Day 02

*Found out that we do not have to be 100% formal-yay?* So,...

Here goes. Class began and everyone had to show their blogs to the whole class o_O. Was worried because I thought my post was rather crappy. Well anyway, most of us did it the 'wrong' way. Our lecturer said we should be talking about the ideas generated on each day, our progress. In other words, making sure we take a step each day, I guess? However, I agree with what Raj has said, because even before any of us started, Vivien and I were already wondering if we should actually post all our ideas in this blog. Sure, it would help our lecturers monitor our progress as we go. But, it is quite open, as in other people can see what we post too. So, what if our ideas get snatched? Like, copy and paste. And the thief managed to do a good job from our concept/idea.

But then again, I guess we should worry less. Everyone is thinking really hard for this project. All of us are really trying to contribute in our very first major project and I hope this maintains. Er but seriously, I hope no conflicts would come up and all, and that everything would be going smoothly.

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Well anyway, ideas, correct? I'll start with Day 01's.

On Day 01,...

*We thought of putting some lion intro thingy, but changing it by putting Aaron instead of the lion. :)

*We also had this idea on like, a video on a still image or video. For example, a newspaper front page with this big picture on it. Then the picture moves. :)) I guess it's something like the one in Harry Potter, but we didn't get our idea from there! ;D

*Another thing we thought of was.. Hmm..Alright. Say that we'll be using someone who's about to run. At first, we take pictures of the feet taking step by step. Then, slowly, the pictures increase in number and frames/keyframes, becoming a video. That's a way of linking photography and video I guess. I also thought about a guy who jumps off somewhere and then the surrounding changed as if he's in mid air, falling onto the camera-it's something like an ending to the video. However, maybe I was thinking a little too much about video when the whole thing that we're doing is actually, considered video I guess.

*We also listed out all the subjects we've taken(except for CDS and Electives) to see which one appeals to people the most.

Uh huh. Yep yep. I guess that's all for Day 01!

PS: Found this today! Ah..how nostalgic. :) Watch watch. Ahaha.

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Coming to Day 02,

Today, our lecturer asked us to write down two things we think the video is supposed to do, like what are the messages we're trying to say/convey through it. What's the video's purpose..and so, we wrote it all in Vivien's sketchbook(which is why I guess some of us can't really remember what to write in our blogs, especially with a short term memory person like me. AHAHA.) Uh..yeah. I wrote "MOI is a fun and challenging course." and "Bringing still images to life"(sounds familiar. maybe Kezia said that? or was it the TP commercial..) The others said things like "Having fun while studying", "A course people should go to", something like that. I can't remember. =S

AND SO,... MOI is a fun and challenging course! I think it's really fun when you actually have the passion to do it. After all, people who enter MOI should be feeling that way, not because of wrong reasons. Heard about why people joined MOI in the other class when we introduced each other. Felt quite disappointed when they mentioned 'wrong reasons' but then again, most of them are getting used to the course, which is good I guess? They are nice people too. Alright, back to the message. It's also challenging as we actually do things we least expected to do, and since it's our first year, it's some sort of like a foundation. So, we learn a little bit of video and animation, not just what we're majoring in. :) For example, we had to do presentations, modelling, etc.

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About ideas generated on Day02,..

*Vivien had this idea of a person at the beach that got some bottle and there was this message inside. In the message, there's a picture with a girl in it, and the girl actually pulled the person at the beach into the frame. She also had this idea of the camera flying all around for the introduction. I didn't quite get what she meant by that cause she got the idea from a movie they watched after school.

*INTRODUCTION! We thought of ways to introduce ourselves in the video. Vivien would be holding a board, introducing herself?, Ting Yu would be jumping and she'll be introduced once we made the video freeze :) , Aaron would be after her, turning the camera around, introducing himself, and I will be drawing or writing on the bench about myself. However, we're not so sure about it yet. In fact, I'm not even sure if I remembered things right. Ahaha, but TY's one is some sort of confirmed. :) I can imagine her floating in the air with a happy smiley face :DDD

*We listed out all the modules we've taken throughout our first year and thought of ways to link all of them together. We tried putting them in chronological order, but we tend to shuffle them a little, to link them more smoothly. First, we'll start off with ComDI. We'll stress on the fact that presentation is very important. So, we'll be doing a video on us presenting, then, we'll be linking it to Drawing Essentials where the last action in the video would be sketched. For Drawing Essentials, we'll showcase our sketches and final assignment. Next, we'll be linking Drawing Essentials to Creative Story Telling, where we'll be drawing a person telling a story in class, and it turns into a video. Then, we have Ideation, where people actually enquire about generating ideas and all. 3D Art Fundamentals will be next. We'll be adding a little touch of humour into the video by Vivien saying "Through Ideation, I also learn how to bend wires". Then, we'll be showcasing our other works. ...etc. We mananged to link our video until Animation Fundamentals, from which we'll continue during Day03.

Anyway, a short synopsis on how they will be linked(in order),

ComDI>DrawingEss>CreaST>Ideation>3D Art Fund>Digital Media Fundamentals >Photography>Video Fundamentals>Animation Fundamentals>2D Art Fund.

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Reflections: Sometimes I wonder if we're all okay with each other. Sometimes I worry that they would be afraid to voice out what they feel so that they do not offend the other party. Sometimes I am afraid they might think I HAVE to include the idea I gave. BUT! PEOPLE! IF YOU MANAGE TO READ THIS, JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. WE'LL ALL TRY TO BE UNDERSTANDING! <333> YES YES YES! xP

Yeahh... Today was pretty fun. They actually went to watch some scary show after school. I met up with them after the movie and we continued our discussion. Well, of course we could not fully concentrate so at times we er ya, went off track. Ahaha. We had to shift places to discuss too cause it was getting too late. It IS late already anyway. Now, I mean. Haven't gone to the sites our lecturer gave us today. I guess I'll do that tomorrow. OHH.. TOMORROW. NO, WAIT. LATER =). Can't wait for the screenings of examples! =DD Also so that we make sure we're on track. Yeahhh.. That's pretty much what I have to say today I guess. It must be a pain to read this. Ahaha. Oh, CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?? Day01 post and Day02 post! AHA! XD

*Goes off to bed now. I lack of sleep. xP*