Assignment 3: My Valentine (Stage 2)

Stage 2 of this assignment is to keep refining it. Due to E-week, I have to report my progress on the blog for my classmates to comment on, instead of physically in the class.

As I do not have some of the photos yet, I drew some of them to make up for it. I would take the photos as soon as possible.

Here is my edited story board with photos and drawings. I will also add in the descriptions on the setting, transitions, effects and sound/music for each frame.

Setting: This is the drawing that the guy gave to the girl when they were in the last year of their primary school education. They have a liking for each other but they never tell each other so. The drawing is a way that the guy shows his liking for her.

Transition: It will slowly fade in from the back.

Effects: It will have an effect of film age (old) to show that the drawing is very old.

Music: I'm still on the lookout for a suitable song/music. At the beginning, it will have a more soothing type of feeling.

Setting: 10 years later, there was a primary school gathering. The guy managed to meet the girl once again. It will be a series of photos of that gathering.

Transition: It will appear diagonally (cross out) to signify that their paths cross once again.

Effects: The photos will ease in and ease out on the two main characters. I black out the other people to elevate the couple's status.

Music: It will be one of a cheerful tone since they managed to see each other again after such a long time of separation.

Setting: The next series of photos are depicting the dating period of the guy and girl before they are officially a couple. It shows the activities that they have done together.

Transition: I will use the circle effect to show that they have come full circle and they have the chance to be together now.

Effects: I will probably use ease in and ease out.

Music: I will be using some soft music here.

Setting: At Istana Park. After a period of dating, the guy decided it is time to ask the girl to be his girlfriend. I will show some more shots of him doing so.

Transition: I will use the heart-shaped effect to show that love is in the air.

Music: Soft music.

Setting: The next series of photos will be of them having the good times. I will also show the significant events/days during their courtship such as Valentine's Day, their birthdays, Christmas, their overseas trips and their anniversaries.

Transition: I will use the fade effect.

Music: Soft and soothing music.

Setting: The next series of photos show that not all goes well in their relationship. They quarrel over almost any thing. It will show the sad and turbulent period in their relationship.

Transition; I will use the shatter effect to show their relationship is on the brink of breaking up.

Music: Sad music

Setting: The next few shots will be that they settled all their indifferences and quarrels and they still love each other. No matter what comes their way, love prevails.

Transition: I will use the heart-shaped effect again.

Music: Soft music

Assignment 3: My Valentine (Stage 1)

For this assignment, I am supposed to create a simple movie using photographs and the movie must have a love theme. Here are my sketches for my story plot:

Assignment 2: Just Another Day

For this assignment , I have to design a simple webpage.

Theme: Create a web-based visual narrative of any simple daily/weekend activity/event.

I am supposed to select a simple activity, take as many pictures as possible, build a story around the pictures taken and create a webpage using lots of images and a little text. The main challenge of this assignment is to keep the images and html files under 180kb. Therefore, I have to compress the images to very small sizes and not compromising the clarity of the images.

This is how my webpage looks like:

I arranged the photos in a film-strip form. It is aligned to the left. The story goes like this:

1. One day while strolling along Marina area,

2. Whoa... what are they doing? Ahhh they are practising Falungong. Wait... are they allowed to do so in public areas?

3. "Eeeee!! What are they doing?" These two ladies must be wondering.



4. But don't worry. The government is always around to watch over them.



5. Moving along the area, I saw an oasis. The solution to a hot day. Ice-cream!!! Let's have some!! Yummy!!



6. With the ice-cream in my hand, I proceeded and saw this monument to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives during the war. Salute!



7. A minute of silence for them.



8. Ahh another landmark of Singapore... The Esplanade aka the "Durian"...



9. Care for some "durian"?



10. Oh my... it's going to be dark soon...



11. Just a blink of the eye, it's night time... I'm so lonely over here... Someone pull me away from this misery...



12. Time waits for no man. Cherish it.

Assignment 1: Dreams

For Assignment 1, I have to design an A3 size poster for a play titled Dreams.

Theme of the play: Surrealistic experimental play about lost opportunities and dreams of a young Singaporean. It is a story about a person who sacrificed his/her life for someone else's future. The tone of the play is dark comedy.

I am supposed to develop my own story for this play.

These are my thumbnail sketches of my concept.

This is the the final product that I developed from one of my sketches.


Comments from the class are:

• The big black stripe at the top is too chunky and awkward
• The male figure is not that clear
• Alignment of the words at the bottom can be changed

Possible improvements suggested by the class are:

• The black stripe can be replaced with more details of the play
• I should draw a more prominent male figure to clearly indicate the figure is a male
• The words at the bottom can be aligned to the right.

I would be posting the improved version of the poster soon. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions on how I can improve my poster, please feel free to comment. Thank you.

NM3208 Blog

Once again, it's blogging time. This time round is for NM3208. Please feel free to post your comments and leave me any suggestions that you have in mind. I welcome any input from any one. Thank you.