We were tasked to create a 1 min video with a dialogue/monologue scene with a few words through a central issue which would characterised the person as to who he is.
Elaboration
I like to have order in my life and do things one step at a time.However, life doesn’t always go according to plan, and I will run into obstacles or unforeseen circumstances at some point in my life. These unforeseen circumstances can hinder or even stop me from reaching my goals. Therefore, it resorted me needing to think on my feet and do things out of my way to overcome these obstacles. I strive to be able to adapt to such changes accordingly. This is a quality trait I’m aspiring to work towards and get better at in the future.
With reference to the video, the Lego instruction booklet acts as a guide for me to build my life. Sometimes, there may be a more convenient way of working things around to overcome these obstacles. Just like in the video, I realised it was hard to find the correct piece that I wanted, so I had to think of how to combat this situation in order to make it easier for me. I sorted out the parts by colour, which succeeded in helping me find the pieces more efficiently in order to finish building the Lego set.
Research Phase
Before this, we were tasked to list the characters that resonate to us, describe their characteristics and arrange by order of importance.
Selection of characters
1)The Flash
- Passionate about saving lives
- Likeable character
- Good relationship with friends and family
- Runs fast
- Thinks quick on his feet
- Able to adapt to situations quickly
2) Carl Allen (Yes Man)
- Spontaneous
- Humorous
- Unexpected adventure
3) Louis Cole
- Traveller
- Inspirational
- Influential
- Find adventure in everyday situations
- Strives to go green
4) Casey Neistat
- Filmmaker
- Innovative
- Creative
- Not afraid to be politically incorrect
- Works his way up from the bottom
List of other characters
Fiction
- Daryl Dixon
- Super Mario
- Walter Mitty
Public Figures
- Jimmy Fallon
- Charles Trippy
- Will Smith
Personal
- Matin Fellani
- Rohanah
- Riduan
- Yong Wei
- Mohd Alif
Reflection
Overall, I had a good experience learning how to profile characters and adapt it to my own video. Hopefully, this will help me in creating more characters that resonate to me and improve on future videos. Even though there wasn’t a lot of dialogue in the video, I felt it was quite a feat coming up with lines and performing these lines in front of the camera.
This was quite a fresh take and interpretation to the brief! Looking forward to see more of your works this sem! 🙂
Hello! I really like your work. It’s cool how you thought of using Lego blocks as a very effective (I would say) symbol to bring out your traits of needing order in life. I like that the conversation is very natural and the background music further enhances the laid-back style (like this is something that would occur in your daily life). I will be looking forward to your upcoming works.