Day 19

Its Thursday,we decided to do a shoot outside of school as a field trip from photography lesson re-enactment.

We decided to meet at 12 and head dow together,however,as Derick said it looked like it was going to rain,he adviced that we do not go over to Little India,so we were all suggesting of many many places to go. However we discussed so long till we got hngry and went to grab a bite and continue at the same time.

Finally,we decided to go the esplanade!
Initially,Derick refused to go there as we checked the weather forecast and it said there will be rain.But guess what, it did not rain,instead it was burning hot,I think we all came back tanner.

The guards came and chased us away twice as we were filming on their grounds as we unknowingly were still a little too close to their premises,but all was well at the end.

Everyone was exhausted by the scorching sun.
My head was spinning a little by then already and the equipments were so heavy.

Adeline was fanning herself so much with a folded piece of paper,
Derick was too distracted he couldn't remember his lines..
ans the cute Cheryl was melting..

We all were close to DYING!
Haha,luckily we went back to esplanade and there was aircon and soft chairs!!!
We headed down to Hagen Dazs for ice cream!
After that we watch the rehersals concert by the NUS orchestra,so nice.

Haha,that's about the whole day.
seeyou.(:

Day 18

Hey all,

Today we continued filming the video fundamental module.
While waiting for the group to arrive, Germain's group needed help and thus acted for them for a short while. As i hid behind the flags at Design entrance waiting for my cue to walk out,I peeped my head out a lilttle,just then some other students walk past and got a scare from me,oops!Aha.

Then the group came and we discussed what we were doing for the day.
We decided to finish up the video fundamentals part and the introduction of the video.

There were some problems with the sounds as the voice recorded was far too soft to be heard. Derick even thought of changing the host to Adeline as her voice was sharper,and thus clearer, making it much easier to capture.

Hmm, Derick had not memorised his lines yet, we spent quite awhile waiting for him to memorise,and thus he brought back the script today and hopefully,all factors will make shooting smoother tomorrow.

We will be going to Little India tomorrow for our Photography module.
Pray hard it will be well.

That's all for the day.seeu.(:

Day 17

Hmm, it was not a very beautiful day and the sky cried too.

We started grooup meeting at about 11 to finalise details we had for the filming to be done later in the day. Yichuin's group were coming to help us act ,so nice of them! After that, we went and helped them act too.(:

Hmm,however, later in the day we had many disagreements as we realised the angle we wanted to film at first was not what we desired. Oh my god, our disagreements lasted for an hour before we could start, sorry actors!

The result was actually quite satisfying. It was a slapping scene.

I guess we have a new lesson to learn,to plan ahead well of everything before shooting starts..

DAY 16-1st day new block

Wow, we have finally reached the first day of the new block and its really tiring.

All my group members are having one module now, but I have two! how sad is that.):
Hmm, buti'll strive hard.

Had Mfund at 9,then went to get the camera and tripod after lesson.And crossed the bridge opposite to pass cheryl the camera and tripod to charge as I had to rush off somewhere,and after that Icrossed back to school. Wow, the equipments was really heavy!! haha

Hmm, there are no lessons for Mfund for tomorrow, but have to go shoot our video.
O, how nice it would be if I didn't have Mfund today but tomorrow,since today my group members are resting and I'm the only one in school, at least could rest for one day.Haha
Yeps, I know life's like that and the world dosen't revolve around for me. 

Hmm, hopefully tomorrow shooting will be smooth as we have to include many new people playing the role as actors and actresses we have not worked before with.But I'm looking forward to it. 

Till then,seeya!(:

Day 15

The last day of MOIP1 first module!! YAY!

Haha,we finally had the last day of lesson today by presenting our progress so far.
Things weren't so smooth for the group afterall, there were little hiccups.

Now, we have planned to do the shooting within the next two to three weeks, hopefully everything will go smoothly. Dicussed with the group and everyone has agreed to compromise our ideas so that we can work as a team. I'm really glad that my teamate came to the realisation of the importance of teamwork and that no man is an island. Everyone is equal and has a share in everything the group does. (:

Noone is at fault, and we're all here to learn.
I truly hope we'll have a good time working together as a team!

We all have our talents and shortcomings, thus, we combine our efforts to make it a good one.
Allebest Derick's group!(:

Day 14

hello (:

Heard that tomorrow will be the last day and that means we can have a day off from lessons. Finally, a time to rest!(:

Been having headaches from sleepless nights,luckily we have come thus far.haha
Hmm,today we didn't really do much during discussion time,just allocated the work for each member.

Adeline the pro will be animating our gunload bunny.
Very sweet Cheryl will be doing the time schedule.
I will be doing the storyboards.
Lastly,brave Derick will be presenting for tomorrow's presentation.

Hope all goes well. I have just completed my storyboards.YAY.

I'm off to bed now. Sweet dreams all.(:

Day 13

hello .):

Today hadn't really been a really good day,but we completed our reccee at least.
There were some disagreements between some and there was tensions within the group i guess.

Hopefully everything will turn out better tomorrow and our group members would not feel so stressed, relax people. Let's do our best and take whatever obstacles come our way as a passing experience and lesson learnt.I will take things as it goes and do my best.

We will be starting our storyboards tomorrow.

Really hope all would be fine and everyone would be happy.
Allebest everyone!(:

Day 12

This is the last week of the module.

Oh,I can't wait for shooting to start,but there's abit of fear in it too.(:

We continued writing the script today and we're near the end.
A little slow now and there was a little disagreement during disscussion today. But its alright, I think I was abit stubborn. haha.

Later the group of us went to reccee around the school again today so that we can get our storyboards drawn out soon.We decidede to use the design entrance which has posters of all the various courses in design school for the photography part I think.

The whole process of finding the place was quite funny.I don't really understand why, maybe I'm just not very used to the group's seriousness, especially Derrick's haha.

Afterwards, Cheryl took a picture of us at that spot at the wind blew at us, my hair flew up and it looked like a mushroom. Very funny, but i looked very dumb too, so I hid my embarrasement by laughing away. haha

Hmm, I guess that was the end of our day.
So far,so slow. haha. [just kidding]

Allebest everyone!

Day 11

The weekends are really here. Next week will be the last week of this block.

So far I just realised our group have haven't completed the scripting . Hmm, a little worried, but i guess it should be alright.

There are a few times we had problems linking the the end of a module to the next. There we will think of some little gimmicks to add in. Haha.

Overall today has been quite the same as the day before, we should start going into more detailed planning too. But the script is the crux of it all. Once we have gotten the script out, everything else should fall into place.

Till then, adios!(:

Day 10

It's Thursday. Happy valentine's to all.(:

So many groups have started filming their works and I'm really a little worried. But my group says not to worry and that we'll cope well in the end. I hope all turns out well.

We did our script during lesson today. We all discussed how we should start and how to end some parts. Overall its was rather fun. Later we went to eat and discussed further while waiting for the next lesson to start. Howeverr I had to leave for awhile and the group carried on and completed. It was really nice of them.

Hmm, at least we have the script written up and i will know more clearly what are we supposed to do and there we are able to plan more clearly for everything now.

That's all for the day, hopefully tomorrow will be a fruitful day too.
See you all tomorrow.Enjoy ur Valentine's.(:

Day 9

It's a new day!
Another discussion day, we went to reccee the places for shooting around the school.

A brief summary of our project are as follows:

Start:

We will have a short animation followed by a few snapshots
of the school to link us to the next scene.
Then, Derrick,our walking host will make an appearance, giving a brief introduction of our course, Moving Images and there we will begin the introduction of the various modules.

The various modules we will be touching on are Drawing essentials followed by 2D art then Video fundamentals, and last but not least, Photography.

Middle:

For Drawing essentials, we are planning on having a small class drawing the walking host and in it there we will crack some jokes to give it a lighter feel.

For 2D Art,hmm, I'm not too sure. haha

For Video fundamentals, the walking host will walk into a on going shooting scene, but sadly, he gets slapped in that role. So funny. I think that's rather interesting. hopefully.haha(:

As for photography, the four of us will head down to little india to show the experiences of our outdoor trips doing our projects and having fun in the process.

Next, we will show some shots of our portfolio works and maybe add in a short explanation as well.

End:

After all this, we will come together for a last time to encourage all to join our course and we will end it there with bloopers and blunders at the end.



I guess that shall be the end of my blog for the day.
take care all!(:

Day 8

hello!
time passes rather fast,and soon the weekends will come.(:

Today was group discussion day.It was rather fruitful.
Alas our project is taking shape and we have come up with more plans for the future.

Although we are quite slow as compared to the rest, I hope it will all turn out well in the end.
Our scheldule are as follows:

1.Monday: scripting and taking shots of the school.
2.Tuesday to the next week: storyboarding and scripting.
3.Wednesday: portfolio selection.
4.Friday to the next week: see the final animation works.

That was all for the day,hope everything will go well.(:
allebest to all!

Day 7

Finally, the long awaited chinese new year holidays are over.):

Alfie briefed us on little issues from each group had today and also asked us to approach the year 2s and 3s if we want to include film production 
experiences in our video as they are doing their video projects now.

We also had to plan ahead of time our production dates.
The stuff that we are required to submit at the end of this block are:

-Storyboards.
-Time and production schedule.
-Locations and facilities needed.
-List of people we want to include.
-Whoose portfolio works we are including.
-Timeline.
-And all screen graphics animations have to come with a hard copy.

Ronald joined the class for a little while in the middle of lesson and explained that although our contents are restricted to our works in the past year only, we are free to present it creatively any way we want.

Alfie mentioned a few pointers on creativity which set me thinking too.

Thinking out of the box and applying things learnt from previous modules,
however, doing it a way no one has ever done before,such that it is a fresh and appealing idea,
yet taking in mind the purpose and highlight it will give to your client's product.

Abit long.haha, got a little confused writing the sentence too.lol
I guess that's the end of my blog for the day.
Allebest to everyone. see you all tommorrow.(:

Day 6- Presentation!

hello!(:

Its presentation day!
Wow,I'm really tired. My eyes are tearing. ):
My motivation for today was that it was the last day of school before the chinese lunar new year holidays!
haha,I'm actually not as innocent as i seem to be. hehe.

We were the third group to present. I was a little sad initially as the slide i spent quite long on was cut away quite alot as Adeline actually had all the more detailed information in her book already so my stuff was actually a little redundant. 
haha, but its alright, its for the benefit of everyone. At least we can to shorten it further! (:

Thankfully,our very nice groupmate Derrick helped us to present our ideas. We are all shy people. haha.After the presentation of the first two groups,we realised that our group's ppt slides were super duper long long long,(about 11 pages) and it will definitely exceed 5 mins. We looked at each other in embarrasement and were having butterflies in our stomaches. =X

Thus, I tink Derrick sucked in a deep breath and zoom on like a train continuously! haha.
Everything went on smoothly. It's a relief that presentation was finally over.(:

Many thanks to: Cheryl for compiling the ppt slides!
                              Derrick for helping us present!
                              Adeline, for the beautiful drawings! I love it. haha.

OOoh, let's see, received a comment from dear Germaine! (Arlow, Arlow!)
haha.
Yea, Alfie is so niceeeeeeeee, 
he knew we were very tired I guess, so he said he hoped to make it a fast one for us.

Many many thanks to Alfie!! aha. And happy lunar new year to all!^ ^

Preparation for Presentation 1.

Hello again(:

Day 5 is here!
Tomorrow will be the presentation, nervous? yea,a little,somehow.
haha.Hope all will be well.
Adeline was absent today, our ideas generator was sick today,had bad headaches. Missed her voice and laughter.
Hmm, sounds abit lesbo? Nah, we're just friends, haha.Get well soon girl!!

Alfie briefed us today on tomorrow's presentation.
We had to explain how we came up with our video ideas, and how we proceeded as designers to how we plan to make the end product.
We are to decide on the genre of the video and the message we want to bring across to our audiences.Thus,for the presentation tomorrow, we have to present our ideas either in the form of drafts,sketches or boards to support our ideas and thus show our plans in it. 

The whole presentation should last for only about five minutes as Alfie wanted to make it a fast one.(:

All in all, Alfie wants to see our grroundwork and how far we had gone ahead with our design process and progress.