4D – Project 3 Final

Missing

She wake up to a typical morning, nothing seems unusual to her. However, things start to get strange when she starts brushing her teeth without toothpaste, wearing socks with only one side and same goes for the shoes. More and more things are missing from her daily life. What is missing?

The idea of this project is linked to my project 1 and 2 which is about pairs. Through the video, I want the audience to start thinking what is missing in it. Throughout my 3 project, the idea I want to bring out is that we should not neglect some items in life just because we are so used to them being placed together. If any of them is missing, then we start to wonder what is wrong.

This project is the continuation of my previous project on pairs, thus the idea developing is not as tough as previous 2 project. I picked out a few item from the previous project and add them into my video. In most of the scene, I used a frontal view, so that the audience can have a closer view of the item. The overall project was interesting to explore, and receiving feedback on how to improve my video really helps too.

How I come about with the title Missing? In my video, not all the item comes in pair (a set of two things used together). They are just items where our brain automatically link them together. With the idea of allowing the audience to start thinking what is missing, thus I used this title.

4D – Project 3 Process v2

This is version one for my final.

After consultation, some of the feedback that I received is the foolscap scene where she is looking for her missing item in the video. To make the video more consistence, I should try taking video of her not looking for anything because in all the other scene, she wasn’t deliberately looking for something.

The noodle scene have the same issue as the foolscap scene. Thus I will need to retake again.

 

4D – Project 3 Process v1

For my project 3, it is based on a girl, where she wake up to a world that some things are missing. In the video, nothing seems unusual where she wake up and start doing her daily routine. However, if we take a closer look, the video start to get a bit more strange than usual. If we start to think what is missing? Will we be able to know what we automatically link it with?

These are the two video that I took for the trial version.

 

The video is taken without tripod, for the further video it will all be on tripod. Some of the feedback I received is that the toothbrush scene was taken too far away. The viewer would not know that the focus is on the toothbrush.

 

 

 

4D – Project 3 (Narrative)

Missing Pair

She wake up to a typical morning, nothing seems unusual to her. However, things start to get strange when she starts brushing her teeth without toothpaste, wearing socks with only one side and same goes for the shoes. More and more things are missing from her daily life. What had happened?


I plan to work on my project 1 and 2 for my project 3 which is on the topic pair. Through the video, I want the audience to find out what is missing in the video. and how are some items automatically link together without us saying because we are so used to seeing them together.

I will continue to do some research on how I want my video to be presented, in term of the layout and background and what are some other approach that i could use to make my video better.

4D – Project 2 “Pairs”

Missing Pair

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I have never notice how some things in life are pair together by nature. When I start to realize how things are linked to one another, I start to have this thought in my mind; what if one of them is missing one day? This series of photo includes items that are standing alone without their partner. The items are deliberately placed on white background towards the left side of the frame to bring out the emptiness on the right where their missing pair is supposed to be. This allows the viewer to start thinking about what is missing in the photo. This is where they will start to realize how their brain subconsciously link the missing item with the one displayed.

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The process of coming out with items to photography was tedious. I have a hard time thinking of what item have a missing pair. I tried separating them into two different category so that I can narrow down my selection. Thus, this was the few items based on whether they can function with/without one another and how our brain link two item together. I definitely learn a thing or two since project 1, receiving feedback on how to improved the project, like how I decided to use plain background to complicated background and back to my original white background. The overall experience was fun, and how the project improved since project 1.

Here’s the reason behind why I decided to do on the topic “pairs” is because I chance upon this quote. This makes me wonder, what are some other item that come in pair and everyone just think it is natural for this item to be place together, that we cannot separate them in a way or another.

Sorry soldier, shoes sold in pairs. 

 

4D – Project 2 Concept Development 2

After doing more research, I decided to work on Pair. I went on to do some test shot.

I tried taking photo of one object against white background. I want the viewer to start thinking what is missing in the photo.

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I went on and try taking another photo, which is to show some part of the missing pair in the background. However, I receive comment from my friends that it turn out to be too obvious and literal for the viewer. Thus, I decided to use the first approach which is shown above.

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I went on to research on more different type of items that comes in pair and continue with the shooting. I am done with my project 2, and will upload everything once the presentation is over.

4D – Project 2 Concept Development 1

I want to work on my Project 1 which is on the topic pair. However, I do not know what can I do to make it stand out from Project 1. Thus, I went online to search on pair. All I get was couple photo everywhere in google. This is not what I want to work on. Thus I was kinda stuck with my idea here.

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After consultation, I realize my friends and Robert love how my initial idea was on Project 1 which is taking object against white/black background as compared to my Project 1 final submission.

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The background is fighting for attention and it is too complicating that the main object does not stand out.


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I went back and thinking if I should continue on this topic or come out with a new one. I went to look at different magazine to get inspiration. As I was going through the magazine, I realize how magazine only shows one side of the shoe in almost every photo that is related to shoes. So I wanted to focus on only shoe for found images. However, Robert throw me back a question, “what are you suggesting by simply looking for just one shoe?” Then I realize there is no purpose to this range on found images. Thus, I decided to abandon this idea.

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Make-up
As I was going through the magazine to look for pair, I came across many girls with make-up images. I wanted to portray how can make-up change a girl confidence/self esteem and etc. The comment I received was it will be a more interesting approach to look for images without make-up because that would be a more critical stance on how woman are always portrayed with make-up in the media.

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However, this two idea was too literal to match the idea. I have to think is there any other way I can look at this two idea different?

Robert suggested that the idea is to flesh something that is originally not there in the images, and not use them as an accompaniment to illustrate what is obvious.

Thus, I went on to research more on still life photography.

Robert Mapplethorpe

He is an American photographer, known for his sensitive yet blunt treatment of controversial subject-matter in the large-scale. His photo are mostly in black and white medium. He also experimented with various materials in mixed-media collages, including images cut from books and magazines. I like how he uses a simple background to allows the audience to have the full attention on the object itself.

 

 

 

I should research more before concluding on which idea I want to work for in Project 2. I tend to drift my thoughts towards something too literal and that is something I should work on.

4D – Project 1 “Pair”

As i mentioned in my previous post, I will be doing on the theme Pair.

What is pair? A dictionary defines pair as it is a set of two things used together. For me, firstly, in our daily life some item are meant to be placed together in order to function. If we remove either one of the item, the item just turn out to be meaningless. Secondly, pair can also be how our mind automatically links certain things together. When someone mentions an item, how our brain will link it up with another item that always appears together. Lastly, in term of relationship there can be friends, family and boy-girl relationship. They make up the other half of your life, without them it’s like another part of you are gone. There are some many things that come in pair that we neglect because it just comes so naturally. What if one day the item start to go missing, will you notice their importance?

I presented the photo in color and black n white. The reason some photo are in black n white because those are the images that are missing their other half. It also give a loneliness to the image when one is missing.


Firstly, in our daily life some item are meant to be placed together in order to function. If we remove either one of the item, the item just turn out to be meaningless.

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Secondly, pair can also be how our mind automatically links certain things together. When someone mentions an item, how our brain will link it up with another item that always appears together.

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Lastly, in term of relationship there can be friends, family and boy-girl relationship. They make up the other half of your life, without them it’s like another part of you are gone.

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4D – Conceptualization pt2

My initial idea was to do a before and after and focusing on food. However, i decided to change the theme to Pairs. The reason be it there is not a lot of farm in Singapore and the farm location are quite remote.

Pair, i separate the idea into three different component.

  1. a set of two things used together. For example, some things are meant work together, if one is missing the item can’t function. (Eg. Chopsticks)
  2. When you think of one thing, you will automatically link it to another. Some might not agree, but this is what i think of when one of them is mention. (Eg. Fork & Spoon)
  3. Others like relationship, in term of family, friends or lover

The mindmap below will show you more on the list of item that is link to pair.

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I took a few photo to convey this idea, but this is not how the final composition going to be like.

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4D – Conceptualization pt1

My idea was to do a before and after, focusing on food. How is the food like before its process and put on our table. For example, chicken and after processing it, it can turn into a chicken burger or a plate of chicken rice. I went on to research on the type of animal in Singapore that i can capture.

The mindmap shows the type of food i want to do on and the location i want to shoot the animal. There is also another side of the mindmap which shows Singapore. I wanted to show the old Singapore and new Singapore side by side. It’s impossible for me to take photo of the old Singapore, however i can still find images of it online. I will use the old image and take a photo of it at the places that it has become today.

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