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Sunday, September 19, 2010

I.N.T.H.E.M.A.K.I.N.G

The process of our short film was quite easy. The first piece created is a looped 2D drawn animation of a person walking. it is comprised of 40 frames each drawn in illustrator with a 10fps rate. The intention behind it was to show the magic of still images working together to create a short animation.







Th next process was done by frame by frame. taking a total of around 200 pictures and compiling them using an animation software to create a single 15sec video. The subjects was made out of plaster cine and the intended result was to show a flower, inferring that all the aspects of media i.e, music, video and text, come together to create the magic.



Editing a photo of one of our group mates to make it into a simple cartoon, using photoshop to edit the animation.





I.N.T.H.E.M.A.K.I.N.G.2



The final poster is composed of a coloured gradient picture and writings that have been warped to make it seem like magick text.
The music was played out by Nur Liyana.

Grimoire Of Creative Multimedia

The video at last!
The aim of the video is to show that when we watch a movie or listen to a song, we connect to it on a deeper level. We read between the lines to see the message the artist intended. A slow song can mean sadness, even without lyrics.
The video shows a few techniques artists use to push meaning, all with the aid of music, background and tex
t.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Analogy Exercise

We were told to do an exercise, which is hard to explain how its done! so i found an easier way to explain it. that way you will understand it perfectly. Here is how i did this exercise.

We had to choose 5 photos from what our lecture gave us and write a passage for each one of the photos. We also had to make a little mind map for the photos, so it would be alot easier to gather informations.

Here is how it turned out.




Man/Woman is like a fish, sometimes they use their stupidness to show their unreal look in places that people dont really look at anyone...





Life is like a wallet, everything from your credit cards to your family pictures are in there, if you lose it, you lose everything...






Love is like a kitten playing with a duck, a kitten might be a danger for a duck, but it holds it's hunger so it will never hurt it's love...



Pain is like an Ice cream, It will take years to get rid of those feeling, but once they are gone they are gone forever...




Happiness is like a clock, You can never have happiness forever, but you will find it again and again, it never leaves you...

Monday, August 2, 2010

Juxtaposition - Analogy

Analogy is the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. The key is to ascertain the relationship between the first so you can choose the correct second pair.

Analogy is divided into Metaphor and Simile.

Metaphor: a metaphor is the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept, where there is some similarity or correlation between the two.
Example: Boy, am I burned up!

Simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.
Example: He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.


I was surfing on the internet and found a few interesting photos taken by some unknown photogtaphers. those photos clearly shows what Juxtaposition is.





Love & Chilli


Loving you is like eating Chilli
You never get tired of that taste...

Learning Juxtaposition in class

last week our lecture was teaching us about Juxtaposition. He used a game to show us what Juxtaposition is.




we had to choose 3 two digits numbers from "00 to 99".


i chose 28, 48 and 78. these were my lucky numbers. i had no idea what i was about to do so i just kept doing what our lecture was telling us.


The numbers i chose had a meaning, i just had to combine them with each other and find another word, so, it turned out to be like this.
28. Lightning wood
48. Light wood
78. Dog wood

then we had to write one sentence for each number and word.

28. Lightning wood: That old guy got struck by Lightning because he had a piece of Wood on his back.

48. Light wood: That old lady couldnt Light that Wood without matches.
78. Dog wood: That Dog brought me the piece of Wood i threw for him.

It was going well untill we were asked to draw what we wrote! that was shocking but interesting.
when we were done with that we were asked AGAIN to combine the photos and make a symbol for each one.
We did that too but that wasnt eveything. then the lecture told us to look at a photo he was showing us. it was a chilli. he asked us to write a peom about love and chilli. we did that too.

Below are some pictures of how the process moved on.



Lightnin wood



Light wood

Dog wood

Understanding Mind Map




This is what i understood from the class. i gathered everything i was told and brought it back here. A Mind Map is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain. it is a creative and logical means of note taking and note making that literally "maps out" your ideas.

all Mind Maps have some things in common. they have a natural organizational structure that radiates from the center and use lines, symbols, words, color and images according to simple, brain-friendly concepts. a Mind Map converts a long list of monotonous information into a colorful, memorable and highly organized diagram that works in line with your brain's natural way of doing things.

ane simple way to understand a mind map is comparing it to a map of a city. The city center represents the main idea; the main roads leading from the center represent the key thoughts in your thinking process; the secondary roads or branches represent your secondary thoughts, and so on. special images or shapes can represent landmarks of interest or particularly relevant ideas.

the mind map is the external mirror of your own radiant or natural thinking facilitated by a powerful graphic process, which provides the universal key to unlock the dynamic potential of the brain.







Mind Map

Here is something we did in class. we had to choose 3 names from the Mortar and Pestle mind
map and turn them into drawings. this is how it turned out.








We were told to make a Mind Map for Mortar and Pestle and also another one for ourselves. well, i never had a chance to make any mind maps before, i wasnt even sure if i was doing the right thing. Untill i stoped thinking and began the process. I wasnt sure how to start it so i attach a photo of a pair of mortar and pestle. then i started making squares. i was half way through untill i found it kind of interesting! I didnt even have anything to write at the beggining but before i knew it i recieved full of knowledge about Mind Map.

Below are the pictures of my first Mind Map and the Mortar & Pestle Mind Map.








We were also told to write a report or an essay for this topic and here it is.



It's simple but full of usage. It is made from different kind of stones. sometimes the mortar is made of wood which makes it lighter and more affordable. Back then when there was no mechanical help people invented this so they could use it for so many things. they could crush the spices into powder so it will be easier to cook or to be kept. although its small but its quite heavy and its because its made entirely out of stone. i think the reason they made it out of stone was to keep it for a long time. because smashing the mortar and pestle to each other for a long time would cause it to break.

Even nowdays it gets used for so many jobs. some still use it to turn things into powders, some countries use it to mix the food they make. Even doctors and pharmacist use this tool. as i said this tool can make things into powder so thats why its also a great tool for pharmacist. they use it to smash the drugs into poswers to make the drugs they have in mind.
so as we can see this tool has so many usage. it wasnt just made for past, it was made to be used in future as well.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention

Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention were what i learned in week 3 in the class. well i have learned about these alot in my life but the way i looked at it that day, was different. I found out that Creativity is not just about movies, musics or anything that comes from Art. i finally found it's true meaning. It happens to our lives everyday. sometimes its so simple that we dont even know it happened and sometimes its so as it called "Creative" that it will amaze ourselves more than anybody else around us. In my opinion anyone can be a creative if he/she looks closely at what he/she is doing everyday. lets look at these words more specifically.

Creativity is the ability to think of things in different ways. use it to create things that never were created and use them again to solve big problems that people are facing.

Novelty, something new and unusual. Imagine a game thats new to you. a stragic game. the feeling that we have against that game is called novelty. we wont get tired of it untill we finish the whole level of it's story. it's newness will make adults go through it's new world and see how technology and novelty work together. this is what i understand of novelty. its novel, its new and it makes people not to resist playing it.

Innovation shows people what the creatives are up to, what they have made and are ready to be introduced to the whole world. When iPhone was made without innovation it would never be known. because when it was created it needed to be introduced as well, so people would know the new technology it's presenting.

Invention is the last thing creatives do. first they think of something that was never made, then they make sure that its new to the today's technology and life time and after making sure of those they introduce it to the world and finally they invent or produce the product so people can see, use or enjoy.


I was surfing on my facebook the other day and i found this brilliant piece of work. This girl draws almost any subject by sand. She is so perfect she doesnt even stop to redo her mistakes, because there are'nt any! This can be a innovation and creativity or even an invention. invention of drawing by sand. Just perfect.




Here is another video i found on the net. this is absolutely amazing!!! its amaing how they have made it. in some parts you wont believe its real but by looking at it closely you will be amazed even more.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

What is Creativity?

Creativity is the bringing into being of something which did not exist before, either as a product, a process or a thought.

You would be demonstrating creativity if you:

· Invent something which has never existed before

· Invent something which exists elsewhere but you are not aware of

· Invent a new process for doing something

· Reapply an existing process or product into a new or different market

· Develop a new way of looking at something (bringing a new idea into existence)

· Change the way someone else looks at something

In fact, we are all creative every day because we are constantly changing the ideas which we hold about the world about us. Creativity does not have to be about developing something new to the world, it is more to do with developing something new to ourselves. When we change ourselves, the world changes with us, both in the way that the world is affected by our changed actions and in the changed way that we experience the world.

Creative thinking is the process which we use when we come up with a new idea. It is the merging of ideas which have not been merged before. Brainstorming is one form of creative thinking: it works by merging someone else's ideas with your own to create a new one. You are using the ideas of others as a stimulus for your own.







Creative studies to me is like a machine giving us power or ability to think about stuff and turn them into reality. There is no limit in creation, well that's my opinion. If we look back through the ages we can clearly see that it never stops. each generation there is something new created. And thats Creative Studies that gives us power to do so. Creative Studies can make our dreams come true in some ways. There are things we think of but can never come true, but that's creativity and the ability that can make it come true. After all its Creative Studies that teaches us all about it. Tjese are all whati learned in class the first week. it was interesting.