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semester two reflections and finding Semester two in level 3. It is an exciting semester yet terrifying. There are a lot of possibilty that you can meet in the semester but at the same time they are unexpected too. This Creative Process Journal will records all the findings during the weeks in semester two and how do I reflect upon the findings and how does it help with my design process.
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CREATIVE PROCESS JOURNAL semester two reflections and finding
Semester two in level 3. It is an exciting semester yet terrifying. There are a lot of possibilty that you can meet in the semester but at the same time they are unexpected too. This Creative Process Journal will records all the findings during the weeks in semester two and how do I reflect upon the findings and how does it help with my design process.
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articles, findings,
WEEK 1
First week of the semester was filled with a project from the school, which is perfect department store. the store is called workshop by mcnally and co. or wmcnally&co for short. We were supposed to produce products to be exhibited and sold in the show.
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week 01 reflection #throwback
DURING HOLIDAY what happened during the school holiday.
Graduating is one of the things that I have been thinking about. There are mixed feelings about graduating, whether I should be happy, or frightened because I still have no big plan after it happened. I need to enter a whole new world
up, I should think of the people that have my back and small things that keeps me going, and that just reassure me that I will be fine.
where it is all new and I am clueless.
Just like the issue, being homophobic is not as easy at it looks
I felt the need to share this to someone, and I decided to
keep going and it feels depressing to keep on focusing your
share with my siblings. My siblings have always been my support and place if I needed to share some problems and we have been supporting each other as we grow up. So I decided to let them know about my worries after graduating. They ask me, what do I see in five years, and I told them my “big plan�. They say my big plan is good, just I have to stick with it as long as I fulfill my dream and happy about it. And They reminds me that whenever I feel that I am about to give
and needs a lot of support for people in LGBT community to thoughts to the negative sides, and even in the dark times we should be able to see small positive things that keeps us going and strive for our goal. I have been working on this project focusing more on how depressed it is to stay behind the closet and did not see the opportunities that LGBT community can make and it feels different now. Thus, I will try to focus more on the positive sides on the issue in next semester. 6
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I went to the pilgrim places around Java with my big family to reflect upon and give thanks to God for being with us and the blessings that He had given to us. The journey ended up being a lot more reflective for me. As it was the last weeks of the year, I reflected on what have I done in the year and what went wrong during the year. Being silent and calm certainly helped me during this reflective period so that I can become more clear in whatever I want. to do.
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week 01 reflection
OASIS: perfect department store workshop by mcnally&co.
PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL THE DEPARTMENTAL STORE PROJECT
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Adeline Annice Anastasia Wijaya Cindy Raissa Igor Ivander
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PHILOSOP HY
PHILOSOPHY
In this fast-paced era, the existence of leisure time is swiftly diminishing. Urban life can be very hectic, dry, and sometimes can be both physically and mentally taxing. Thus, through Industrial Jungle theme, we figure out the need of ‘oasis’ , where we could have a peaceful¬¬quiet time to relax, to free our minds from boredom daily routines.
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MOODBOARD
MOODBOARD
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M O O D B OA R D
MOODBOARD
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IDENTITY
IDENTITY
Our group plans to hold an aromatherapy-making workshop that allows the customers to mix different individual scents to their liking. Other than allowing the customers to build and create their own fragrances, we also plan to sell our own signature fragrances in case some of the customers find mixing their own scents too troublesome. At our workshop, customers are also able to customize their own bottles and jars. We provide paper lids, stickers and bottle stoppers of different designs.
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SCE NTS
SCENTS
SELECTION OF SCENTS Lavender Spring Rain Vanilla Coconut Sandalwood Rose Apple
Cinnamon Jasmine Banana Pineapple Orange Musk Honey
Honeysuckle Sage Lemongrass Eucalyptus Lemon Oak Cedar
Leather Spearmint Patchouli Woodberry
SIGNATURE SCENTS BREE Lavender + Vanilla + Spring Rain LILO Coconut + Pineapple + Mango + Papaya MARC Sandalwood + Honey + Vanilla + Clover ROSAMUND Lilac + Rose + Woodberry + Lily of the Valley
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PRO D UC TS
PRODUCTS
The three main products of our line are: Room Spray (Parfum d’ interierur) Reed diffuser (Roseaux Pour Diffuser de Parfum) Scented candles (Bougie Parfumee)
R O O M S P R AY Our room spray is designed with a metal cap (to give it a more industrial feeling), and is topped with a highly detailed miniature figurine of a bird made of resin (3 different bird designs are on sale). For women’s the bird will be made of white resin, while for men’s it will be black. Our bottle is made of clear glass (for both women’s and men’s).
M AT E R I A L ‘stopper’ made of resin (white for women and black for men) screw-on lid made of metal
PRICE Room Spray SGD 29.90 - SGD 54.90 The miniature bird SGD 19.90 - SGD 21.90
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R EED DI F F US ER As for our reed diffuser, the rattan sticks that are normally used to diffuse the scents are specially designed as branches, in order to stay true to the ‘industrial jungle’ theme. The jar is square shaped, this time to give it extra toughness.
M AT E R I A L diffuser is shaped like branches screw on lid made of metal
PRICE Diffusers SGD 34.90 Rattan stick SGD 9.90
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N o3 P RO D UCTS
PRODUCTS
SC E N TE D C A N D LE Our scented candle is contained in a stubby, rounded jar. For women’s the jar is going to be clear while for men’s the jar is going to be matte black.
The three main products of our line are: Room Spray (Parfum d’ interierur) Reed diffuser (Roseaux Pour Diffuser de Parfum) Scented candles (Bougie Parfumee)
To give it a more organic feel, high quality printed paper is going to replace the usual metal as the lid to the jar. This is to counteract the toughness of the glass jar.
MATER IAL lid made of paper (the print is similar to the stickers in style)
P R ICE Candles SGD 39.90 The stickers 0.90c-SGD 1.90 each
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STIC K E RS In order to accompany our glass jars that are clear and transparent, we designed a few stickers that can be used to decorate the jars. Note that the stickers will also be available in colors.
MATER IAL Transparent Sticker paper
P R ICE The stickers 0.90c-SGD 1.90 each
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P R ODUCT S K ETCHES F O R MAN
PRODUCT SKETCHES FOR MAN
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P R O D U C T S K E TC H E S FO R WO M A N
PRODUCT SKETCHES FOR WOMAN
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week 01 reflection
OASIS: perfect department store workshop by mcnally&co.
The perfect department store was a project that I was
goods and return back to Singapore in
excited working about. The theme was urban jungle, that is
the same day.
why me and my team decided to go for ‘oasis’ where people could sit back and relax from the hectic world.
after the container, we came into
The first thing that we did was researching the products and
the scents. at first we wanted the
the moodboards that we are going to make and eventually
customers to customize their own
we decided on the products that we are going to make, and
scent, but the scent that are going to
that is aromatherapy.
be made are way too complicated so we decided to simplify it by buying
Why aromatherapy?
premixed fragrance oil from supplier
Because it makes us relax and help us to unwind. In conclusion
and made the difuser oil and candle by
we made diffusers, room spray and candle with more focus
our own.
on the packaging so that it looks pretty and suit the theme of urban jungle that has been decided by the college.
The ingredients that we made are soy wax and sweet almond oil. This was
as a team, we started to develop the things that we wanted
decided in consideration that it will be
and we came to the conlusion in a proposal form. We wanted
toxic free and safe.
to differentiate the aromatheraphy for the gents and the ladies because both of them have different needs.
And we started to make the candles and diffuser one by one. there were
and then we decided on how we would use it on the product
trial and error at first but we made it
itself. what is the product made of. we decided to be resin.
through and finally we succeeded.
But when we did some research, resin would be impossible to do because it is hard to make so we decided to change it to terracotta. which is more accessible to us and there are a production house that is willing to do it for us. We made our master design and gave it to the production house, and they were the one who did the whole mass production for our reed diffuser and candle jar and the bird. But the problem came when it comes to shipping. The production house was in Indonesia and we have to ship it to Singapore. The shipping cost us a fortune and it has made one of the team to made a day trip to Indonesia to grab the 18
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The first day that I came to Singapore in the first semester
We went through ups and downs
was on Monday evening. The next morning I was in a rush
when we did the project, although
to go school to help oasis team with the production of the
it was tiring. but the event and the
candle and the painting of the products because when it was
achievement was super satisfying as
transported, some scratched. This took a whole day because
the event went well and a lot of people
the products that we made were quite detailed and there
has acknowledge our products.
were a lot of them. and it took us a whole day to finish. The next morning, which was Wednesday we started to print our packaging because the packaging are there to make it even prettier. and then we did it. We went through a lot during the packaging process because some of the printing error when we made the tag and the packaging. But it was fun nevertheless. The packaging was quite meticulous because we did dye cut one by one using our hand. The candles was finished that day but for some of the diffuser we didn’t make it by the day as we have not finished making all the diffuser oil. So we made the diffuser on the same night. Thursday was kind of rushed as we need to finished all the things and we were still tired from the previous day but we finished it after some time. We gave it to the commitee of the exhibition and it was all done. Friday is the opening day, the event will start at 7pm and we were supposed to set up the products in the space in the gallery. but there were miscommunication and we did not know where we would put our products but some of the comittee help us with it and we resolved this. We took quite some time to figure out on how we wanted to do the set up. after we did the set up we realized that we missed something. So we started to panic but we did the right thing by printing all our stuff. even when the time was ticking. and we made it. 19
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week 01 documentation
OASIS:
terra cotta workshop
This is the place that we went together in Indonesia to get our container done. The man in charge of the workshop did the mold of the master that we have done, and then He multiply the master model with terra cotta material.
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week 01 documentation
OASIS:
terra cotta birdies.
terra Cotta final products after it has been multiplied. took us a while to repaint the whole goods because some of them have scratches all over the products. so we have no choice to repaint it back in order to make as good as new.
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WMCNALLY&CO workshop by mcnally & co. opening
The opening night was kind of amazing with a lot of people attend the opening night. The products that were displayed were amazing as well. the products came from our peers that we made for the workshop. Overall it was an amazing experience working for the workshop as a team. There were a lot of ups and downs when the team was working on the goods. But it has been done and was a fulfilling experience. Im glad we did it as one team and did not bounce out even though we were tempted to do it. but we did it anyway! WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
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wmcnally&co
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Oasis as a brand aims to create a peaceful quality time designated to release stress from hectic lifestyle. The letter ø from the word “oasis” represent as if the time froze while you leisurely hypnotized by the relaxing scent of our product.
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product photography by Igor
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articles, findings,
WEEK 2
Starting the project was one of the hardest thing in the semester. firstly because the holiday has made me feeling lazy and secondly the project was long over due that it has started to be a little bit boring. But this week I went for a round table with the lectureres in the faculty of design communication which was quite helpful to direct me in the new semester. New semester proceed to takes place with a week full of awe-inspiring moments.
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week 02 founding
ELLEN DEGENERES: On her latest show, Ellen DeGeneres wanted to address a column that accused Hollywood of having a “gay agenda” and criticizes DeGeneres specifically.
The column was written by author and self-described
“And, Larry, I don’t even know what it means to celebrate
“cultural commentator” Larry Tomczak in The Christian
my lesbianism. I mean… Well, I guess I do,” DeGeneres said,
Post, and is titled “Are You Aware of the Avalanche of Gay
gleefully setting off a popper. “Like that! Yay! I’m gay!”
Programming Assaulting Your Home?” She said Tomczak also criticized TV shows like Glee and “I don’t usually read anything about myself,” the talk show
Modern Family for “promoting gay agendas.” “If you ask me,
host started. “Unless it’s about me being pregnant and then
Larry is watching a lot of gay TV,” she joked.
how else would I know? Got to find out. But I heard there was an article written about me and I would like to address
The 56-year-old continues that the author encourages
it right now.”
parents to have kids watch so-called wholesome shows like Little House on the Prairie and I Love Lucy.
Tomczak wrote that DeGeneres “celebrates her lesbianism and ‘marriage’ in between appearances of guests like Taylor
“I did some research, and if you don’t think Lucy and Ethel
Swift to attract young girls.”
had something going on, explain this,” she said, as a picture of stars Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance came on the screen.
“OK, let’s just break this down,” she said. “First of all, I’m
“The only way I’m trying to influence people is to be more
not ‘married,’” she corrected, using air quotes. “I’m married.
kind and compassionate with one another,” DeGeneres
That’s all.”
said. “That is the message I’m sending out. I don’t have an agenda.”
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week 02 user testing
THE ITEMS
Type Motion
Silent Struggle Poster
Coming out sure is hard for a lot of people. A lot of terrifying
The poster is a series of 3 poster that has stories one another.
things are in their mind when they are thinking of coming out even to their loved ones. It is a struggle that people often underestimate as they do not know what it feels like to live inside a small, dark and suffocating closet. As we believed, closet is not a place for a human being to live. So
So people would be able to relate three posters at the same time, the poster is telling us about how easy we can pressurized our maximum potential just because we want to hide whatever complexity we have in our life from society.
learn how things terrifies them and makes them stay inside.
the poster are placed in the back of the canvas so that it
This type motion reminds us how is it like to be inside the
background. but since the canvas has a rough part at the
closet. What people feel inside the closet and how desperately they want to be outside. but they are too scared.
would be interesting and has a different texture for the back and its wood texture is quite interesting, thus I spray painted it white so it looks finished and white to fit my silent struggle concept.
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Behind Closet journal The journal is meant to tell stories about how individuals in LGBT community live and cope up in life. For many people who have to deal with difficult issues in their lives, the supportive resources they can summon from around them may sometimes seem very limited. But often what they muster from within themselves can be useful too. In the process of listening to all of them, I have learnt how powerful it is for stories to be told and heard. Surviving life’s crises
How was the publication was formed? the first order is to tell the readers about the background of the issue so that readers feel more familiar with the concept, after that one by one story are infused into the publication with pictures as supporting images to deliver the message.
involves having the inner resources to cope, resources which may be shared through the telling of these stories to a wider audience. Every story in this series surfaces the indomitable spirit of human resilience in its various forms.
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week 02 user testing
GENERAL COMMENTS
Video
some individuals feel the message after I explained to them the meaning of the video. the video portrayal a little bit too horrifying, did not clear that it was meant for LGBT community. (too abstract) phobia? fear? deppresion? confused? crime scene? “the concept of peeking through the keyhole is interesting though,
Type Motion
there is a quote that does not fit the whole situation and sounds like fitness motivation quote. posters as a whole is not clear enough. crafting should be more tidy. Some of the quotes feels very personal and maybe the size can be a little bit bigger? Has an interesting concept with the craft.
Behind the Closet Journal
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plan ahead I have been working on this project focusing more on how depressed it is to stay behind the closet and did not see the opportunities that LGBT community can make and it feels different now. Thus, I will make the project to focus more on the positive sides on the issue rather than the negative ones.
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week 02 foundings
DOUBLE EXPOSURE: interesting double exposure works around the internet.
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week 02 foundings
WINDOW LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY: using minimum source of light to create dramatic feel in the photo.
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week 02 foundings (youtube.com)
SIA - ELASTIC HEART: astonishing yet controversial interpretive music video
around the internet The video plays with Shia, representing adulthood and reason, and Maddie, as wild and at times vicious as a child or animal. Maddie plays the subconscious, our imagination, capable of attacking without cause, but also falling asleep in innocence. Shia seems wiser, but he can’t control Maddie and neither can he leave the cage of his own limits. The video makes us question who we like or hate more: reasoning or wild subconscious. And at the end, our dreams are trying to tug us free, but reason just can’t get out.
“I’m really not sure about the video but they don’t seem to be a couple. Isn’t it a fight between a father and his adolescent daughter who fights against his rules and strictness and he, strong, experienced, even angry, helpless (look at his face) but never really violent anyway who has to stay in his own life’s cage finally accepting her independence without cutting the bonds of love to his princess?” “What I got from this video is that she was being trained by her father to go through all the trials and tribulations of her life and as her father was getting older and dying she tried to get him out of his rut but he was getting old so he was trapped and in the end she was just too late.”
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thoughts Many of the netizen around the world has interpreted the musiv video in negative thoughts, saying that the video is conveying a pedophilia. But the way the artist itself intended it to be is only for the video to be more emotional without any intention of making anybody upset. The video itself is very interpretive and the meaning could be different depending on how individuals interpret the music videos.
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articles, findings,
WEEK 3
Third week is one of the important week as I have a roundtable this week. roundtable is a session with all the lecturers in the faculty and they will be a ble to see what have I done in the previous semester for them to comment on. They will be a ble to understand more and give further opinion about the project and what could be done to fix the project to be better than before.
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week 03 findings (ted.com)
THE CLUES TO A GREAT STORY Filmmaker Andrew Stanton (“Toy Story,” “WALL-E”) shares what he knows about storytelling
Storytelling is joke telling. It’s knowing your punchline, your
Storytelling without dialogue. It’s the purest form of
ending, knowing that everything you’re saying, from the first
cinematic storytelling. It’s the most inclusive approach you
sentence to the last, is leading to a singular goal, and ideally
can take. It confirmed something I really had a hunch on,
confirming some truth that deepens our understandings
is that the audience actually wants to work for their meal.
of who we are as human beings. We all love stories. We’re
They just don’t want to know that they’re doing that. That’s
born for them. Stories affirm who we are. We all want
your job as a storyteller, is to hide the fact that you’re making
affirmations that our lives have meaning. And nothing
them work for their meal. We’re born problem solvers. We’re
does a greater affirmation than when we connect through
compelled to deduce and to deduct, because that’s what we
stories. It can cross the barriers of time, past, present and
do in real life. It’s this well-organized absence of information
future, and allow us to experience the similarities between
that draws us in. There’s a reason that we’re all attracted to
ourselves and through others, real and imagined.
an infant or a puppy. It’s not just that they’re damn cute; it’s because they can’t completely express what they’re thinking and what their intentions are. And it’s like a magnet. We can’t stop ourselves from wanting to complete the sentence and fill it in.
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thoughts When you’re telling a story, have you constructed antici-
the talk has inspired me that the true story telling
pation? In the short-term, have you made me want to
actually invoke wonder. because wonder is honest, and
know what will happen next? But more importantly, have
it is completely innocent, can’t be artificially evoked. The
you made me want to know how it will all conclude in the
audience in this sense would be able to grow some empathy.
long-term? Have you constructed honest conflicts with truth that creates doubt in what the outcome might be? An
I am in this short movie looking for empathy, why empathy?
example would be in “Finding Nemo,” in the short tension,
because empathy has the ability to start action rather than
you were always worried, would Dory’s short-term memory
just being sympathical. So there is action that follow the
make her forget whatever she was being told by Marlin. But
short movie.
under that was this global tension of will we ever find Nemo in this huge, vast ocean? I walked out of there wide-eyed with wonder. And that’s what I think the magic ingredient is, the secret sauce, is can you invoke wonder. Wonder is honest, it’s completely innocent. It can’t be artificially evoked. For me, there’s no greater ability than the gift of another human being giving you that feeling -- to hold them still just for a brief moment in their day and have them surrender to wonder. When it’s tapped, the affirmation of being alive, it reaches you almost to a cellular level. And when an artist does that to another artist, it’s like you’re compelled to pass it on. It’s like a dormant command that suddenly is activated in you, like a call to Devil’s Tower. Do unto others what’s been done to you. The best stories infuse wonder. And that’s the first story lesson I ever learned. Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesn’t always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core. And that’s what ultimately led me to speaking to you here at TEDTalk today.
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week 03 references
FRESH GUACAMOLE PES Film
thoughts Fresh Guacamole was originally commisioned by Showtime
PES has the keen eye to able to find objects in everyday life
as part of its “Short Stories” series and first appeared on
and turn them into something else. The ordinary objects that
Showtime’s YouTube channel for a period of 1 year (March
is not really expected to be a ‘guacamole’ can be done with
7, 2012 - March 7, 2013). In that time the film tallied 7,842,373
PES and stop motion. PES give meanings to every objects
views. Since YouTube does not allow view counts on a film
that they use in the stop motion so it is not really just using
to be transferred between channels, the upload here on
random objects that represents the real thing.
PESfilm has to start again at zero. It is the only place online to see the film for free.
This has given me the idea that stop motion actually can portray any idea as good as other short movies references.
The film uses pixilation to depict a man making guacamole
stop motion has no limitation to imagination although the
out of obscure objects, which become different items
technical stuff is difficult to do.
whenever they are cut, often depending on (unspoken) puns. For example, a baseball is cut in half and then becomes a pile of dice while it is being diced. Each of the objects also vaguely resembles an ingredient actually used in guacamole. For example, a green decorative lightbulb resembles a jalapeño pepper, a pincushion resembles a tomato, and a grenade resembles an avocado.
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A PUNCH LINE (OR PUNCHLINE) IS THE FINAL PART OF A JOKE, COMEDY SKETCH, PROFOUND STATEMENT, OR STORY, USUALLY THE WORD, SENTENCE OR EXCHANGE OF SENTENCES WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE FUNNY OR TO PROVOKE LAUGHTER OR THOUGHT FROM LISTENERS “Not to tell them how to feel. They are participant in the film they are having conversation.”
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week 03 findings
MAKE (STORIES) Tips from books and online to make and establish moving pictures
Start point : You need to start to tease people throughout
1. Make sure your storyboard progression is logical and
the film as well. The audience needs to think “What’s gonna
coherent. Even if your video is a "who-done-it?" your
happened next in the movie?” So this create sense of wonder
audience expects a logical progression to a conclusion.
so that audience would engrossed in this movie.
Although plot-twists are exciting, stories that draw conclusions from nothing are neither informative nor
Ending : is the thing that leave people looms about your
enjoyable.
film. The ending has to have a little twist and has a positive impression. some punch line in the movie would help.
2. Using an attention-grabber at the beginning of your story can set the tone and get your audience interested. An
the overall tips was to make what happened before is
attention-grabber can be:
essential. Do not just put random scenes and does not relate to the ending.
a question a scenario
“YOU ARE YOUR BEST AUDIENCE BUT YOU HAVE TO BE
an interesting image
HARD TO YOURSELF!”
a game a finished example (as in a lesson)
the idea is where the energy should be. think through every angle before shooting it.
3. When creating a storyboard, the visual parts of the frames should be kept simple and the image in each frame should be one that best describes the action taking place, or concept being explained. The images can be simple sketches, or images from your own resources or found on the web.
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week 03 findings
MAKE (STORIES) keywords that makes the moving pictures.
KEY WORDS : Positive, Story telling, Ending has to be somewhat satisfying, create wonder, honest, reflection, intimate, tranquility, gentle, soft whisper AIM : makes it looks like daily activity, embrace it and live happily, why other people talk horribly, small things that keep them going, so intimate that it grows emphaty, TWIST END : meet a friend with the same journey, feels where they belong and everything looks normal when its mutual, wondering how it will end. *leave the audience long for ending
Start with how ther character is inside a house, alone, a little bit dark but he is looking through the window. makes the character walk around, doing his usual things, doing activities. Character is in public spaces, reflecting on others. Character is in colour splash to show his true identity. Sitting on a bench in the park. Character in a spotlight, standing alone.
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“IT’S OKAY TO..” “WHO ARE YOU..?” “WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU..?” “AT THE END OF THIS ROAD, I MIGHT CATCH A GLIMPSE OF ME.”
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articles, findings,
WEEK 4
Fourth week is one of the important week as this is where I actually tested out my ideas after generate story board. the ideas was to use stopmotion as the moving images to be able to convey a story. stop motion and real footage was considered in the making of the first outcome (moving images).
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week 04 article
TRANS WOMEN FASHION MODELS SIZZLE Thailand’s Apple Model Management proudly presents the faces of its alltrans modeling division, a world first for the fashion industry.
thoughts Transgender talent, long part of indie art scenes, has seen an undeniable push into more mainstream media this past year, in movies such as Boy Meets Girl to TV shows like Orange Is the New Black and Transparent. Meanwhile, the fashion
Over the past several decades, there are a lot of homosexuals depicted in the media such as films and shows. The characters in the media are openly homosexuals and are open about their sexuality, that may signal a growing
world has undergone its own quiet revolution.
acceptance of homosexual lifestyles.
Part of the same trend that has seen trans models like Lea T,
While attitudes may be greatly influenced by media content
Andreja Pejic, and Geena Rocero in the spotlight, Thailand’s Apple Model Management has gone a step further this year by introducing the world’s first all-trans female section of a modeling agency. Thailand, long known worldwide for its vibrant trans culture and recently home to a new constitution that acknowledges a “third gender,” may be the ideal
and messages, stereotypical and exaggerated portrayals of homosexuals may hamper heterosexuals’ understanding of homosexuals as well as homosexuals’ understandings of themselves. This is a step forward in fashion industry to use trans gender models and this has shown that society is able to start open up about transgender at least in Thailand.
place to begin such a movement in trans representation. “We were approached quite a few times with requests for transgender models, which eventually led us to realize that there’s a gap that needs to be filled in the modeling industry,” Apple’s scouting and placement director Noam Lev tells The Advocate. With the demand for trans models still rising from Apple’s increasingly “educated and open-minded clientele,” Lev and his team decided in 2013 to start actively recruiting and training trans women, including those who had never modeled before. Now representing 15 trans feminine models (pictured below), Apple gathered its pool of applicants through contests, universities, scouts on the street, and word of mouth. The crew is now gracing ads and magazines, as in the stunning spread from Lips below, and Lev hopes it will be a part of a larger trend that will see trans beauty become a regular feature of fashion magazines, runways, advertising, and television in the coming decade.
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STOP MOTION
These are the videos that I have done in the first year in LASALLE. creating stop motion was kind of a tedious process but trough these process there are a lot of things that needs more attention to create a good stop motion.
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STOP MOTION IS ANIMATION TECHNIQUE TO MAKE A PHYSICALLY MANIPULATED OBJECT OR PERSONA APPEAR TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. THE OBJECT IS MOVED IN SMALL INCREMENTS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALLY PHOTOGRAPHED FRAMES, CREATING THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT WHEN THE SERIES OF FRAMES IS PLAYED AS A CONTINUOUS SEQUENCE.
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week 04 testing
STOP MOTION testing on stop motion.
reflection Stop motion (also known as stop frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object or persona appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. The stop motion method that I am trying to make is a stop motion that has the doll as the main character, the doll was chosen because the doll has no expression or whatsoever. Some said these kind of movies are the kind of movie that is actually can communicate stronger as a visual and creates a lot of interpretations coming from the audience. In this case, I was trying to do a simple movement to see whether the doll can be used as a stop motion main character or not. When I started up the stop motion it was rather difficult because the doll is actually difficult to control and each frame does not make sense. So in this case I need to do another kind of shorts that would work more than stop motion, which is a real footage. why real footage? because real footage does not require much technical requirements and it could convey the emotion as well as other mediums.
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reflection The limitation with the actor is that the hinge in between the joints are super hard to move and limit the movement of the doll. the doll is actually fine and good when it is still, but when you try to adjust it a little bit to match the movement from previous frame, it is super hard to do.
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WEEK 5
This week was all about the storyboarding and the planning for the short movie that I planned to do. the story boarding starts with some research on how to do the storyboarding so I can do a proper storyboarding. The storyboarding research was done online so that a lot of input can be used for my short.
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outcome 1 short film storyboard
THIS SHORT FILM IS A NARRATIVE WHERE THE MOOD GIVEN IS HONEST, INTIMATE, TRANQUIL AND GENTLE AT THE SAME TIME. THE PURPOSE OF THE NARRATIVE IS TO GET PEOPLE THINK AND REFLECT ON WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR IN LIFE, AND ALL ABOUT FINDING THEMSELF IN LIFE, BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE ACTUALLY LOST IN THE JOURNEY NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO.
part 01
estABlishiNG sCeNes the first few scenes are the scenes that establish the background, and settings of the movie.
The settings are busy urban city. Where people usually busy with their own business. They work and move in a fast pace where nobody is even considered to slow down to reflect. They are too busy chasing what they think they want in life.
sound effect people mumbling, car horns, siren busy steps
“have you ever wondered, can you win a race, when you are constantly driving while fixated on the rear view mirror?”
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Narration starts while the visual shows varied busy places with people fixated on their smartphones, indicating that social interaction is getting rare. and this has caused lack of empathy within the society.
sound effect phone dialing,
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RACteR iNtRODUCtiON
cter is being introduced by showing hints. the character is a wonderer. He thinks and reflect on others, how do they live and how does it affect his way of living. His
“What does people see in this life? what are they looking for? is it happiness that starts with friends, love and family?”
way of living seems to be normal as any other people, but his life seems more tranquil and gentle as he is constantly looking for it.
background music instrumental musical (calm, natural, honest)
“What does people see in this life? what are they looking for? is it happiness that starts with friends, love and family?”
part 02
ChARACteR iNtRODUCtiON character is being introduced by showing hints. the character is a wonderer. He thinks and reflect on others, how do they live and how does it affect his way of living. His way of living seems to be normal as any other people, but his life seems more tranquil and gentle as he is constantly looking for it.
background music instrumental musical (calm, natural, honest)
“What does people see in this life? what are they looking for? is it happiness that starts with friends, love and family?”
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ChARACteR ReFleCtiON thoughts are being voiced. “i don’t think life is about winning the race; life is about finishing the race, and helping as many people as you can finish together. it is the journey, not the goal”
while the character is doing his everyday task. his voice is actually being voiced out. muting the background noises that supposed to be noisy, but instead he finds a ‘silent’ within himself.
background music instrumental musical with muted noisy background
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CONClUsiON the looms of the story while the character is doing his everyday task. his voice is actually being voiced out. muting the background noises that supposed to be noisy, but instead he finds a ‘silent’ within himself.
background music instrumental musical with muted noisy background
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“and nobody knows when this race has come to an end, i might catch a glimpse of me.”
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week 05 activities
PEER TO PEER CRITIQUE by Kyla Arsadjaja
Kyla mentioned that I need to learn a lot of movie making tips and tricks from a lot of people in order to be able to convey the messages in the short movie, otherwise I would be pretty much lost when I start to make the movie, and getting the right messages. Her concerns as well is how do I get people to see my short film, so that people would be able to be moved and eventually make an action out of it. to show my movie to my target audience. Kyla mentioned as well that the story board is ok, just need to be able to know how am I going to execute the whole movie so that the whole movie is united as one whereas people would get my messages and get it straightforward without thinking too much about it.
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LEFT ON SHING WONG WongFu Production
In this most recent short, “Left on Shing Wong” a young writer, Vincent, encounters a very unique spirit played by Robynn Yip. He soon learns she’s responsible for collecting and protecting all the lost thoughts and memories that get left behind on the stairs as people go up and down them. Furthermore, he learns how new ideas and inspirations are created. In a sense, Robynn is a muse. The story structure is circular. It begins with Vincent just after having met Robynn and his retelling of the encounter. When it starts, Vincent is totally stuck not knowing what to write but after his meeting with Robynn, he starts to tell her story. The only indication of this is that the short starts and ends with the same line “Today, the steps on the hill told me their secret.”
thoughts Wongfu production is one of the production house that is quite famous in youtube. their shorts are meaningful and most of the times rich in content. Their cinematography is remarkable and giving a fresh look on cinematography especially when their platform is youtube. the great thing about wonfu is that they able to convey stories with flowing scenes in their short films.
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week 04 tutorials
STORY BOARDING Ryan Falkner on skillshare.com
Storyboard artist Ryan Falkner explains why storyboards and scripts matter to filmmaking, covers core concepts of cinematography and camera angles, and illustrates a short script from start to finish, revealing key insider tips on how to think like a storyboard artist, “see like a camera,” and draw from your mind’s eye. With a wealth of downloadable additional resources— including a warm-up exercise, pages of annotated scripts and storyboards, a storyboarding template, and helpful reference charts illustrating key concepts—this is a fascinating, engaging class for everyone who loves good stories and wants to tell their own.
thoughts When messages and the dialoge in the movie is important, planning is as important as the messages inside the short movie. Storyboards especially. Storyboard covers the main plan on how the camer would capture the whole movie and is an essential of the whole movie, to be able to foresee whether the whole mood of the movie is uniformed and constant enough so it does not confuse the audience because without thourough planning it might convey different messages with details unplanned.
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terms In film or video, an over the shoulder shot (also over shoulder, OS, OTS, or third-person shot) is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of another person. The back of the shoulder and head of this person is used to frame the image of whatever (or whomever) the camera is pointing toward. This type of shot is very common when two characters are having a discussion and will usually follow an establishing shot which helps the audience place the characters in their setting. It is an example of a camera angle. tracking shot may refer to a shot in which the camera is mounted on a camera dolly, a wheeled platform that is pushed on rails while the picture is being taken; in this case the shot is also known as a dolly shot or trucking shot. One may dolly in on a stationary subject for emphasis, or dolly out, or dolly beside a moving subject
thoughts The angle in a video does make a huge difference in order to portray the right message to the audience. Even though all the lines and messages are mainly portrayed by the actors. The mood and the eye persepective making the whole scene feels different and create a new perspective that might not be imagined by the viewers before, so it all adds up to a great story as well.
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week 05 tutorials
CAPTURING CINEMATICS MOMENTS Gabriel Noguez on skillshare.com
Cinema empowers its creator to convey emotion and tell stories across many different moments, creating a narrative often frozen in still photography. Masters of cinema know how to leverage moving images, music, and a suite of powerful editing techniques to invite their audience to experience an event, place, person or thing as if they were there. Cinematic tips and tricks on capturing and editing footage from GoPro filmmaker Gabriel Noguez while following him through the streets of New York and inside editing software. You’ll create a 1-minute short film capturing a moment in your own life, telling your story through music and cinematic editing techniques.
thoughts Wongfu production is one of the production house that is quite famous in youtube. their shorts are meaningful and most of the times rich in content. Their cinematography is remarkable and giving a fresh look on cinematography especially when their platform is youtube. the great thing about wonfu is that they able to convey stories with flowing scenes in their short films.
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before we introduce a subject, we has to connect with the subject first to make them feel comfortable. There are few things when we want to compose the whole compostition. long 24mm - head to toes, eye level on waist. 84 mm - far from subject, space got compressed medium : 50mm - waist up - leaving a little bit of head room 24mm - medium close up close up extreme close up
*examples of the shots that we need to pay attention to
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thoughts when the shoot was shot, it has to be done with steady feet, because as the camera moves and if the feet is not steady enough, there will be bumps in the video and this is not really comfortable for the viewers to see. The video was taken and the girls came in the frame by walking through by the side of the cameraman. In this scene, a sense of intimate was created that the main subject can befriended by the audience. The result of the scene. It started with the girl walking side by side with the cameraman and then slowly walk in to the scene so it does not make sudden change and then confuse the audiences. The transition between the girl walk in the frame is natural and done slowly. And then after the transition is finished, the main composition is being made slowly as well to make a final image.
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In Cinemea, close up is the best thing they can offer because it offers the details of many things. Close up Shoot 24mm - eye level 85mm - Background got compressed with foreground
Extreme Close up 50mm - details of the hand, and there is something going on with the hand. Tips We can find a scene where light is coming though the trees and straight on close up to introduce the details of the scene and then the lighting form background going to shape the subject with nice edge light.
thoughts I did not really realize how important the angle of the movie is until I learned all about the rough idea on how can I shoot a movie from different angle and style. This idea would be able to help me in the process of making the short movie.
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articles, findings,
WEEK 6
the sixth week is the week when I started to experiment again with my short movie. My short movie was a little bit delayed because of the storyboarding that was still not really clear. In order to do that, I finished my storyboarding within the week and finally I am able to shoot some introducing scene. The introducing scene took awhile to shoot as I need some rush hour in the city area to be able to create the sense of rushing world. and some of the week are spent to think about the final outcomes that I am going to do for final assessment. haiyo..
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ESTABLISHING SCENES FOOTAGES Footages used for the short film
In the short film that I planned to do, will appear a footages that shown that the world is on the move that it is moving nonstop and keep minding their own business. to portray that, the establishing scenes are needed to give that idea to audience.
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UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT the studio journal book
the journal prototype suppoed to have a cover, but the cover
The journal itself has not reached the final layout and final
printed is too bright and when it was applied to the board, it
plan for the binding. As seen from the prototype, the layout
was torn in the middle of pasting.
is still clumsy and the planning for the margin and even size of the book is not correct. So further planning has to be done so by week 10 the journal is finished.
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progress of the book stitching and the final result of the prototype. The prototype itself has a lot of errors. as images shown, the plan of using a transparency paper in the middle of the book is to make it more interesting. But it has failed because the planning was not good enough and then it created double printed and quite confusing. the cover of the book is still not finished as well as the margin is too tight. When I attempt to trim the edges of the book, because of different kind of paper used in the book, it has created uneven edge and it is not neat at all. This is an error I should consider when I want to create the real journal later in the week.
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articles, findings,
WEEK 7
The seventh week is when the formative feedback session was conducted, for me the formative feedback session quite helpful in a way that it will help to direct me in this project when I am too lost and does not really know what I am doing. and also, this week was used for my sister’s wedding and the whole weekend was spent celebrating her wedding. The wedding was pretty fun and tiring at the same time.
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FORMATIVE FEEDBACK week 07 formative feedback session LASALLE College of the Arts Faculty of Design - BA (HONS) DESIGN COMMUNICATION Student Name:
Student ID: 13093
Igor Ivander Nugroho Candra
Module: B-DC304 Professional Practice: Graduating Portfolio (Graphic Communication)
Credits: 40
Assessed Items:
Class:
Late: No Time: 9.30am
BADC6C
Submission/Assessment Date: 17th Feb 2015
Studentship:
1) Practical Portfolio: Includes studio projects & negotiated outcomes 2) Creative Process Journal (CPJ)
Has made an effort to contribute to mass critics and group discussions. -----Shows a good level of commitment to the course.
Formative Feedback Form – AY 14/15 Learning Outcomes
Units of Assessment
Portfolio (80%)
Knowledge and Understanding Develop the ability to build an informed knowledge of the design issue based on the specialism area and develop conceptual confidence in articulating the design process and outcome
CPJ (20%)
· Clear Communication of ideas & concepts · A body of knowledge to handle materials & techniques and with professional outcomes · An ability to solve design problems
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Relevant design documentation Collation of Design Process & thinking Design related contextual analysis Visual explorations
Project outcomes are satisfactory but not yet effective and will need to be improved on, as they show a satisfactory understanding of the research area tackled. Design process, research and developments are satisfactorily evident through the outcomes.
CPJ indicates satisfactory documentation of design process, thinking and analysis, demonstrating a satisfactory knowledge and understanding of the research area.
----Developed a satisfactory rationale behind the projects intention.
Cognitive Skills The ability to synthesize evidence or ideas productively.
Project outcomes demonstrated a satisfactory ability to synthesize research and/or ideas into designed outcomes -----
Documentation in CPJ demonstrated a satisfactory ability to critically analyze research and ideas. Evidence of synthesis of research into potential ideas s satisfactory.
Linked the selected approach into working studio models satisfactorily. Practical and Professional Skills Engage in the process of synthesizing the ideas from initial stage to the final production of work based on studying and analyzing the specialism area.
Has overall produced satisfactory outcomes for the research area at hand, and demonstrated satisfactory aesthetic sense and attention to details.
Transferable Skills Develop professional practice skills in presentation, exhibition and analytical skills.
Satisfactory research conducted in the areas of contextual understanding of contemporary design process, as well as craft and technical skills conducted on the issue at hand.
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CPJ records satisfactory use of observation, experimentation and visualisation in relation to the design outcomes. Demonstrating an understanding towards practical and professional skills of the specialism.
Have produced satisfactory outcomes that address the research area and requirements of the issue at hand. Conceptual thinking is weak and requires a lot more contextualized explorations to further substantiate the approach selected. Has shown some a satisfactory practice of experimentation in the use of transferable skills for your design responses within CPJ.
Challenge and develop a critical understanding of contemporary
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design process and practice.
Indicative Banding
90-100% Exceptional
80-89% Outstanding
70-79% Excellent
60-69% Very Good
50-59% Good
40-49% Pass
25-39% Fail
10-24% Bad Fail
1-9% Very Bad Fail
0% Non Submission or Plagiarised Content
STUDIO CPJ
Comments/Action Plans
Overall Comments
CPJ Comments:
The panel feels that the body of work presented would have benefitted from improvements in the following areas:
CPJ must be expanded to include all documentation of process from research through design developments, reflection and analysis.
Experimentation (in order to produce a range of potential solutions)., Research (collected from a broad range of sources and effectively integrated into project outcomes)., Critical thinking (greater degree of analysis and reflection with regards to appropriateness in design decisions)., Time management (setting targets for the completion of work ahead of deadlines).
----Comments: The publication is a good start, there are some art directional issues but something that can be worked on progressively. But whats lacking profoundly with the publication is the storytelling quality. The mediocre pictures are not telling the stories well. As much as they are wonderful b-roll cuts there is no link to these people. You need to humanize the publication. Where is the video and the posters that you mentioned? Looking forward to them. CPJ is a good start but require better critical input.
Assessment Panel:
Signature:
Yasser Suratman
comments
thoughts
The publication is a good start, there are some art directional
The comments that has been made by Yasser were pretty
issues but something that can be worked on progressively.
clear and direct. The publication that I produced for week
But whats lacking profoundly with the publication is the
7 was a disaster. The publication did not have any impact
storytelling quality. The mediocre pictures are not telling
or whatsoever and it did not really tell the story. as for the
the stories well. As much as they are wonderful b-roll cuts
videos and the poster I did not have time to show it on week
there is no link to these people. You need to humanize the
7 as I need to go back home to Indonesia to celebrate my
publication.
sister Wedding.
Where is the video and the posters that you mentioned? Looking forward to them. CPJ is a good start but require better critical input.
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THE WEDDING the sister’s wedding
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thoughts The wedding was a fun and tiring at the same time as well. Because the wedding is my own sister and it was the first wedding in our family. So my sister is the first out of four of us that got married. I was excited for her and her husband as well. The wedding took a whole day, start from the church mass to bless the couple, and we needed to go to saloon to have a touchup for the couple. The lunch was quite rushed because apparently there are a lot of things to do as the Bride’s family. touch up and all of things. But still was quite fun and then we head to the wedding hall where all the guests are invited to celebrate with us. I invited my highschool friends and it was a good catch up as well. Overall, the wedding was a good refreshing thing for me because I get the chance to take a ‘break’ from my daily activities and the assignments and outcomes that I need to do. Not to mention that I need to do my essay.
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week 07 references
SG50 LETTERS messages from people with influences in Singapore
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thoughts When I was reading a magazine, I stumble upon this advertisement on SG50. The advertisement display a group of people with influences in Singapore and have them explain and comment on Singapore turning 50 and their wishes to Singapore. I tought the composition is quite interesting as a whole. It was interesting enough to see the unity all across the people and although they are different but still look uniformed. and it was smart of the editor to put bright colours in celebration of SG50 to attract people’s attention.
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CHINESE NEW YEAR & ESSAY not-so-celebration after all
thoughts The wedding, was just few days before Chinese New year so I
When she saw my essay she literally say that my essay was
decided to stay longer in Indonesia to celebrate Chinese New
a complete mess. I was quite shocked because I tought
year together with my family since it has been quite a long
I have already rearrange it nicely and it all quite makes
time since I got together with then. It was pretty enjoyable
sense. But after that, she explained to me what she meant
thing until I need to do my essay!
by her comments and it was all makes sense. She gave me directions on how to do proper essay and how to focus on my
The essay is due on week 9 and I am in my week 7! maybe if I
main point, which is story telling. after a few consultation,
need to count it by words, actually I have almost reach 6000
She said I can do it just that I need to work on some parts
words it is just that the essay was still a mess. There was
that need to elaborated more. So I did elaborate it.
no structure or whatsoever. Lucky for me, My sister is quite good at English literature as she reads a lot of book since she
By the end of the week, it was not actually done. it was
was young. So she is a quite dependable person that I can
almost 80% done. I was still quite happy with my progress.
consult with.
Although it was quite slow but there is a progress that is quite significant, it is not like I did nothing during the Chinese
So it began, I needed to arrange my essay and let my sister see
New Year celebration.
the essay and let her comment on it while we are celebrating Chinese New Year. It was kinda hectic because I need to spare some time from the celebration doing essay so that I have time to consult to her. The process was a pain in the ass because when I thought of the essay, non sense words flying through my head. and it was true, when I saw my first draft of my essay it was a complete mess, So I re arranged it then I eventually show it to my sister as a first draft. The verdict is?
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This is the right comic to describe my feeling when I was doing essay. haha. It was quite difficult to create connection between primary research and the literature that I have and conclude both of the points. I feel like I was just creating bulltsh*t in my head but thankfully my sister said it was good and much better than my first draft.
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Behind the Closet How storytelling diminish stereotype: In the case of LGBT community
Igor Ivander Nugroho Candra (13093) BADCN6C Yasser Suratman
ESSAY IS DONE! STUDIO WORKS LEFT! LASALLE College of the Arts BA(HONS) Design Communication Graphic Communication AY 2014/2015
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WEEK 8
The battle with essay was still on! I need to get the sh*t out of my head and get it done so that I can re read it in case I didn’t realize I was making mistakes so I can spot the mistakes and correct it again. This time without my sister’s help because I am already back in Singapore. and this week I decided to work on the illustration that I want to work with for my poster.
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week 08 references
LINO CUT how people make use of lino cut
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suggestion from peers Before I actually decided on using linocut printing technique, I went to Adeline from Image Communication. She already has a linocut experience in her class previously and she did pretty well done job on doing linocut. I went to her and ask how did she do the lino and if there is any tips on doing linocut. She mentioned that it is fairly do-able, it is just that it is quite tedious and takes patience and full concentration. Because once you make the wrong cut, then that’s it, you have to start from the beginning again. and that was not it, when it comes to the printing the lino onto the paper, the paint has to be evenly spread or it will look uneven on the paper as well, this process takes quite a time as well as you have to wait for the paint to dry and you need to do quite a lot of experimentations before choosing the best one as final image.
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COMPOSITION composition for poster
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ILLUSTRATION crosshatch illustration for poster
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week 08 articles
TIFFANY & CO PRINT ADS first gay couple in tiffany&co print ads
thoughts Jeweler Tiffany & Co. is featuring a same-sex couple for the
This was actually a remarkable improvement coming from
first time in its advertising history. The two men depicted
the advertising world. Previously it has never been happened
in the “Will You?” campaign are a real-life couple, CNN
and it is a first openly gay advertisement. This may have been
reports. The campaign was shot by fashion photographer
affected from how gay marriage in the US has started to take
Peter Lindbergh and features six other couples.
a stance and become legal.
The ads are meant to broaden the 178-year-old jeweler’s
This is a way of support coming from giant jewellery
portrayals of marriage, Tiffany & Co. said. For example,
company, and not only from them. alot of company has done
another pairing shows a couple with their child during
it as well which show growing acceptance of gay marriage.
their wedding, a nod to people who have children outside marriage. “Nowadays, the road to marriage is no longer linear,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. “True love can happen more than once with love stories coming in a variety of forms.” In recent years, several other major fashion companies have also featured same-sex couples, including Gap, Banana Republic and J. Crew. 94
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WEEK 9
Essay was due this week and it was done! yeah finally! The essay finally was done and after that here comes studio. The studio need to be done as soon as possible as well because all I want to do is to finish it with best possible outcomes. So if I do it early, I can finish it and spot mistakes and the things I can further improve on. This week I created illustration for my poster.
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ILLUSTRATION Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas (born 25 July 1974), is a retired Welsh professional rugby player, who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. He was the most capped Welsh rugby union player. In December 2009 Thomas announced publicly that he is gay. He told the Daily Mail,
“I don’t want to be known as a gay rugby player. I am a rugby player, first and foremost I am a man”. Thomas’ public confirmation of his sexuality made him the first openly gay professional rugby union player.[21] In an interview with the BBC, Thomas talked about how he hoped that his coming out would mean that in the future, young gay rugby players would be able to come out and be accepted as a “talented gay rugby player”.
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ILLUSTRATION Isis King
Isis King (born October 1, 1985) is an American fashion model and a fashion designer. She was a contestant on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show America’s Next Top Model. She was the first trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television. The reason why I chose her is that to tell people that people can be successfull and be famous and they can be whatever they want to be. They will be themselves and still be successful and being themselves will not limit the success they can achieve.
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ILLUSTRATION Neil Patrick Harris
thoughts Harris was named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2010, and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2011. He is the first openly gay man to host the Academy Awards. Harris confirmed that he is gay in November 2006 by saying, “I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.” The reason why I chose him that because he has already achieved a lot of milestones regardless who he is and in fact that he can achieved all that by being himself and not hiding it.
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ILLUSTRATION Tyler Oakley
Tyler Oakley (born March 22, 1989) is an American YouTube personality and advocate for LGBT youth, and social issues including healthcare, education, prevention of suicide among LGBT youth, and gay rights. Oakley presents on various topics including queer politics, pop culture, and humor on a regular basis. The reason why I chose him because many of his youtube fans shared that they can relate to him the most because the approach that Tyler is using is humour and daily lifes situation. And the way Tyler sending his messages to the viewers are mostly positive and the positive vibes has bring more audiences to watch him.
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ILLUSTRATION Jane Lynch
Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Lynch is a lesbian; in 2005, she was named one of Power Up’s “10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz.” Lynch hopes others can learn from her journey to self-acceptance. As a person, Jane lynch has consistently work hard and achieve all the things she could have achieved in her career life. She has become influental because no matter what she is, she keeps doing what she loves and gains from it. That is why I chose her as one of the faces in my poster.
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ILLUSTRATION Tim Cook
Tim is an American business executive, and is the CEO of Apple Inc. Tim also became the first openly gay CEO on the Fortune 500 List. The Alabama Academy of Honor inducted Cook, who spoke about his home state’s record of LGBT community’s rights. Tim cook, being a CEO of giant company does not fret to disclose his identity to the public as openly gay. and although he did it, he did not let it become a barrier and still focus on the company itself, it did not change the way he work and he was proud of being who he is.
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FINAL ILLUSTRATION All final illustration made
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thoughts Playing around with the illustration. It was quite fun when I overlay all the illustration together and it created an interesting object. It is just interesting to look at, no meaning behind it haha.
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BOOK LAYOUT retreived from pinterest and librarybook
thoughts to find a clean, simple and straightforward layout is quite difficult. In a way that sometimes it is too simple that it does not say anything and looks quite plain. But that was my main point, because I don’t want the audience to be attracted by the design and not the messages. If I want to emphasize on the design, I could, just that it won’t be the best way to convey the message. The layout is interesting with additional simple stuff that they add to emphasize certain points in the message. They did it in clever way and as if it is ‘revealing’ the hidden message they have in the book.
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BOOK BINDING REFERENCES creative and unique bookbinding
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COPYWRITES copywrites for the poster
Writing copywrites is definitely not my forte, because words are not my likings. haha funny how I say that and I am still babbling here. Oh well, anyway I need to do a research on how copywrite has been done in campaigns and stuff. most of the campaign has a punchline that striking to the audience and led the audience to find out more about the cause. This is the kind of copywrites that I am looking for, to get attention from audience and make them interested to the cause within seconds. I do not want to overcomplicate things and makes the audience too lazy to read it because its too long. Clean, clear, simple, and straightforward.
some of the examples done taken from the internet with good quotes about equality, empower, and LGBT community. All are simple and straightforward and not only clear but it also invite the audience to participate in the thinking process.
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the punchline was simply done and with the faces of the politicians, this poster has successfuly deliver the main message. the Message is ALSO SUPPORTED by the FACT written on the campaign so audience would relate more to the campaign.
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EDITORIAL Behind The Closet Journal
thoughts Re-layout the publication is not an easy thing. I did struggle a little bit when I tried to reorganized all the publication because previously it was super messy and did not have any hierarchy or whatsoever. I took some references from online and LASALLE library to see how they typically organize story in a book.
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articles, findings,
WEEK 10
It has already reach 10th WEEK! WALAOO I am starting to panic, because means that the time is getting lesser and lesser. There is no time to play around anymore because the deadline is coming. and my project is nowhere near finish, it is on the way of course, but it is still in the progress and none of them I can call as a finish product. So for this week aim, is to finish one of my outcome which is book by the weekend, and after that on Sunday I can start to do finishing touch on the poster while movie I need to start shooting and complete the scenes on week 11.
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COPYWRITES copywrites for the poster
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the whole strategy is to give a big question to the audience and give a fact about a successful individual with ‘labels’ from society. and then after the example I would say about the real meaning of the poster, supported by the fact that I give before.
thoughts The strongest candidates has to be : WHAT DEFINES YOU? Isis, refuse to be defined by labels and be successful in her own way despite being born in a man body. or WHAT ARE YOU FAMOUS FOR? Isis, is known as successful model and fashion designer, except that she achieved it after a lot struggle transitioning to a woman from a man. “do you label people? think twice before labelling them. You don’t want to be identified by label.
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BRUSH CALLIGRAPHY calligraphy for the poster
thoughts The reason why I chose brush calligraphy for the main punchline in the poster is that it is interesting calligraphy and adds ‘personal touch’ to the poster. So that the poster does not look super stiff with SERIF or SANS-SERIF fonts. Of course, there are some of them that does not look that stiff at all, but being personalized on every poster makes it look nicer and tend to drawn the audience to the poster due to its variety of shapes and does not bore the audience for repeating the exact same thing on the posters.
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DOCTOR AND MEDICINES bloody cough leading to fever
thoughts Okay, never underestimates cough next time. It began just as simple as cough. and then usddenly it get worse and I am down with fever. the fever was quite bad it was almost 39 degree celcius. Thankfully the doctor injected me with immune system booster so I am fine within 2days. but within these 2 days, I did not really do much. I only slept to rest my body and do some cpj. Well, I guess a lot of people say, being sick is your body way to telling me to slow down. and the good thing is I have quite recovered for now and I’m feeling much better than 2 days ago.
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CONSULTATION consultation with May Chiang
YOUR PROJECT NEED TO TELL STORIES AND EVOKE EMOTION FROM THE AUDIENCE May Chiang
thoughts Consultation with Maychiang, was quite helpful in a way. There was some time needed for her to actually absorb my project and all the possibilities in my project. She told me that there are more possibilities that I can do in my project. She started it by giving on new perspectives that I can take a look into. The suggestion that she gives to me is that I can be more less biased towards the issue. The issue that I am working on seems like too biased because it all came from my friends issue as well. The issue is not meant to be handles with so much bias, but as neutral as possible so a lot more people can tolerate to this issue.
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TRYING OUT LAYOUT bloody cough leading to fever
thoughts The layout that I made here is fully experimental. with the main logo big and small. to see whether if its a good layout to use or not. The layout was definitely quite hard although the aim is to do simple layout. simple layout is quite hard to do because there is not much elements to use and has to be striking at the same time. So it is quite difficult to achieve something that is striking without much elements.
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week 10 workshop
RISOGRAPH risograph workshop by pushpress_sg
thoughts The Risograph printing process can be best described as an occupant of the middle ground between the capabilities of offset lithographic printing, digital printing, photocopying and screen-printing. Traditionally used in schools, churches, small enterprises and independent political parties, the Risograph has now become an alternative method of production due to an increased interest in self-publishing, and its ability to produce high quality prints quickly and inexpensively using colours not achievable by traditional digital printers. Overall, the workshop was quite fun and the whole workshop has really achieved its goal, which for us to understand more about the process of doing risograph from the artwork preparation up until the printing process and methods.
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THE LINOCUTS initial concept for the postcard with linocut
Linocut is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a press. Personally I chose linocut because I want to achieve colours that is not achievable by using regular printing method. To portray the diversity and the symbol of LGBT community, which is rainbow. Rainbow has a very colourful collour and tend to be very vibrant. The ink from printing shop sometimes are not that vibrant enough and I want it to be very vibrant. That is why I chose linocut for the main logo to portray that it is an issu concerning LGBT community.
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the process of doing the linocut.
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AT THIS POINT SOMETIMES I AM NOT EVEN SURE WHAT AM I DOING AND I DON’T KNOW WHETHER IF IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD PROJECT OR JUST ANOTHER PROJECT ABOUT LGBT COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT OR ANYTHING. my toughts going everywhere
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WEEK 11
This week, I was still quite sick and did not really recover from last week. although it is only a minor cough, but it is still quite irritating. The process this week was quite ok. Not really fast but not really slow either. There are some process. But because there is a struggle in choosing the final layout, cover and many things. Things are slowed down by a little bit.
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THE POSTCARDS layout for postcards
thoughts The illustration that I made and the first initial layout. The initial layout was to put the big words big and bold using the linocut technique so that the colour would be vibrant. and would be using vibrant colour such as rainbow colours that can’t be provided by CMYK regular printing. But, the idea of using big and striking words was a little bit too rushed and feels like it is an ads with tagline or something so I changed it into something more simple.
GARETH THOMAS Gareth is the first openly gay professional rugby union player. He was the most capped Welsh rugby union player. Thomas is a supporter of Childline and is co-founder of Distinct Management and PR. He did not let her sexuality defined him as a person, why should you? never stop being proud of who you are!
TYLER OAKLEY
“I don’t want to be known as a gay rugby player. I am a rugby player, first and foremost I am a man”
She did not let her sexuality defined her as a person, why should you? never stop being proud of who you are!
He did not let label limit himself as a person, never stop being proud of who you are!
“I am, you are, everybody on this planet has the capability to be extraordinary”
JANE LYNCH Jane Marie Lynch is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Jane is a lesbian; in 2005, she was named one of Power Up’s “10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz.” Jane hopes others can learn from her journey to self-acceptance. She did not let her sexuality defined her as a person, why should you? never stop being proud of who you are!
“You are going to find something in you that is going to help you move on and make you a more extraordinary person,”
TIM COOK
ISIS KING Isis is an American fashion model and a fashion designer. She was the first trans woman to compete in reality television show America’s Next Top Model, and became on of the most visible trangender on television.
Tyler is a proud homosexual and he is an American YouTube Personality and advocate for LGBT youth and social issues including healthcare, education, prevention of suicide among LGBT youth, and gay rights.
“I will become positive and strong and standing up for what we all know is right.”
Tim is an American business executive, and is the CEO of Apple Inc. Tim also became the first openly gay CEO on the Fortune 500 List. The Alabama Academy of Honor inducted Cook, who spoke about his home state’s record of LGBT community’s rights. He did not let her sexuality defined him as a person, why should you? never stop being proud of who you are!
“I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.”
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INSPIRATION fourth outcome?
thoughts When
I
was
playing
with
the
illustration that I made, I put them in transparency and layered them just for fun. and I tought it would be an interesting artwork actually. So that was when it hits me. This could be interesting. layering for my next outcome. I tought I could portray the faces that LGBT community need to show to the world in order to hide themself. and these are the faces and toughts that they need to show. So this will portray a lot of meaning.
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week 02 founding
STEREOTYPES ABOUT ASIAN MEN: What makes a man handsome?
Americans have debated this question for years, whether in magazine pages, online listicles or more intimate wars between themselves and the mirror. Scientists have weighed in with equal verve: Is attractiveness measurable, a matter of facial symmetry and body fat percentage? Or is it subjective in ways that are much harder to calculate? Whatever your opinion, few can argue that these metrics are inclusive. The American beauty standard is undeniably a white standard, and people of color are bombarded with words and images that celebrate features they, as a matter of genetics, do not possess. It’s part of why Idris + Tony, a Brooklyn, NY-based fashion photography duo, embarked on the Persuasian project earlier this year. Originally conceived as an outlet to depict Asian men in a way most American media won’t — i.e. as unabashedly masculine, sexual and desirable — the series was featured on Models.com in July and garnered significant buzz among fashion industry insiders. But Persuasian is more than just a feel-good story about diversifying beauty standards — it’s a deeply personal and empowering testament to the importance of self-esteem. “I grew up in a very rural town,” Tony Craig, one half of Idris + Tony, said in an interview with Mic. Growing up with an Asian mother and a white father, he explained that the perception of Asian maleness in his community was one of “complete [inferiority].” “[Asian] masculinity wasn’t acknowledged,” he said. “It was stripped away ... And the way Asian men are depicted in popular culture, [we’re] never the object of desire ... we’re still very much ‘just a friend.’” Evidence for this claim abounds in American culture. Asian men in the U.S. are saddled with a troubling range of stereotypes: Whether framed as docile and submissive or rigid and emotionless, the perception is of a group so devoid of 124
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intimacy as to be certifiably sexless. Meanwhile, attempts to
Asian men [mostly models born and raised in countries
challenge this haven’t been well received. The first TV show
like Taiwan, Korea and Japan] are coming in, and we start
in recent memory to depict an Asian man in a romantic
shooting them to put them on file ... [and] there’s something
lead, ABC’s sitcom Selfie, starring John Cho, was recently
I noticed in them that I hadn’t seen in Asian men before, or
cancelled after 13 episodes.
even myself ... I think this work [can persuade] Americans to look at Asian men differently.”
Yet by framing Asian men as objects of desire, Idris + Tony aim to flip this narrative on its ear. These men are indeed
Ultimately, the series remains a work in progress, but Idris
sexual beings, they insist, and undeniably worthy of intimate
+ Tony are encouraged by its reception so far. They see it as
attention.
a potential challenge to the entrenched and often subconscious racism plaguing the fashion industry as a whole,
“We wanted to show that you don’t have to be a white
which they say privileges whiteness in the name of demand
person to be revered in this culture,” Idris Rheubottom, who
economics.
is black, told Mic. “Any culture that’s not the majority here is seen as inferior, so it’s cool to hear people [now] talking
To date, it’s unclear if fashion tastemakers are actually
about which guy is good-looking, not just which Asian guy.”
as committed to diversity as recent trends suggest. But Persuasian strikes a powerful blow against the existing
One could argue this objectification route fails to address
paradigm: The more people see it, the more opportunity it
a larger problem, that fixating on physical beauty can
has to imagine a more inclusive standard of beauty, and the
distract us from more substantive engagements with our
revived notions of self-esteem and positive self-image that
fellow humans. However, as the photographers suggest,
come along with it.
there’s something to be said for valorizing a group that’s traditionally been marginalized in this realm — even if its marginalization doesn’t intersect with a comprehensive range of issues. Case in point: “I’ve always had negative self-image because of my Asian heritage,” Tony said, “even though I started out as a male model ... I would not give Asian guys the time of day, nor was I attracted to them in the same way I’ve been attracted to other races.” The Persuasian project, then, was cathartic for him: “These
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INSPIRATION Art Stage Singapore 2015
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There are a lot of things going on at artstage Singapore. These are the pictures I browse through at artstage. My friend saw this particular artwork that might be suitable for my fourth outcome. They told me there is this artist who printed layers of cloud on glass panels and layers them out. So when audienc see it on one angle, you would be able to tell that there is an image of a cloud on the glass panel and it looks more interesting than just printing it on one sheet. So I thought I could adapt something similar for my outcomes as well.
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TESTING testing out the acrylic print
thoughts When I was doing my video, I did not really know what I was doing. I just did it without much thinking but after I saw that it was a failure, I asked my siblings for opinion about the video. They all say that it was too cheesy and scripted. But they say the message was actually being delivered. The message, was too explicit though. People get it, but the video is too boring.
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WEEK 12
This week, I was still quite sick and did not really recover from last week. although it is only a minor cough, but it is still quite irritating. The process this week was quite ok. Not really fast but not really slow either. There are some process. But because there is a struggle in choosing the final layout, cover and many things. Things are slowed down by a little bit.
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week 12 documentation
WIP SHOW work in progress show
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week 12 research
RESEARCH internet and coming out
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JULIE
Julie’s house and photoshoot
thoughts Julie, is one of my mentor when I had my internship. She helps me a lot when I had my internship. She has been quite open with her sexuality with all the colleagues. The colleagues are fine with her sexuality and seems to be fine with that. I immediately contacted her when I tried to change my concept for the journal. She was hesitant at first and she did not have the answer for that because she needs to make sure that her wife is fine with that. They initially agreed with the shoot and did not have any problem being photographed. But after some consideration, they got back to me and said that the wife can’t be photographed for work reason. But Julie alone is fine, so I need to make a quick decision and then I just went for the shoot. The shoot was quite fun as she was super open with her story as well. I went down to her house after a breakfast with her. She was still staying in her mom’s house while she is getting her place to get renovated. She brought me to her working place where she is working as creative director and she shared more of her story. She showed me her growing up pictures over there as well.
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FAILED ATTEMPT cheesy soap drama
thoughts This drama is so cheesy I can’t even take it anymore. The line was so cheesy and the whole movie was too explicit thus the whole movie taking it too literal and explicit. It didn’t tell any stories or whatsoever. It tells a story but it tells a bad story.
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script Clara (21) is sitting on the bench, looking sad and anxious. She seemed to be waiting for someone. She is holding a cup of coffee in her hand, taking occasionally sighs. Clarence (27), her brother comes into frame. Clara looks at her brother. She smiles a little. Clarence What’s wrong, Clara? Clara Kor, I need to tell you something… It’s not very easy to say and you are going to be very shocked. I am gay. Clarence looks to Clara in disbelief. Clarence Are you sure? You’re only 21. You don’t have to commit to stereotyping yourself for the rest of your life. Clara I know! I know! Kor, I’m just so tired pretending to be someone I’m not. Clarence How long have you known this? Clara Twelve. I already knew I was different then. I never liked men. Clara breaks down into tears. Clara Kor.. pause Are you ashamed of me? Clarence takes some time to compose himself, puts his hands on Clara’s shoulder before replying. Clarence Never. I am going to still love you. I am going to fight for you because you are my sister.
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IZZY
Izzy house and work
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I was thinking on who else I can get to participate in my
After I took photographs of him doing his makeup and
photoshoot for my journal. I happened to stumble upon
putting on dress, I followed him to where he work as drag
Wanling, one of my friend in my cohort and I just jokingly ask
queen. There was this bar which often visited by LGBT
her if she knows somebody. She said she has a friend that
community people. I was scared that the employee inside is
knows people in the drag queen community. So I just ask her
going to stop me from taking pictures. But they are ok with
whether I can be introduced to her friend. Her friend then
it and I just focused on Izzy, so they don’t really mind. A lot
introduced me to Izzy, She introduced me as a student from
of people think that I am the official photographer of the bar
LASALLE that wants to take photographs about him, and
though, and they ask me to take pictures of them in the end.
interviewed him. Over there I met a lot of people that is actually open and very Izzy was a good person, he said ok without hesitate much
friendly. Her coworkers, and people that he entertains. A lot
although I was a stranger to him. He mentioned that some
of laughs inside that bar, which makes me think why people
people have already took pictures of her as well, and because
condemn them so much. They are just having fun just the
this was a project to promote equality for them, she agreed
way they like it and it is not a sin at all, at least for me. People
to this project right away. So I make a plan with her that I
just have their own way having fun and people just need to
need to come down to his house and take pictures of him
respect each other.
getting ready to go work as drag queen. Honestly at first, I did not feel really comfortable visiting a drag queen’s house as I am not really fond of them. But, once I get to know him in person and even though it was only for few hours, I get the sense that he is still a human as well. He is not any different from all of us and he went trough a lot of ups and downs in his life as well.
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IZZY Izzy house and work
Izzy is actually was featured in one of pinkdot video.
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thoughts By the weekend, I tried to edit the pictures that I have using lightroom. Lightroom is one of the best platform to work on when it comes to editing photos. It offers so much more flexibility than photoshop and it works great for mass photo editing because it does not work by layers but instead you can do the effects and apply exact same effects without much work. I turned the pictures to be black and white so that the story is getting stronger and the readers of the journal is not attracted too much by the colours that it has in the pictures. I find colours can distract unnecessary attention and I want the readers to focus more on the photos and the subject I want to focus on.
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week 12 references
DOUBLE EXPOSURE for the fourth outcome
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thoughts These are all interesting double exposure work that can be found online. The double exposure concept in those pictures are the double exposure concept that is quite interesting and visually attractive. and in those pictures. I wanted to portray all the stereotypes that people hold toward the LGBT community. Often enough, when someone thinks about certain community, stereotypes about the community will be the first things that come to mind. Thus, because of these stereotypes, a lot of people could not see what are the community is all about beyond those stereotypes. The work portrays typical stereotypes about LGBT community, and how those stereotypes alter the perception of who they really are using layering method. Thus I decided to print on acrylic sheets rather than printing them on glass because it is too risky and heavy. I decided to do the layering to create visually interesting piece so that audience would be drawn to the project when they saw this piece and they could interpret the artwork based on how their knowledge.
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week 12 inspiration
COVER cover for the journal
thoughts The inspiration and look for the journal that I’m looking for. As the images used in the journal are black and white, I was looking into a black cover so that it would look nice and simple without grabbing unnecessary attention and with simple text and title. The binding used are saddle stitch sewing because the sewing would give a hand touched sense rather than using the staple. stapling feels like it is not really handmade.
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PLANNING acrylic poster
The planning to build the acrylic sheet holder. The holder has to be strong and pretty clear otherwise the main hero, which is the images will be less interesting and the holder itself probably will steal the attention. This case, I plan to create the casing by using a concept from CD holder so that the acrylic would just slide in the holder and does not require much space. So I asked a acrylic creator back in Indonesia to craft the holder for me as I am not really familiar with acrylic.
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LAYOUT FOR JOURNAL cover for the journal
The layout for the journal has gotten a lot simpler. Because with the photographs taken, I feel like the layout should be simple enough and emphasize more on the pictures because in these journals, pictures are the hero of the whole layout and as they say, pictures tells thousaands words. This journal will include all the interview of their journey and process of finding themselves up until they are at this moment where they have rather settle down.
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WEEK 13
After editing photos and start making the journal, I started to find more people to participate in the journal photoshoot. I keep asking around from people that might know people that is willing to be photographed. I asked one of my classmate and she introduced me to her secondary school friend. and one of my friend from my part time in Starbucks, he introduced me to this couple who eventually agreed to take pictures for me.
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week 13 planning
PLANNING planning for the acrylic
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The mood boards are made for the make up artist and the model to know the basic ideas on the stereotypes portrayed
week 13 planning
MOOD BOARD
in this outcome. For hits outcome I have actually briefed both of the make up artist and the model about the project and the aim of this outcome. They understand and generally
to give the mood to the model
willing to make it work so I am quite grateful to have them as my friends to help me out on this outcome. I need to give them explanation about each stereotypes as well so they would be able to portray the stereotypes better.
Time Line • • • • • •
Acrylic Laser Print
1st Apr: Consolidate idea and shoot logis9c 2nd Apr: Get props 8th Apr: Shoot 9th Apr & 11th Apr & 12th Apr: Edit 13th Apr – 15th Apr: Print and bring back Deadline: 23 Apr (Buffer: 8 days)
Sex Addict Licking lollipop With love bite on the neck Moan like anastasia steele Eyes closed indica9ng enjoyment
Drama Queen
Drama Queen • Crown (Prop)
• 3D design made from 7 pieces of A3 sheets of acrylic placed side by side, 3cm apart. • To showcase the stereotypes LGBT community is experiencing through a gay man.
Drug Addict
Sex Addict
Frontal View
Sex Addict Drag/ Sissy Words that hurt Mask normal
Introduc9on
Drug Addict
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Red Eye (Photoshop) Eye ring Drunk look/ Happy look Cigare]e as weed
Sissy/ Drag Queen
Words that hurt
• Roomie to help put make up.. (Lips9ck and eyeliner)
Full frontal
Mask (Hypocrite)
Normal Self
Special a]en9on for shoot • You need to get jamie to pose in frontal, le`, right, 45 degree up and down for every layer
Full frontal shot
Full frontal
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THE DRAMA QUEEN for this stereotype, a crown would be used as a prop to emphasized that it is drama queen. this will be loud and dramatic.
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THE SISSY ONE this is the toned down version of drama queen. while drama queen is dramatic and loud, this one is subtle but still look sissy.
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SEX ADDICT as the name suggest, this will be heavily depends on the model to portray the sex face. with a love bite on model’s neck to support a little bit. and a lollipop to make it a little bit more obvious.
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DRUG ADDICT the drug addict will make use of make up to support the theme. models need to look stoned and high on frame.
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WORDS THAT HURT (FAG) a big “FAG” word will be written on model face. models need to look helpless as if they are constantly being called faggot.
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STEREOTYPES TO SOME EXTENT CAN SERVE AS SOCIETY’S MOST EASILY ACCESSED CUES TO MAKE JUDGMENTS OF GROUPS AND THEIR MEMBERS, AND THEY CAN ESCALATE JUDGMENT PROCESSES CONSIDERABLY Dovidio, Evans & Tyler, 1986; Levy et al., 1998 In lgbt community case, such inaccuracy and a lack of knowledge can lead society to make judgments based on society’s most accessible judgments associated with “homosexual traits,” and most likely have been formed by the portrayals of homosexuals in the media,
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EDMUND & SEAN their room, house, and interview
Back then, when I was working in Starbucks, I knew a friend who is in the community. Through this friend, I was just randomly asking him if he knows someone that might be willing to participate in this project and he actually knows a couple that might be able to do this, this couple even have uploaded their anniversary video on facebook to inspire others as well. This means that they actually are an open couple and might be willing to participate in my project. So I asked him to introduce me with them, and then after some talking, texting and explaining about the project, they eventually agreed to take part in this project. They were Sean and Edmund. Although I did not know them before, they were pretty welcoming and they said they were happy to help me in doing my project. I was so grateful that they were willing to help me. They were asking me what kind of pictures that I needed. I said more like a casual thing where they do daily stuff. At first they said that maybe I could snap them in botanic garden or some park, but it was too common for me if I take pictures over there and they suggested to take it in their house. So I went to their house in Buangkok. I went there and they were actually just got back from their trip from Taiwan, so they were just relaxing at home. The moments I came in, it was quite awkward because I have never met them before. But after the interview, it helped a lot. The interview helped to be ice breaker and after that, the pictures that I take seems more natural than the pictures before the interview. They share a lot of things even when I did not ask a lot.
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WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT THE ACCEPTANCE THAT I GOT FROM MY FAMILY TAKES TIME TO ARRIVE AND IT TOOK MY FAMILY A GOOD SEVEN YEARS TO FINALLY BEING WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
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KENNY & PAUL Jogging, Supper, and Clubbing
thoughts Kenny and Paul was one of the most friendlies people I have ever met, they were all welcoming when I asked them to be a part of this project, and I was humbled because of that. Not many people nowadays would just agreed to one project writing and documenting about their live especially in such a short notice. The first meeting that I have with Kenny and Paul was with my friend, Foler. She helped me to introduced me to both of them because Kenny was her secondary school. The first meeting was used for an interview purpose. In the interview, I asked some questions regarding their
honest opinion and life that they are currently going through without doing it too much. I saw some similar project that has been done before has some points that are being highlighted, but those points are usually the struggle and negative sides about the community, which I am not keen on doing it. I am focusing more on the positive side of this project so that this project would be able to grow to positive side and does not look so negative in the eye of audience. Even for me, I tend to have negative thoughts when I start to do the project as previously I focus more on the negative side of the project.
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The second meeting, was when they agreed for me to take photograph of them doing jogging in the Labrador Park. They has always been running around there and doing exercises as a form of date and getting healthy together. I kinda need to jog after them to be able to follow them and take pictures. After that they even allowed me to join them in their supper and take some pictures of them while they having supper. The pictures turned out not enough for the day although I followed them for few hours and I did not get much. So, in the end I ask them if I can follow them on another day to take pictures of them. They agreed to help me. So on the Saturday, I followed them to a bar that is dedicated to those community. And take pictures of them hanging out with their friends there.
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FEEDBACK feedback from my siblings
thoughts When I was doing my video, I did not really know what I was
One of the useful feedback that I got from my siblings are
doing. I just did it without much thinking but after I saw
that I need to actually portray the message with implicit
that it was a failure, I asked my siblings for opinion about
method. It does not have to be loudly say “I’m lesbian, or
the video. They all say that it was too cheesy and scripted.
I’m gay”. It is not necessary and too boring. If its done with
But they say the message was actually being delivered. The
implicit methods, it will be more interesting and leave the
message, was too explicit though. People get it, but the
audience with wonder instead of just informing the audience.
video is too boring.
The point that was brought up from my sister actually made a lot of sense and I took her feedback.
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COVER journal cover evolution
The cover for this journal has went through a lot of evolution. the first one was too simple. I wanted to make it simple but it was too simple. Second one, I wanted to make it something that is more impactful. The white text were added with individual photos of the journal. and the individual names written on the journal would be laser cut to indicate which journal is which. In this case, is not possible because the text is too thin to be laser cut. So second option is not possible as well and this was impactful but it was too big. So I opted for the third option where the cover is not too overwhelming and it is not too big as well. The third option is just simple and straight forward.
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week 13 planning
PLAN FOR APRIL so that I can keep in track
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week 14 reference
REFERENCE LGBT Campaign and Movie
is a 2013 French romantic coming-of-age drama film written, produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film revolves around Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom when a blue-haired aspiring painter (Seydoux) enters her life. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the film unanimously won the Palme d’Or from the official jury and the FIPRESCI Prize. It is the first film to have the Palme d’Or awarded to both the director and the lead actresses, with Seydoux and Exarchopoulos becoming the only women apart from director Jane Campion to have ever won the award. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is based on the 2010 French graphic novel of the same name Julie Maroh, which was published in North America in 2013. The film had its North American première at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival. It has received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language. Many critics declared it to be the best film of 2013.
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thoughts Many of the video campaign about LGBT issues oout there would actually introduce a problem that LGBT community is actually having in the beginning of the frame where people are already judging them without giving them a break. The video on the left for instance, they already introduced how people talk bad about LGBT community from the start, but eventually changed the tone and the dialogue to encourage people to change their dialogue from negative to positive as well. Same like below video, the video start with a gay man from young age feels different and excluded from the society, metaphored with giant hand which is visible. But when he eventually find someone, he able to show his giant hand and even hold hands in public because the message say being visible should never leave you vulnerable. So I tought I need to apply the same thing in my video as well, where I introduce problem and give the solution so that people understand what this is all about. and how they would change accordingly
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STORY MAKES USE OF VARIOUS MEDIA AS THEIR PLATFORM TO CONVEY MESSAGES. THE MESSAGES INTENDED IN THE MEDIA ARE VARIED AS WELL. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY THOSE MESSAGES IN EASILY ABSORBED APPROACH, MANY COMPONENTS INVOLVED IN THE MEDIA ARE TAKEN AWAY, IN WHICH GENERALIZATION TAKES PLACE. Society refers to the recognizable individuality in a certain sociocultural context of the dominant individual of that group. (Associations between a set of attributes and labels). Such generalizations originated from simplified portrayal often enough are false or misleading. This generalizations or stereotype has significantly shaped society perception of stereotyped groups. The cognitive distortions involved in stereotyping lead to various forms of moral distortion (Blum, 2004). 166
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articles, findings,
WEEK 14
This week is a little bit hectic for me, I need to finish up the outcomes that I need to do like the video and the shooting for the acrylic. Video has to be done with many consideration like the script, and many more. and a lot of things need to beprepared as I am asking some friends to help me out to act in this video and I need to brief them as well.
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SCRIPT the script for the video So here are the scripts, after so much consideration made into making this script, it is finally done! the script did not require dialogue because I decided that without dialogue, story can be portrayed as well and it is actually more compelling according to some research that I did for story telling few weeks back in the semester.
OUT OF CLOSET
Scene 1: INT BEDROOM
We see two girls, Clara and Yvette putting facial mask on their face, lying down on a bed, feeling happy. Clara turns and look at Yvette, who is lying beside her. Clara smiles. Insert FLASHBACK: Lasalle Block F
Clara (V/O) She used to be my best friend.
CUT to Clara and Yvette bumping each other at Lasalle corridor. They smile at started introducing themselves to each other. CUT back to Bedroom, we see the two girls facing one another, smiling.
Clara (V/O) We enjoyed each other’s company and started hanging out very often.
Insert FLASHBACK: Lasalle Block F
CUT to Clara and Yvette studying at a bench in Lasalle, Scene 3: INT Lasalle Stairs
Clara and Yvette enters frame into as they walk past a stairs. Yvette stops Clara, looks at Clara in the eye as if wanting to kiss her. Yvette inches forward, wanting to give Clara a kiss. We see Clara closing her eyes, wanting to reciprocate. This time round, we see two friends, Lionel and Kate coming down the stairs. Clara sees Lionel and Kate approaching and pushes Yvette away. She looks away in awkwardness. Lionel and Kate, almost staring at the girl starts whispering to one another as they walk past the girls; almost sneering at them. Clara walks away. Scene 4: Clara imagination
Lionel and Kate whispering to each other about Clara. Laughter was in the video.
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OUT OF CLOSET Scene 1: INT BEDROOM
We see two girls, Clara and Yvette putting facial mask on their face, lying down on a bed, feeling happy. Clara turns and look at Yvette, who is lying beside her. Clara smiles. Insert FLASHBACK: Lasalle Block F
Clara (V/O) She used to be my best friend.
CUT to Clara and Yvette bumping each other at Lasalle corridor. They smile at started introducing themselves to each other. CUT back to Bedroom, we see the two girls facing one another, smiling.
Clara (V/O) We enjoyed each other’s company and started hanging out very often.
Insert FLASHBACK: Lasalle Block F
CUT to Clara and Yvette studying at a bench in Lasalle, Scene 3: INT Lasalle Stairs
Clara and Yvette enters frame into as they walk past a stairs. Yvette stops Clara, looks at Clara in the eye as if wanting to kiss her. Yvette inches forward, wanting to give Clara a kiss. We see Clara closing her eyes, wanting to reciprocate. This time round, we see two friends, Lionel and Kate coming down the stairs. Clara sees Lionel and Kate approaching and pushes Yvette away. She looks away in awkwardness. Lionel and Kate, almost staring at the girl starts whispering to one another as they walk past the girls; almost sneering at them. Clara walks away. Scene 4: Clara imagination
Lionel and Kate whispering to each other about Clara. Laughter was in the video.
Scene 5: INT Bedroom We see Clara lying on her bed, troubled. Her brother Josh comes into the room to ask if she is alright. Clara finally reveals her sexuality to her brother, who is shocked. However, Josh was quick to reassure her everything would be alright. Josh gives Clara a reassuring hug and leaves her alone in the room. Scene 6: Insert Scene 1 Bedroom: The two girls were looking at each other, inches forward. They hug.
Clara (V/O) She is now not only my best friend, but my soul mate, companion and my only love.
(Fade to black)
White text on black screen:
Follow Your Heart Those Who Mind Don't Matter Those Who Matter Don't Mind
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The lighting that Im looking for this outcome is just simple lighting with beauty dish for the photograph and just coming from 45 degrees in front of the model. creating a simple lighting without making it too complicated so that it is straightforward.
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BEHIND THE SCENE photoshoot for acrylic
Being back doing the photoshoot was super fun actually. I love being in the studio and take photographs of the models. and these are the things that I did. I set the lighting and let the model and the make up artist prepare for the shoot and when i finish setting up the light they are done with the preparation as well so I try to keep it efficient.
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EDITING PICTURES with lightroom
Editing the pictures was rather a tedious job. I need to do choose the pictures and edit them one by one as some of them have different poses and different poses requires different styles of editing as well. THe pictures were in black and white to minimize any unnecessary attention grabbing. If its black and white the image would be able to speak for itself.
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BEHIND THE SCENE shooting for the video
thoughts The video shooting was actually very tiring for me to do. I woke up at 7AM and then continue shooting the video from 9AM to 3PM nonstop with only 1 lunch break. I did the video shooting at various places and need to travel around. I did it in my own room, to simplify the process of finding places, LASALLE block C level 2 and haji lane. All the shoots were done in one day so that I can move on to editing part, which is actually more challenging than the video shoot itself.
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TALENT RELEASE FORM
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A legal release is a legal instrument that acts to terminate any legal liability between the releasor and the releasee(s), signed by the releasor. A release may also be made orally in some circumstances. Releases are routinely used by photographers, in film production, by documentary filmmakers, or
with lightroom
by radio and music producers when they photograph, film, video or record the voice or performance of individuals to be sure that the person consents or will not later object to the material being used for whatever purpose the release (or anyone they may assign the release rights to) wishes, i.e. that the release wishes to use the images, sounds or any other rendering that is a result of the recording made of the releasor (or property owned by the releasor for which the releasor may claim some other right such as industrial design rights, trademark or trade dress rights). This will help in insuring the copyright owner has a clean chain of title for any work if it is later published, broadcast, shown in a public cinema or otherwise made public. Using this form, I asked all my friends that participate in this project just to make it a safe thing as recommendation from my friend that asked me to do this.
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TESTING OUT acrylic outcome
thoughts The yellow one was the first test that I did for the acrylic, actually it looks fine until the print out turned out to be very yellow and ugly. plus, the composition was not executed well enough and the images did not turn out to be as good as I want it to be, so I proceed to the next one, which on the right side. The composition is much better and on the first batch, the guy was smiling and looks like he is happy being called the stereotypes, but second one is better in terms of his emotion. So that audience would relate that it is not a happy occasion to be called the things that are not necessarilty be true.
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TESTING OUT LAYOUT The layout is one of the challeinging things to do actually. The first few that I did, I did the composition as if I want to cover the whole frame of A3, but come to think about it, if I need to cover the entire A3 sheet, it will be too overwhelming. Maybe it looks ok at the moment because the print test size is less than A5, but it will be in A3 and it is too big. that is why I decided to create a white space in the acrylic sheet so that there will be room for the audience to “breathe� when they take a look at this outcome.
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TESTING OUT acrylic outcome
It has comes to an end where the layout has been finally decided. The layout is quite ok for these two on the left side. But I will do it without the text instead. The goal of doing it without the text is because my project should use less words to make the work speaks for itself and let people interpret and get people to think.
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BEING IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE AND HAVING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS ABOUT YOUR DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES ARE THE KEYS TO STRESS MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS PERHAPS Marilu Henner said this and I must say I AGREE WITH HIM
THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT TO LIVING A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND REWARDING LIFE.
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MY CURRENT STATE
I am so stressed, so crazy, lack of sleep lack of inspiration haiyoo. sometimes I wish I could just not care about the project anymore haha. at times when I saw fail outcomes, I was down but people kept supporting me and those supports kept me going and continue doing the project FIGHT!
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WEEK 15
FINAL week for the process of the studio. This week I flew to back to Jakarta to be able to get my acrylic done because I need to be there when the craftsman is doing my acrylic so that the acrylic holder stays on the same place. and printinf of other stuff as well so that it would be cheaper and I am already in Jakarta so might as well just print it here and do some work here as all the things need to be done in Singapore is finished.
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SEWING BIND Sewing the Journal
Sewing the journal was kind of a tideous process, as it needs a lot of patience and myself have to be very tidy when doing the sewing otherwise the binding will not turn out as nice at it would be and look messy when it appear in the inside part of the journal. The STRUGGLE that I need to go through is that at first, when I used the string, the thread was a little bit too thin and it is not thick enough. The thread looks too weak to hold all the papers together, so I decided to change the thread to something thicker. So for the first journal I needed to re-bind it. I took all the thread and re bind it with the new thread that is thicker. The drawback when doing this sewing process is that I did not have an awl and could not find any. So I use pin head instead to make a hole. It works the same just that it is not as easy as using an awl.
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THE ILLUSTRATION Cutting them to desired size
Cutting the illustration to the desired size and putting them on the black board so that it looks decent than just the illustration itself. These illustrations will be on the wall with my wood stick to put the illustration on. So the illustration will not just stick on the wall, but insted it will sit on a wooden stick that is already attached on the wall.
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ACRYLIC POSTER craftmanship
Acrylic sheet was not that easy to control and was quite tideous as the testing on the transparency paper might not turned out exactly as I want it to be if it is printed on acrylic sheet. But luckily when I print it out on the acrylic sheet, it looks good although there are some misprints that I did not really want, but it is totally look good and actually I am quite satisfied with the result of the acrylic.
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final product for the acrylic poster.
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VIDEO EDITING with adobe premiere pro
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Editing the video with adobe premiere pro actually not that hard, just that because I am still not familiar with the software, so it took me some time to figure out some of the feature that adobe premiere have. The time that I took to make the whole video took a long time, because the first attempt that I did the video was a failure because some of the scenes felt too draggy according to my siblings opinion and not necessary to be in the video. Video editing is quite tricky and as a result this was not an easy task at all. The software part may not be too hard, but editing the video to make it look nice is one of the job that is very difficult to do. When you think it is good enough to make the video flows naturally, but other people think it is awkward. We just need to follow what other people have in their opinion so we can match it with other people opinion.
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FINISHING Cover and cutting
I needed to cut the excess paper that is on the edge of the journal, The journal will bein 100mm x 266mm size. Trimmming of the journal needs to be done quite carefully and the process has to be done with confidence, if its not done properly, the book will have uneven side and looks messy. Lucky in this process I was helped by my sister and she helped me to hold the ruler so that it would stay in line. I cut them without much problem although I needed a lot of concentration when I did the cutting and for the cover.
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