Entry No. 21

Today we met and started to discuss about the call sheet. We also finalized our idea before we consulted Wahidah and waited for her to approve our idea so that we can start filming.

I think this coming block will be a very tiring month for me as I will have to juggle Animation Fundamentals and also MOI Project 1 at the same time. As Animation Fundamentals is animating indoors module, whereas MOI Project 1 require us to film outdoors, I hope I can manage the time well.

Lastly, because my other 2 group mates only have MOI project 1 this block, I hope they can support me and push through this last block before our holidays start.

Zhi Yong

Day 20

Presentation day has finally come!

As we were chased out by the security guard in school yesterday night, we went to Tampines' McDonald's to continue on our powerpoint slides till past midnight. We also met in school early today to finish up our proposal. Hence, we were more or less satisfied when we finally presented our work in class this afternoon.

I felt that the presentation parts done by me today were not my best. Due to the constraint time of having to juggle two modules this block, I would be able to be more confident in presenting my slides if I had more time to prepare.

We actually intended to start filming as soon as possible. This was because we were afraid that the better video cameras would all be taken up next week. However, we realized that we could only borrow them for a few days. Thus, we decided that tomorrow would be the ideal day to start practicing our filming skills.

Shaun :)

19th Post

Hello!! Today we tried to finish everything for Interim 1 and we were quite productive. Most of the things yet done have been completed and now we are preparing for the presentaton. We edited our storyboard and write our call sheets. 2-column sheet, proposal, mood board and the Powerpoint Presentation are still in progress but we are trying to finish it by the next morning.

As we prepare for our proposal, we discovered that there are problems in our story. We mixed up the effects to the different part of the story. Fortunately, we managed to do the changes. Right now, we will put in whatever we have to finish up all that should be completed, and expect no rest for us.

LOL its no REST for us!!!

Gosh, Shaun and me have to do our final assignments for Design History & Culture. I'm afraid Zhi Yong can't take it anymore...

Me Yanjun=)

Entry No. 18

Today we met in school in the morning to continue our storyboard.

While we were in the process of storyboarding, we found out that we had actually forgotten to put in the detailed story of what we are going to show when each of the group member presents.
Thus, we stopped storyboarding and started to discuss about what visuals we were going to include when each of us explains the modules.

When we were consulting Wahidah and confirmed what were to be included in the presentation, I found out that there is actually still quite a lot of work for us to do. Most of the ideas that we had came up with is in point form and we did not really elaborate them. So I think that it will be a very tough job for us to do our proposal if we do not elaborate every idea of ours.

Zhi Yong

Day 17

Consultation time!!!

We finally finalised our story after countless changes. We had the problem of putting the message across when our story is right, as well as the problem of getting the story right when we could put the message across. However, the solution finally came into my mind as we were consulting Wahidah.

We finalised the script and started storyboarding. It may seem impossible to do what we have in mind for now. But if we take a step at a time, I believe we will get closer and closer to our goal of making this video an ideal one.

Shaun :)

16th Post

Hi its Yanjun here again.

Finally we have completed on our story!!! Hooray!! Well now we are ready to proceed to the more challenging stages that we will be facing. Today it is quite productive as we have put in quite a lot of the details to the story, like the location of the story and more descriptions to every scenes.

We decided that on Monday we will consult Wahidah and ask her for comments about our story. If she is okay with it, we can set off to do the mood board and the story board, and hope that we can be on schedule with the assignments given.

Entry No. 15

Hi. Zhi Yong here.

Today our lecturer briefed us about the things that we should prepare for Interim 1. After the briefing, we were discussing about the final idea that we are going to use for our MOI Project 1 video. It was quite a diffcult task because our initial idea did not contain the message that the skills that we obtain such as painting are being taught by our course, Moving Images.
Thus, we need to think of a way to put the message in. We did thought of a lot of ways to put the message in and we have even thought changing almost initial idea entirely. However, we have finally come to a conclusion and started planning on our storyboard and moodboard.

Day 14

It is consultation time! My group consulted Wahidah with our 2 chosen solutions for the final assignment.

When we asked which particular idea she would prefer, she recommended us to conduct another survey to check whether an informative type of story, a storyline type of story or combining both types would appeal to the target audience.

It is quite a dilemma for us to choose between the two ideas alone as one is safer, whereas the other is be a challenging option.

Shaun :)

13th Post

Hi here is yanjun. Today is a fine day and we were enjoying the presentation for the individual assignment.

We heard a lot of ideas and they are very inspiring. As our classmates had presented ideas that are better than us, we decided that we need to improve on our present ideas so as to be competitive.

After everyone presented, Wahidah gave us a chance to discuss and improve on our current ideas. We decided to merge some of the ideas together. However, there are some of the effects that we want in our video that we do not know how to go about doing it. Thus we need to consult her and find out more.

We are meeting tomorrow. See ya!

Entry No. 12

Hi Zhi Yong here.

Today, I had my presentation on the individual assignment. I was the second person to present and I was feeling rather nervous. I just tried to calm myself down and presented what I have researched as well as the ideas that I had came up with. However, I ended up forgetting some points as I was nervous. As I have all the points in my proposal, I hope that the information that I had forgotten to say would not result in me getting too many deduction of marks.

After the presentation, Wahidah returned us the proposal of our group exercise and told us about the mistakes that we made. One example would be not putting in the survey results that we have gathered. After pointing out the mistakes, she gave us a chance to improve on the proposal of our individual assignment by letting us hand in a day later.

Day 11

Yo! Sorry for the late update. =X

We were the 3rd group to present yesterday. Even though it was only an exercise, I felt that my group had done well as we actually put in quite a lot of effort. Whether this exercise consists little or no marks at all, I felt that through this group work, it allowed my group members to get to know each other better.

In addition, the trip to Golden Pine Old Folks' Condominum and interviewing the public were fulfilling as we were able to gain something that textbooks and lecturers online are unable to teach us in school. This only cause me to not regret coming to polytechnic as it gives us the opportunities to discover by ourselves at 1st hand.

Shaun :)

10th Post

Hi this is Yanjun again.

Today we were told that the final product has changed to a video clip. We felt quite intimidated as it is going to be a tough journey ahead. There was also a challenge of limited resources as the equipment store do not have enough camera for us to use. Now, three of us have to plan carefully and think of numerous backup plans in case.

We also receive the news that the presentation would be postponed to Friday. Maybe we can really take a breather for now.

Entry No. 9

Hi Zhi Yong here.

Today I met my group members early in the morning to continue with our exercise on Council for Third Age. First, we compiled our ideas and discusssed about what we should include in our proposal. It was a tough day as there were quite a lot of information needed to include in the proposal. We needed to arrange our information in the correct order and also explain about our ideas in detail.

After we have finished our proposal, we started to work on our Powerpoint presentation, it was quite a smooth process as we have already knew the details. It was a tiring day for me and I think that I should have my rest early for today in order to be prepared for my presentation tomorrow.

Day 8

Yo! Shaun's turn.

What we did today was watching a video of how a Nike commercial was filmed and why it was filmed in that way. I realized that filming a short 30 seconds commercial would actually take up a lot of time. However, tedious the process may be, but when the product is finally finished, the people involved would feel more or less satisfied.

Later on, we watched a few of our seniors' MOI P1 final assignments. Most of the videos were impressive, causing me to be filled with envy, as for me to make a better video than them would be a huge challenge. Furthermore, we would have to show our past work from the various modules we had completed. Hopefully, the work shown in my group's video would not turn heads away.

Last but not least, we collated our surveys and concluded what the old folks and youth's opinions. In addition, we also started on the design solutions and powerpoint slides.

7th Post

Hello Yanjun is here again. Well today we learned all about proposals and the information that a proposal will and must have. A proposal consists of design problem, background, objectives, message, description, deliverables, timeline or milestones, roles of the team members, logistics and budget. Research and references are also important in a proposal.

After the class, we went to consult Wahidah, and we discovered that we skipped a step which is to conclude our surveys results and went straight into coming up with solutions. At the moment, we collected 30 responses and we are still waiting some more to come i. Hence, we may not be able to sum up all the responses for today.

Entry No. 6

Finally! A first entry as a group.

Today, we went to conduct a survey at Golden Pines Old Folks' Condominium which is located opposite Temasek Polytechnic. We aimed at least 20 responses but due to numerous rejections, we reduced it to 15.

From all the conversations that we had with the old folks, we found that they were actually friendly and easy to relate to. Most of them were close to their grandchildren and we realized that they were not really neglected by their descendants but rather well taken care of by the voluntary group, Evergreen Circus.

We realized that we were wrong when we thought that these senior citizens preferred quiet activities like chess or sewing. Instead they preferred outings and tours, and even watching movies and performances.

Maybe it is time for us, the young generation, to really know more about our ancestors. In fact, we can learn a lot from the senior citizens by their life experiences and wisdom that they gone through and acquired throughout their lives.

Day 5

Hi. Zhi yong here.

Today was consultation time, before me and my group members went to consult Wahidah we compile our brainstorming and ideas that we thought of together. Also, my groupmates have shown me some of their findings and we discussed together.

However, when we are consulting Wahidah, we found out that our research actually have gone into the wrong direction and she corrected us by giving us some of the examples. While some of the other groups are discussing about how to come out with new ideas, we need to start our research right from the beginning again. I hope this time we will not repeat the same mistake and produce a good research and ideas.

4th Post

Yo! Shaun here once again.

For today's lesson, Wahidah briefed us on how research is to be done, what various sources to use and how to judge the reliability of the object. She also talked about the difference between qualitative and quantitative. Furthermore, she taught us how to do surveys by not focusing on particular things such as race or gender. After that, we started brain-storming on the problems between the current older and younger generation. which concerns our MOI P1. Later on, we started doing research on what Singapore has done so far for the strained relationship between our senior and younger citizens. We finally came up with new plans after intensed researching. 

Entry No. 3

Hello, this is Yanjun.

Well, today we did not have any formal lesson but we went for a talk by one of our alumni who graduated 10 years ago. He is Victric Thng, currently a film-maker who mostly concentrates on short films. We watched quite a number of his works but most of it are quite depressing. There is one film entitled The Mole which captured our attention. According to Victric, he wanted to change his style by making a happy film. However, he thought that it would not work well. It is the most expensive film that he ever produced.

Zhi Yong thinks that The Mole is hilarious at first, but the ending is still a depressing one. Shaun feels that the animation in The Mole is quite well done, and he is impressed by quality of the film despite it is shot in one day. However, three of us still could not understand the short film, Closer Apart. After the whole talk, we discussed about the other films that we have watched.

Day 02

Hi. Zhi Yong here.

Today, I have learnt the definitions of design process, design problems, research process, design roles of designers as well as steps of design process.

I have enjoyed working with my new group mates for the first time. I also think that we can cope well for the rest of the module.

I would like to start on my individual assignment as soon as possible. This is because I am afraid that there may not be enough time for me to complete it if I were to start at a later date.

1st Post

Yo! This is Shaun.

My group members are Yan Jun, Zhi Yong and myself.

The outcome I expect from this module is to combine what I have learnt throughout my journey in Moving Images for the past 9 months.

I look forward in co-operating with my fellow group members. For the next two months, we are to go through thick and thin in completing this final module in year 1.