2D Project: Research on Movie Quotes

I started with a range of movie quotes to choose from, wondering which one was I able to visualise it in my head.  I personally have a habit of writing down impressionable movie quotes but I realised most of them were too abstract. They mostly consist of words that didn’t have a literal representation to it.

Hence,  I concluded that I needed to find quotes that had words which could be portrayed literally yet give me enough space/potential to add meaning to it.

 

2D Project: Process

QUOTE #1

I honestly quite liked this version of my design because the symmetry of this composition was really pleasing to the eye. However, the mountain against the black backdrop made them look similar to some sort of cosmic stones which wouldn’t have been the right association.  Furthermore, I realised that have grey tones wouldn’t be possible for silkscreen so I had to re-evaluate my designs to find one which would still create a successful threshold effect. 

FINAL DESIGN 

The above was my final outcome for the quote “The mountain always has the last word”. I decided to use the threshold version of the final composition since it was 1) what I used for my tote bag 2) it had a more imposing vibe since it was only black and white.

Using this composition made the addition of the human being redundant because they could not been seen. Furthermore, personifying the mountain as a monster-like creature was already enough to reflect the concept of nature triumphing (in a bad way) behind my quote.

QUOTE #2

The scene where this quote took place is as follows:

Guy: What’s the tune that you just played?

Girl: That’s a secret

The tune was a secret and it’s actually called “Secret” because it is a tune that helped the girl travel through time. She traveled 20 years into the future and met the guy which she eventually fell in love with. Hence, the secret was more than just the piano tune but also how the girl is actually not real.

FINAL DESIGN

This was my final piece for the quote “It’s a secret”. One key change was the create multiple layers of the female character. They layers changed from clear facial features to faded off distortions to just a white fill layer and lastly to just an outline.  It’s as though the female character is gradually fading off to the background, reinforcing how her presence is not realistic at all.

Another very obvious visual addition was the Art Deco inspired frame which might not have been the best decision. However, the intention behind adding the frame actually sprang from my insecurity that the piece wasn’t retro/ vintage enough. Hence, I decided to link the Art Deco period to show that it was also the jazz age, hinting the strong musical presence in the movie.

QUOTE #3

A very important and key process for this quote was actually physically sketching out different compositions on paper. I was never quite someone who dived straight into stringing different visual elements online so sketching out my thoughts was important.

Honestly, the sketching stage was already sufficient for me to decide what kind of composition would have worked and which wouldn’t. Some of the above thumbnails involved blatantly comparing the 2 responses to the chose quotes which I thought wasn’t sophisticated enough.

Hence, I decided to play with the thumbnail that had the zip take up most of the paper which led to the composition below.

FINAL DESIGN

This was the final design where I decided to do without the jeans texture and changed the male character. The previous male character was simply too jovial and was even in an working attire which wasn’t resonant to the context of the movie. Furthermore, I had to choose a male character which exude a vibe that belonged to the olden days.

I chanced upon this character which had an almost nonchalant expression which pretty much encapsulated the character in the movie. He exude a certain confidence and lack of care. It resonated with how the main character in the movie could not care less for strict book definitions.

I honestly loved this composition and would have liked to print this on my tote bag instead hahaha. It would have been a nice “optical illusion” to have an opening zip on the cover of the bag.

QUOTE #4

This movie was about how a father who lost his daughter due to an accident started writing letters to 3 abstractions – Time, Love & Death. So the quote “I am a gift and you are wasting it” is actually said by time.

FINAL DESIGN

This was my final design where I used the border to further contextualise the movie. The border is actually the border of the postage stamp which further reinforced the act of the main character writing letter to time.

Some comments was that the roman numerals on the gift box did not successfully portray an image of a clock. And I personally thought that there could be a smoother transition of the gift box disintegrating into sand (like an hourglass). This could probably be achieved with more exaggerated distortions on the left side of the gift box.

 

 

4D: Sequential Thinking Final

OLD IS GOLD

Please excuse the watermark on the video because I’m not a mac user.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7l2YbtokjhQRmNJTjVVUUJUUUk

The concept of my work sprang from my desire to use old Singapore toys in the video.  The story talks about a girl who dozes off while doing work and dreams about a world of fun and play created by those toys. She then wakes up with an idea on how to proceed on her work because of the dream she had.

In the dream world, the girl descends from a hot air balloon and lands on a snake & ladder piece. She plays the game of snake and ladder and reaches the end of it. With that, a celebratory dance happens (the image with pink background) and the girl wakes up from her dream.

Really enjoyed this project because I could play with old Singapore toys and I had fun shopping for them too heh. I wished I could be more precise with this stringing of the images and even put in sound but oh wellz (sleep is more important).

Hope you guys enjoyed it.

4D Project 2: Image & Sound

A Love Story

(disclaimer: some conversations  spoken in Cantonese)

 

 

 

It is not only a love story of my Ah Gong and Nai Nai, it’s also a love story of Nai Nai and I. She was my caregiver since birth, hence a special bond has been formed till today.

I ever heard somewhere that parents become love the moment their child was born, so on the other hand, Nai Nai actually becomes death for me. She being the oldest person I am closest with, I sometimes just can’t help and wonder what life might be like without her…