Feb 26th

YES BREAKTHROUGH! Based on a tutorial i found on the net, i have experimented the juno effect onto a free green screen footage i found on the net as well. And it works! But one small issue, is that the tutorial only taught how to keep one colour(The shirt), but we need to keep multiple colours like the pants, shoes, accessories and such. So i do hope that Alan, or Jack may have the solution for this. We will be showing the experimental clip on monday at interim one. Stay tuned for more breakthroughs!

Alex

My Storyboard is Ugly

The block is coming to an end...sad to say that we cannot feel that weight of the module off our shoulder. MOI Project 1 is still on the run and in the process. Not to mention that starting next week, Wafah and I have Animation Fundamentals. These are stressful thought....it is not helping...

Anyway....so for the past two weeks, our group has been trying to visualise the sequence for our video. There many changes here and there, and many choices of how we can go about doing it. And as usual, there is always the variable of the equipment we would need. It seems so complicated, but this is what I chose, I cannot escape it....But I love my course.

We've been doing separate task to make things somewhat faster. I have been given the lovely task of storyboarding. What a joy it is to make the story more visual with through the form of drawing. I'm not saying that I do not enjoy drawing, it is just that I do not like looking at my drawing. I know that Alex and Wafah Appreciate my effort, but I don't like the look of it? Well here is an examples of it.

Rockin out

Deanna

Seriously guys?

What a day today has been for me. During the presentation earlier, the class was, i don't know? SURPRISINGLY QUIET. the silence was deafening. Its like i can hear the million questions the other groups would have in their head, but dare not say.
Seriously, do you guys really understand what we were talking about? Its was way too quiet for a criq session, nobody really wanted to share their views or thoughts?
I don't know. Lets just say, I'm disappointed. The presentation was not well done, and honestly, i can't help but worry excessively about the execution.

Anyway, i think Cheryl's group idea is really nice. i must say i'm awed. Its so simple, classy, neat, and clear.

Lets see. I was reading Ryan's post and he gave a criq for all the groups, except mine!!(:
I then asked him why didn't he critique my group and he said, HE FORGOT. He truly forgot how our group is going to present the video.
I know its not done intentionally( I STILL AM FRIENDS WITH YOU RYAN LOL), and i'm not mad or anything, i'm just, sad, we didn't leave any impression behind.
We were simply forgotten.

Would our video end up like that too? Simply forgettable?
Now thats my biggest worry.

I'm beginning to hate the block system. Its terrible, and taxing.
I really begin to wonder, just how much i've grown as a person, NOT A "DESIGNER"

i would just love to end with something that i truly liked.

"Remember, Art is not about the artwork. Art is about life. To become a better artist,
first and foremost become a better person-not in the moral sense but rather in the complete sense. Remember that the greatest artist is not the one with the best technique, but the one with the most human heart" -www.lenswork.com

I'd liek to think this is true. I'd like to.

WAFAH.

Week four! Tuesday night haha.

Okay today i'm going to update. we actually made quite some progress these few days. We decided on our song choice, and our final sequence. We did our powerpoint, and i hope everything is going well for our group!

Consulted alfie, and...

We've decided not to do on stop motion anymore, since it is like overly tedious and such. End up deciding on video LOL. Oh, and the schedule's done too, for the msot part. Only left with the green screen part. I hope it turns out as planned too. The only thing i think isn't up to my calculations is my HNC next block. I have a feeling next block's going to be a tough one. JIAYOU!

Alex

Third week's thursday.

Oh time flies so fast and it's already now the third week of the block, which means we only have a little over 5 weeks to plan and execute our project. I hope everything goes well!

Today we did a few test shots, and we kind of finalized the storyboard issue. We did a simplified version, and also we consulted alfie. Everything is proceeding extremely well! But i'm still kind of afraid i cannot handle the post production all alone. I hope alan would be there to consult when we're on it.

Tomorrow, there might not be a discussion after all. So, all the best guys! We'll do our individual tasks over the weekend yea?

Alex

WAFAH HERE!

I'm so glad we have arranged our sequence.
We're glad to say that we will start production after tuesday.
nonetheless, i'm worried, infact, VERY worried about the execution.
and more importantly, how we are going to incorporate stop motion with animation in a scene. We have many doubts still regarding the editing softwares, and the editing techniques, ect ect so we will be consulting Alfie again, and Alan too. and i think we willl be bugging alfie alot.
ALOT ALOT.

Oh well. We've got the story, whats next?

The emptiness is making me hungry

The time has come....

to think of more wonderful ideas! 

I'm really excited that Alfie likes our group idea for the video. I personally thought our idea was really fun and kind of refreshing ( Great job Wafah!). Somehow it has everything, a story ( 'The Tales of MOI' something cheesy like that?), showcase of our works, a bit of the process of our works, but I'm not to sure of the message. I mean we definitely need the main one, which is to promote our course, but we may need to expand more on the group's personal message. 

The message is good and all, but I still feel that it's missing something. Like it's is still not enough...like a cream puff with no custard inside, or like some ingredient is still missing. So Alex and Wafah, what do you guys think?

Rock on

Deanna