Day 04
Today we had class for MOI P1. So Alfie briefed us about the P1 like what should be inside the video etc. There are many things we must take note of and check again and again to make sure that things are in place.
Things that we must include in the video are:
1) Interviews
2)Interviewees
3)Visual Overlay
4)Opening Intro
5)Closing
So after the things above, that leads to the style. There are many things related to the style we want for our video.
Like:
1) Theme
2)Look
3)Graphics
4)Text (fonts)
5)Audio
6)Script
There are many ways to start making a video. For some people, they prefer to start with writing their script/content first before they decide on their theme, graphic etcs. As for Alfie style, he prefer to start with deciding the theme for the video. We were told to start with the theme first. However if we prefer the other way, we can start by writing the script first.
As for my group, we followed Alfies way by deciding the theme first. Our theme for this project is fun and exciting. (I guess so) We decided to change our style instead of the Harry Potter style. We have already finalised on the opening and ending. So now we are left with the content. We had many different views about how we should combine all our ideas together and make the video flow smoothly. And so we decided to do research on different docuementary and making of movies to give us some ideas.
So on monday we have to be ready with out information so that we can be prepared for the presentation next tuesday.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Day 03
Day 03
Today we had our class at the lecture hall. The lecturers gave us watched many different opening, ending and styles of videos. It showed us what kind of style and content we should not do for our video.
There were many types of video we can do. Like a mixture of animation with real life action. That seems very interesting but alot of hard work must be done. Opening like Monster Inc. , Shoot them up, Iron Man etc. The opening that attracts me the most was Hostage. It was very cool, done using animation and interesting layout. Just with the names and buildings can make an opening this exciting is not easy. Maybe my group can try this out. =)
One of the video we watched about searching the mountain climber reminds me of the movie Cloverfield. It's something like a tourist video. The camera was shaky and making me feel dizzy. That is a really NO NO for our video.
Some of the videos I watched really makes me feel sleepy. The content was boring and there were nothing that interested me.
After watching all the video, I know what I should do for our video. It gave us some ideas on how we can do for our opening and ending. One of our lecturer said, 'a good opening, lousy content and ending will not make a video look good.' So our work must be consistant and of cause good.
So I hope that my group can maintain the quality of the work throughout the whole process.
Today we had our class at the lecture hall. The lecturers gave us watched many different opening, ending and styles of videos. It showed us what kind of style and content we should not do for our video.
There were many types of video we can do. Like a mixture of animation with real life action. That seems very interesting but alot of hard work must be done. Opening like Monster Inc. , Shoot them up, Iron Man etc. The opening that attracts me the most was Hostage. It was very cool, done using animation and interesting layout. Just with the names and buildings can make an opening this exciting is not easy. Maybe my group can try this out. =)
One of the video we watched about searching the mountain climber reminds me of the movie Cloverfield. It's something like a tourist video. The camera was shaky and making me feel dizzy. That is a really NO NO for our video.
Some of the videos I watched really makes me feel sleepy. The content was boring and there were nothing that interested me.
After watching all the video, I know what I should do for our video. It gave us some ideas on how we can do for our opening and ending. One of our lecturer said, 'a good opening, lousy content and ending will not make a video look good.' So our work must be consistant and of cause good.
So I hope that my group can maintain the quality of the work throughout the whole process.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Day 02
Day 02- Brainstorming
Today my group member and I were were discussing about our concept for our final project. We had a few ideas in our mind. We gave our comments on each ideas. After some discussion, we finalised on our idea. We consulted Alfie about our idea. However, he thinks that our content is not good enough and do not show the objectives of the whole assignment. He explained to us what we are suppose to include in the video. Like how we can apply the stuff we learned in other modules.
He also said that we should reflect on the three points:
1) What is the product
2)Product to do
3) Who is it doing for
Today my group member and I were were discussing about our concept for our final project. We had a few ideas in our mind. We gave our comments on each ideas. After some discussion, we finalised on our idea. We consulted Alfie about our idea. However, he thinks that our content is not good enough and do not show the objectives of the whole assignment. He explained to us what we are suppose to include in the video. Like how we can apply the stuff we learned in other modules.
He also said that we should reflect on the three points:
1) What is the product
2)Product to do
3) Who is it doing for
As we have a long period of time to finish our work, we should keep reflecting on the three question if we have gone out of track. Alfie also gave ask some ideas on how to improve on our content. Like why should the students choose TP instead of NYP. What can TP offer to them that is not available in NYP? The most important how to get the attention from the students instead of them just watching the video and forget about it the next minute.
It is not easy to show it visually. We have to make it interesting and make the students feel excited about studying in TP, MOI.
Tomorrow, the lecturers will be showing us some bad and good videos. Like how come they can work, what are the factors that made the videos successful. Why the videos failed and how she should avoid making the same mistakes again.
I hope that after viewing the videos, my group members and I will be inspired and be able to produce a better content.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Day 01
Day 01
This afternoon we had a briefing on MOI Project 1. A little bit nervous before entering the lecture hall as I had no idea what I am suppose to do for Project 1. It seems like a very very important modules and also difficult. The module name MOI Project 1 has already made me feel uneasy.
We were told on what to do and the submittion requirement. We had a total of 30 days to do our project 1. We are to form into groups of 4-5 and then work as a team.
Our theme for the project 1 is a short video that will attract graduating students from secondary schools, parents and finally our lecturers who are marking our works.
We had to do a daily diary entry as part of our submittion requirement. This really surprised me as I never kept a diary long. The most was just a week entries. Now keeping 30 days or even more entries really is a very big task to me. I hope I can maintain the habit of doing daily entry for just 30 days.
Well, I hope that everything will go on smoothly throughout the whole production.
This afternoon we had a briefing on MOI Project 1. A little bit nervous before entering the lecture hall as I had no idea what I am suppose to do for Project 1. It seems like a very very important modules and also difficult. The module name MOI Project 1 has already made me feel uneasy.
We were told on what to do and the submittion requirement. We had a total of 30 days to do our project 1. We are to form into groups of 4-5 and then work as a team.
Our theme for the project 1 is a short video that will attract graduating students from secondary schools, parents and finally our lecturers who are marking our works.
We had to do a daily diary entry as part of our submittion requirement. This really surprised me as I never kept a diary long. The most was just a week entries. Now keeping 30 days or even more entries really is a very big task to me. I hope I can maintain the habit of doing daily entry for just 30 days.
Well, I hope that everything will go on smoothly throughout the whole production.
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