Jason Lun Kit - Ng Graphic Design Year 3
DOGME 95
The original Dogme 95 video gave me the inspiration of this project; I am totally in love with the simple style and creative filming skills such as the use of colour; language; individual story and those challenge rules. This video is representing the style on my art works which are mix media and textile. I am in love with black and white film and a big fan of Charlie Chaplin; his unique acting and silence comedy has engaged with those audience from different generation, it still working and simply show the blue side of society at that time of period. In this video I was using black and white for the first 2 minutes as it’s the simply colour also express my graphic design skill are basic on fine art; the beauty of art. I would love to let people know that I have my own culture, background and Chinese traditional though but I am very much open mind, easy to adapt new environment and willing to try and learn different things. I have simply explain my life journey and studying process from the beginning of the video and finally I am filming in colour in the last part of this film, which I am trying to explain that I think I have found the light in art and what I really enjoy to do with my works. I did not break any rules in this project as I want to challenge myself and personally loving the style of Dogme 95, it makes me think that we can and should be able still to work on the limit equipments and environment, everything should start with simply then try to express the complex story after, I agree the concept of less is more as I think people seem to start getting lose in latest technology and forgotten the classic creation of art.
I did say ‘I found a light’ in Dogme 95 project but yet I think I still have more space need to explore and I would like to experiment even more media throw this Independent Practice Study.
I have realised Independent Practice is not just a project that we need to hand it in on time or give you a chance to show off what you can really do, it is really a good opportunity for me to explored what I can do and try something new everyday, I do not need to fear failing or scare of any negative feedback, just need to try and enjoy the experiment. I thought that I am only good at mix media and fine art but somehow I can think I am quite talented in making movie, not yet perfect but something I could try more when I have time. However I do think I am very enjoying photography and started to realise I do not need to change course to do photography at all as I did think of change course 5 time in past 2 years. I start picking up the camera again this year and try to capture the moment of true and in the mean time try to create the moment of reality in my pictures. This portfolio may seems un tidy or there is no final outcome but this is my point of exploring.
This part of the project is all about how do I feel about my Identity and my own culture, I was born in 28th of December 1988 in China, then I had moved to Hong Kong in 1997 Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China ever since, After all those year I was living Hong Kong then I started realise that every Chinese People think the greatest economic and freedom place to live in which is the place that drive me crazy and make me mad, that is why I have decided I must leave home and this country travel to somewhere complete new that no know will ever recognised who I really am anymore. Human are the greatest high level of animal in this planet; how we view thing and place are totally personal, I wish we all can only see the side of beauty but unfortunately I do see the ugly hole of Home. I used to love the art of Photography but recently I started to judge and failed to believe how photography really is as can we really see the real moment when people start photographing natural? When people using professional camera to take pictures does that mean the image is more believable? Because it’s token by a professional camera or would little kid using mobile camera to take picture more real as they actually catch the real moment of reality? I start asking myself what is artist and what is reality?
I see things differently of Hong Kong now compare to the past, I used to love the sounds of running engine machine; looking up the never end roof building and exploring the ‘Rock Forest’. I criticise my own Country but doesn’t mean that I do not love my home. I love the people as most of them do have good heart but I totally dislike their old traditional unopened mind thought such as male still better female; there still has arrange marriage; people still think art is useless and hopeless.
Upon images taken in December 2011 by Me in China. People do believe there is god will listen to us everyday, but when will they start believing in themselves, start listen to their friend and just be little bit more open mind?
ZHANG XIAOGANG
Shang Xiao Gang is the well known artist in China also has his show in Saatchi Gallery, London, UK. His works speak itself without any explanation. He shows his message throw his works and expresses the problems in China very cleverly also shows the thought deeply in his mind about Chinese. I am in love his style of painting and the use of colour. I do wish could do stuff like him and I am trying to copy how he can express his feeling throw his works and show what he want to say throw simple colours. I feel like I could use some simple image to explain and show the issue that people do seems to care about Male more than Female in China, parents would do everything to support their boys and always think should not waste a penny on any girls at all as there are hopeless and useless which is a totally wrong concept. I have created two images in the following pages via using Zhang Xiao Gang’s style but in my own way to express how I feel about chinese people need to focus on the problems and start taking it serious. I do like the meaning of Zhang’s works but this seems more like artist works then graphic design works as I am a graphic design study I do think I need to use more illustrator as my design tool rather then paint brush. But I will totally learn how to create strong piece like Zhang does.
Fortunately I am a boy?
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Patrick Haemmerlein
Patrick Haemmerlein is a freelance designer and artist living in Los Angeles. He explores themes of nature Vs. industry and how they can coexist and clash, the images are all designed from photographs that Patrick has taken. The buildings and cityscapes are from Los Angels while the animal and farm photos were mostly taken around his hometown area in upstate NY. There are not only a juxtapostion of nature and industry, but a combination of imagery from his two hones – one rural and one urban.
This is my experiment of mix media design, the images are all designed from photographs that I have taken, and the building and cityscapes are from Hong Kong, those images are simply to explain what is happening in Hong Kong and how do I obvious feel about what is happening. Hong Kong economic increase very fast which is very good for HK Government but somehow they seem to forget there is not enough space for us people to live in and energy are running out, so we need to start protecting our only nature. I do like and interested in this kind of design as you can pretty much put everything together and very playful as well, there is lots freedom to create whatever you have in your mind and the images doesn’t need
I love photography because we can just pick up our smart phone and starting filming or taking picture whenever we want to, and I personally love it that I can capture the truth of reality rather than trying to be artistic. There is so many talent artist in Hong Kong but unfortunately there is no space for them to shine as Hong Kong is a money making place which have no time for people just love creation but not making money. I saw so many street artists showing off their artworks on street while I was busy trying to some nice pictures at night. They make me feel sad that it seems there is no future for Art in my home town and that make me feel even more I do not want to go home after my study at all, I have dear that I will not success in Hong Kong but somehow my parents make me have no choice that return home is the only option, but will I be one of those artist just living for the day?
Stop and give yourself sometime off to enjoy the moment of ART.
TIM WALKER
Tim Walker is the most fantastic photographer who I really love and he inspirited me all the time, I was studying his work how to use the light and the location shoot setting etc, his pictures not just a normal images they are more then art, he spend long times to create a story behind those images and think carefully what his model should wear and how they should pose. He amazes me with his use of light; location; set up; model; stylising; drama; story line etc. People may think why am I studying Tim Walker as he is nothing to do with Graphic Design but I personally think Fashion photography and Graphic Design are both art also they are the same as Photography just use in different way. There is so much more I need to learn from Tim Walker and lots of that skill that I can use in my graphic photography media. My friend Charlie and I were both studying in the same high school also doing Fine art together, can now we both studying Graphic Design but we still passion about Photography, so I use Independent Study as an excuse to ask him to cooperate with me for the random fashion shoot that I want to show what I really learned from Tim Walker and how fashion photography can relate to Graphic Design.
My friend Charlie and I were both studying in the same high school also doing Fine art together, can now we both studying Graphic Design but we still passion about Photography, so I use Independent Study as an excuse to ask him to cooperate with me for the random fashion shoot that I want to show what I really learned from Tim Walker and how fashion photography can relate to Graphic Design. I found its harder to shoot in outdoor location than indoor studio as you need to find the right time also match with good weather etc. shooting with model is much more challenge than shoot the dead object in advertising as the you need to capture the right moment of model movement and angel etc. I normally spend most of the time to use Photoshop to get the right colour and matching contrast but in this case I perfect just using the lighting and nonPhotoshop editing in this shoot as make it more challenging. This shoot is simply about the princess is waiting for the prince come to pick her up from home to the party but unfortunately the prince did not come but the princess didn’t give up as she believe love will never die.
In this project Charlie is my assistance, also I have his mother for my wardrobe supplier, his step father be my light holder and his little sister be my 2nd model who I can practice with my make up; styling and hair stylist skill with.
Photogrpahy: Jason Lun Kit Ng Assistance: Charlie Urmstrong Model: Amy Lighting: Andy Stylist / Make Up / Hair Stylist: Jason Lun Kit Ng Wardrobe Supplier: Ms. Painter Location: Leominster
Evaluation and Proposal for major Project In this independent practice I have learned that do not fear of failure, do not scare to try new stuffs and open to any options as well. I am very happy that I have more chance to try out more media than I ever have in the past two years. I always think I can only do just one thing in my independent practice and it always doing my headache, as I have to choose carefully what should I do and how I do it. I am really glad that I have finally done the fashion photography project that I was dying to try for 3 years now as I never have chance to do so before. I realised nothing is late to learn or to do as we all need just once chance and I was lucky got the opportunity how to make movie in Dogme 95 project, it was very fun and enjoyable, I do wish I can make more movie in the future and that is something I would love to experiment more, but I do find it is quite difficult to start learning new programme now, first of all, there is not many movie work shop available and I am personally too busy to learn a brand new thing, however, movie making will not be a option of my final major project tool as I am not good at it at all. Working on this project got me think I need to take real action to do things rather than think about it but works. Also it is good to study some artist but do not ever just copy their style; I need to learn from them then turn into my own style and make it unique. I have learned that Context is very important in design industry as they are soul of your artworks, they shouldn’t be create without a meaning, then it will not be alive and it won’t be able to communicate with our audience and readers. However, I think in the end of this project I have found my strongest point of my design skill which is digital design that basic on photography then explore it into different media. I didn’t know what was the different between Fine art and Graphic design and now I knew its all about communication; the context of works and engage with our audiences. I explored in different way media in this project and finally I think I have found the light that is Digital Media Art, which is basic on Photography, then expend into different media that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative or presentation process. Digital art could just be pure computer design but I do not like the idea of pure computer design as I think they lost the personal attitude, so I will mix my fine art skill into it make it into my own version, and hopefully I can make it unique and my own style. I do wish I can do more brand redesign, and poster design in my next project. I wish I can take this chance to developed what I can do in my future career and try to provides the production skills and develops the individual approaches and bodies of work, required for success in this fast moving, competitive Industry.