Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Assign 3 - Valentine Day Video - Edited
Phew! Finally did some minor changes to my Valentine Day Video =)
I inserted one more picture as the conclusion (just before the credits) to make the video seems more complete, as I gave received some comments on it been 'abrupted' during the tutorial presentation. The last pic was actually showing 2 plastic cups of plain water on a table. It does carry some symbolic meaning as in the initiate part of the video, the beverage enjoyed by the couple was soft drink, then later to wine, and finally it was plain water. It was not just by coincident that the relationship between them had become bland as time passed. However, plain water was actually healthier (compared to soft drink & alcohol) though it was very inexpensive. I guess most couples would find their relationships getting 'stable' or rather 'stagnant' when they have been together for decades, just like how plain water is to us - important enough to keep us alive but pretty unexciting and bland...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Final Proj - "Gimme A Break" MTV
If I have remembered correctly, this NM3208 final project was one of the most time-consuming & tedious projects that I have done in NUS.
Way from the beginning of brain-storming for the ideas, the process was never easy. Our group had started meeting since week 4 to discuss what kind of genre we wanted our MTV to be. Initially, we had settled for the sad-love-song melody, which was fairy common in the commercial markets. A love song MTV was thought to be easier to make as it usually only involved a couple doing silly things together. However, we later then realised that it was pretty difficult to match with the title "Gimme a Break" for the love song. That meant the initiate discussion & ideas were abandoned and time were wasted :~(
We got the S'pore theme idea from the Channel U program "S-Pop wan shui" and thus derived our song, targeting the local S'poreans. Making the song itself was not easy but thanksfully, we had Jieying in our group, who is talented in composing music. After listening to the song for a few times, one could easily sing along with it. The lyrics were fairly "localised" as well, and the scenes of the MTV emerged vividly in our minds when we were coming up with the lyrics. The image of Ah-Kun Kaya Toast, etc etc etc...
After settling with the song came the worst part of the production- shooting. Our group had 3 hellish days of shooting the barely 3 min MTV and I gave up the aspiration of becoming an actress thereafter too! Carrying the heavy equipment (camera & tripod) walking from Esplande to Fullerton was exhausted and numerous rehearsal of the actions & dance-steps were maddening! The sun was scrotching hot on the first day and all our skins were burned at the end of the day. The shooting process was severely energy-draining. Phew! Thanks God it's over...!
The editing was held in the PlayLab, which was a heaven, at least there was air-con. But it was no less tedious. Perhaps the shooting was physically tiring, the editing part would be considered as mentally-exhaustive. We were straining our eyes to the maximium when we cut and edit the video. At one point, I almost thought that I would go blind! (-_-)"
In short, making the MTV was really tedious & time-consuming. I would probably no longer involve in any similar production in future but I would say that it was indeed a very valuable experience. A lot was learnt and at times, it could even be quite fun! \(^o^)/
Way from the beginning of brain-storming for the ideas, the process was never easy. Our group had started meeting since week 4 to discuss what kind of genre we wanted our MTV to be. Initially, we had settled for the sad-love-song melody, which was fairy common in the commercial markets. A love song MTV was thought to be easier to make as it usually only involved a couple doing silly things together. However, we later then realised that it was pretty difficult to match with the title "Gimme a Break" for the love song. That meant the initiate discussion & ideas were abandoned and time were wasted :~(
We got the S'pore theme idea from the Channel U program "S-Pop wan shui" and thus derived our song, targeting the local S'poreans. Making the song itself was not easy but thanksfully, we had Jieying in our group, who is talented in composing music. After listening to the song for a few times, one could easily sing along with it. The lyrics were fairly "localised" as well, and the scenes of the MTV emerged vividly in our minds when we were coming up with the lyrics. The image of Ah-Kun Kaya Toast, etc etc etc...
After settling with the song came the worst part of the production- shooting. Our group had 3 hellish days of shooting the barely 3 min MTV and I gave up the aspiration of becoming an actress thereafter too! Carrying the heavy equipment (camera & tripod) walking from Esplande to Fullerton was exhausted and numerous rehearsal of the actions & dance-steps were maddening! The sun was scrotching hot on the first day and all our skins were burned at the end of the day. The shooting process was severely energy-draining. Phew! Thanks God it's over...!
The editing was held in the PlayLab, which was a heaven, at least there was air-con. But it was no less tedious. Perhaps the shooting was physically tiring, the editing part would be considered as mentally-exhaustive. We were straining our eyes to the maximium when we cut and edit the video. At one point, I almost thought that I would go blind! (-_-)"
In short, making the MTV was really tedious & time-consuming. I would probably no longer involve in any similar production in future but I would say that it was indeed a very valuable experience. A lot was learnt and at times, it could even be quite fun! \(^o^)/
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Assignment 4
Assignment 4 was uploaded into Youtube [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3U7mYhJ4A8 ].
Doing Time Freeze is quite tedious because of the "masking" work. Due to several lack of experience in shooting using professional video-cam, the end-product is not too fantastic. During the shooting process, the brightness was very difficult to control as the scenes were taken separately at different period of the day. The outdoor scenes were especially problemtic as that day was super hot and sunny, thus making the video too bleak. Several attempts were made to improve on the end-product, such as changing positions & angles. Editing the video and adding "time freeze" were time-consuming. =(
The video shown during tutorial seems abit abrupt to some classmates, it was actually due to the limitations in shooting the scenes. I felt that in future, especially in making MTV (final project), planning was really important. What sounds good on paper might be extremely difficult to be done in reality. Hence, it was also important to realise the limitations, and if possible, work around the limitations. Using those experience in Assignment 4, I hope it would help in making the MTV.
\(^0^)/
Doing Time Freeze is quite tedious because of the "masking" work. Due to several lack of experience in shooting using professional video-cam, the end-product is not too fantastic. During the shooting process, the brightness was very difficult to control as the scenes were taken separately at different period of the day. The outdoor scenes were especially problemtic as that day was super hot and sunny, thus making the video too bleak. Several attempts were made to improve on the end-product, such as changing positions & angles. Editing the video and adding "time freeze" were time-consuming. =(
The video shown during tutorial seems abit abrupt to some classmates, it was actually due to the limitations in shooting the scenes. I felt that in future, especially in making MTV (final project), planning was really important. What sounds good on paper might be extremely difficult to be done in reality. Hence, it was also important to realise the limitations, and if possible, work around the limitations. Using those experience in Assignment 4, I hope it would help in making the MTV.
\(^0^)/
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Assignment (2) - Just Another Day Edited
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Choose a lucky number. Open the locker. Choosing the reference materials... Start writing... Bury in book... Bury in more books... ...struggling...Need a Break! Kopi-O Please. One more Kopi-O pleasseee! I give up. Something more interesting. My favourite Nds. Happily playing :) |
