Adversary
- Conflict with a god - a Mortal; an Immortal
- Mistaken jealousy - a Jealous One; an Object of whose Possession He is Jealous; a Supposed Accomplice; a Cause or an Author of the Mistake
- Erroneous judgement - a Mistaken One; a Victim of the Mistake; a Cause or Author of the Mistake; the Guilty One
- Remorse - a Culprit; a Victim or the Sin; an Interrogator
- Recovery of a lost one - a Seeker; the One Found
- Loss of loved ones - a Kinsman Slain; a Kinsman Spectator; an Executioner
- first person
- second person
- third person (usually on documentary programs or sensitive issue)
Plot is the events that happen to the characters in a story.
Plot Devices, something introduced into the story to advance the plot.
- items
- vision
- finales
Plot hole is a gap in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic set-up by the plot. Plot holes are usually seen as weaknesses and flaws in a story, and writes try to avoid them( except in certain deliberate circumstances, usually for humorous effect) to make their stories seem as realistic ans lifelike as possible.
According to Aristotle's Poetics, a plot in literature is "the arrangement of incidents" that (ideally) each follow plausibly from the other. The plot is like the pencil outline that guides the painter's brush.
Elements of plot in a narrative
Initial situation - the beginning. It is the first incident that makes the story move.
Conflict or Problem - goal which the main character of the story has to achieve.
Complication - obstacles which the main character has to overcome.
Climax - highest point of interest of the story.
Suspense - point of tension. It arouses the interest of the readers.
Denouement or Resolution - what happens to the character after overcoming all obstacles/ failing to achieve the desired result ans reaching/ not reaching his goal.
Conclusion - the end of the story.
Dramatic Structure
Dramatic structure refers to the parts into which a plot of a short story, a novel, a play, a screenplay, or a narrative poem can be divided. Larger texts may contain several simultaneous plots that also follow this structure. The dramatic structure has been described by Gustav Freytag as follows:
Characters , the actions and reactions of the characters drive the plot forward. Characters create their own realities as externalizations of their inner worlds in a sense.
Protagonist - somebody who carried the story
Antagonist - someone who opponents the protagonist
False Protagonist - someone who was thought as the lead character
Fictional - someone who does not exist
stock characters - sub characters
Genre, the main theme of the story. The theme is the invisible underlying universal- controlling idea, moral, message, concept, emotion, issue, essence or soul of the story.
Invisibility, what the audience can not see. (form/ media/ content)
Mood, the emotion.
Movement, the flow of the story.
- motion
- coherent
- logical
- sequence
Setting is the location where the story takes place. It is a sense of time and place.
Related websites:
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/narratology/modules/introduction.html
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-921/story.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_telling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narratology
http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/3act/index.html
Exe- The Future of Cinema
Research Exercise: The Future of Cinema
Write 250 words on the impact of digital technologies on cinema and adress the term digital/mobile revolution. (find examples of media projects, filmic texts or media clips supporting your argument)
- How do the following cinema projects (see below) address the theme of our module?
- How do the following projects differ from the traditional viewing experience?
Yobi - scene analysing
Referring to The Grammar of Television and Film by Daniel ChandlerUWA 1994 .
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One of the interesting scene is this movie is when Yobi’s classmate called Yobi out from the washroom and warn her for keep on seducing Guem-ie. The animated film length is around 1 hour 25 minutes and 30 seconds.The scene happens at the timeline 00:46:11- 00:47:15.
In this scene, all shots are made in eye-level angle. There is not much camera movement except for slightly zoom in and tracking. Mostly medium shot/ mid-shot are being used when Yobi is talking with her classmate who has a crush on Hwang Guem-ie. The reason of using mid-shot is because when the two girls are talking, they have a lot of hand movements and different kind of facial expression instead of having too many movements on their legs as they are just standing there. Other than that, medium long shot is also being applied after Yobi’s classmate pointed at Yobi and listening to what Yobi going to say about herself. In this case, the purpose is to keep the social circumstances rather than just focusing on one character. It is also called as a two-shot since it is a shot of involving two persons at the same time.
Afterwards the camera is capturing Yobi instead of Yobi’s classmate because Yobi is talking and she is making those funny faces to cool down her classmate’s temper. The shot continues with a matched cut where the camera angle changed and turned to Yobi’s classmate having a frustrated facial look. When Yobi asked her classmate about the fact she is a fox, they use side medium shot so that the audience is able to see the hand gesture of Yobi.
The close up shot (one point view) cut towards Yobi’s classmate when she raised her hand and slap on Yobi’s left cheek, her hand reached near to the camera as though the camera is Yobi’s face. Then the reaction cut happened where Yobi is almost fell and long shot is being used to show the complete figures of theirs including the surroundings. Next we can see Yobi holding her face where a medium close shot is made to show her dramatic reaction when she turned her head over to her classmate and starting to smile again.
Later on long shot is being used again as both of the girls starting to have more body movement. Yobi’s classmate tilted her legs and clenched her fist, she is mad. This happened to be the most amusing part of this movie when Yobi’s classmate squad down and cried because Yobi misunderstood that a slap meaning that she loves her. The kicking legs of her when she sit on the ground and cried somehow portrays that she is somehow childish for having such negotiation with Yobi. The scene ends with Yobi bend down then squad down and comfort her with left hand. Yobi still not sure about what is going on; it is written on her innocent face.
As lighting can influence the audience approach towards a character or setting, soft and high-key lighting are being used in the scene to show sunny day. This bright image of the scene is characteristic of entertainment genre such as love comedies.
The use of sound in this scene is direct sound which is also called live sound which is created by the Mother Nature creature. Birds chirping sounds can be heard in this scene as the scene took place in day time, as sunny afternoon. Other than that, there are only the two girl characters talking sounds.
xxx
One of the interesting scene is this movie is when Yobi’s classmate called Yobi out from the washroom and warn her for keep on seducing Guem-ie. The animated film length is around 1 hour 25 minutes and 30 seconds.The scene happens at the timeline 00:46:11- 00:47:15.
In this scene, all shots are made in eye-level angle. There is not much camera movement except for slightly zoom in and tracking. Mostly medium shot/ mid-shot are being used when Yobi is talking with her classmate who has a crush on Hwang Guem-ie. The reason of using mid-shot is because when the two girls are talking, they have a lot of hand movements and different kind of facial expression instead of having too many movements on their legs as they are just standing there. Other than that, medium long shot is also being applied after Yobi’s classmate pointed at Yobi and listening to what Yobi going to say about herself. In this case, the purpose is to keep the social circumstances rather than just focusing on one character. It is also called as a two-shot since it is a shot of involving two persons at the same time.
Afterwards the camera is capturing Yobi instead of Yobi’s classmate because Yobi is talking and she is making those funny faces to cool down her classmate’s temper. The shot continues with a matched cut where the camera angle changed and turned to Yobi’s classmate having a frustrated facial look. When Yobi asked her classmate about the fact she is a fox, they use side medium shot so that the audience is able to see the hand gesture of Yobi.
The close up shot (one point view) cut towards Yobi’s classmate when she raised her hand and slap on Yobi’s left cheek, her hand reached near to the camera as though the camera is Yobi’s face. Then the reaction cut happened where Yobi is almost fell and long shot is being used to show the complete figures of theirs including the surroundings. Next we can see Yobi holding her face where a medium close shot is made to show her dramatic reaction when she turned her head over to her classmate and starting to smile again.
Later on long shot is being used again as both of the girls starting to have more body movement. Yobi’s classmate tilted her legs and clenched her fist, she is mad. This happened to be the most amusing part of this movie when Yobi’s classmate squad down and cried because Yobi misunderstood that a slap meaning that she loves her. The kicking legs of her when she sit on the ground and cried somehow portrays that she is somehow childish for having such negotiation with Yobi. The scene ends with Yobi bend down then squad down and comfort her with left hand. Yobi still not sure about what is going on; it is written on her innocent face.
As lighting can influence the audience approach towards a character or setting, soft and high-key lighting are being used in the scene to show sunny day. This bright image of the scene is characteristic of entertainment genre such as love comedies.
The use of sound in this scene is direct sound which is also called live sound which is created by the Mother Nature creature. Birds chirping sounds can be heard in this scene as the scene took place in day time, as sunny afternoon. Other than that, there are only the two girl characters talking sounds.
Sunday 28 October 2007
Fieldtrip - Yobi the Five Tailed Fox
23rd October 2007
-write 250-350 words analyzing a scene in your chosen movie
(use the specific terms the grammar of television and film)
-to be presented in class next week
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Tube: Waterloo (South Bank exit)
12:00 NFT1
BFI 51st London Film Festival
(Yobi official website)
Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (천년여우 여우비) is a 2007 Korean animated film from Lee Seong-gang, the director of My Beautiful Girl- Mari. The film loosely draws upon the Korean folk tales of the kumiho.
Yobi is a shape-changing, magical creature. Being 100-years-old, Yobi is so young (for her species) that she has only grown five of her expected nine tails and when she takes human form looks like a young girl. A number of factors lead to Yobi spending time in a small boarding school where she finds being a human is rewarding and enjoyable. With a fox hunter following her every move, Yobi must decide whether to follow a terrible ritual which involves stealing the soul of a loved one and will see her becoming completely human, or to leave the area altogether and return to her lonely life.
Reminiscent at times of the spirit and drive of Miyazaki, Yobi, the Five-Tailed Fox is fun, exciting and beautifully animated. It is a moving introduction to a place where cute aliens, multi-tailed vixens and people can live side by side. A world where the value systems within a relationship are understood and anyone or anything can make a difference.
The Trailer
one of the scene
Digital Imaging- Global Classtoom- Forum
Friday Presentation
19th October 2007
Based on the concept of Group C’s LU Future project as well as Global Classroom, a forum has been chosen as the source to enable Global Education around the world while the forum acts as a Global Classroom for anyone from LimKokWing University of Creative Technology around the world.
Feedback
- forum theme > London Underground Tube > Red & Blue > Navigating the City
- portfolio website > add in light music ( packaging design)
- balance
- friendly user
19th October 2007
Based on the concept of Group C’s LU Future project as well as Global Classroom, a forum has been chosen as the source to enable Global Education around the world while the forum acts as a Global Classroom for anyone from LimKokWing University of Creative Technology around the world.
I am going to design this forum together with Shanon Oh Chih Siang and Aaron Wong Kher Wei in order for this to become a success while different roles have been divided amongst us to work on different areas of the forum. The forum’s navigation outline will be drawn before proceeding.
While working on designing and producing the forum, we will cooperate with Nadia and Justin in producing a Global Calendar while aiding and guiding them when it comes to technical difficulties such as when using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. The calendar will then be applied in the forum as a symbol of integration and globalization.
Our aim is to produce and design an effective forum that acts as a global classroom for our class and for the future of LimKokWing University of Creative Technology without having to meet face to face.
Mostly Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator will be used to work on the web design as I am more familiar with these soft wares. Sites like deviant art, you tube, blogspot, cg society etc will be link to the forum so that viewers will be able to view the shared video and informative source
A navigation outline for the forum will be drawn first to get things more organized. The theme is then decided to determine the overall colour of the forum. In this case, the colours red and blue has been chosen as it represents
A sketch will then be drawn when designing the buttons, web banner, navigation bar, and icons etc. Later, images will be produced using Adobe Photoshop to give it effects and enhancement. Flash based interaction will then be produced and applied on the forum after the overall design of the web layout.
Production Roles are:
Tan Choon Xuan – Web Designer / Illustrator
Aaron Wong Kher Wei – Web Organizer / Web Designer
Shanon Oh Chih Siang – Programmer / Animator
While working on this, Justin and Nadia would be designing the Global Calendar which will then be produced using Adobe Photoshop after sufficient research has been done and most cultural celebration has been noted and recorded into the Calendar. Upon completion of the Global Calendar, it will then be added in the forum as part of the navigation for students from all over the world to celebrate events together online using the chat box system which will be implemented while students celebrating the actual event itself can upload pictures and videos of the event while sharing their experience and learning from one another.
The Global Calendar acts as a medium to connect different students from different region as well as to exchange cultural practice while being able to learn more of other cultures to widen their thoughts and view. As such, it brings great importance for the Global Classroom.
Upon designing the Global Calendar, the three that is working on the forum will help design the Global Calendar for it to suit the theme of the forum as well as to suit every other celebration as well. As such, it is most probable that a neutral colour will be chosen while having different striking colours applied on different icons representing its respective cultural events.
(click to enlarge the image)
Forum Flow Chart
Timeline
Feedback
- forum theme > London Underground Tube > Red & Blue > Navigating the City
- portfolio website > add in light music ( packaging design)
- balance
- friendly user
ad story board sketches
picture reference
LUCT bus back in Cyber Jaya, Malaysia
sketches of bus
initial story board sketch
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