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Going back into time from the very start, travelling from Singapore to Hainan, this documentary film captures the moments and process of the daily life of my grandparents who came from the Hainan district.

Asking them what is “Journey”…. “Marriage?” This is where the story begin.

This was shown during critique, subtitles will be edited to fit the 
timing as it was too fast

[FINAL LAYOUT]

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men

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Deriving from the RHYME: All the King’s horses and all the King’s men

I decided to chose this RHYME: All the King’s horses and all the King’s men specifically as it gives me the power of strength and power of full details… I DECIDED TO GO AROUND THIS RHYME WITH DIFFERENT COMPOSITION.

This concept showcases the transition of the Western and Asian culture. What if Humpty Dumpty was converted into Chinese context? I ask myself this question as a starting ground for this project. I don’t really have a specific theme that i want to portray to my concept ,as a whole I want to portray a story about the power and intricacy of the Chinese culture without missing the western culture in it. The use of balance, contrast, composition,rhythm,… which the hand out Professor Ina gave us, I played with the different format, giving all my layout a different feel, look and also different intricacy surrounding it.

“Haute Couture”, I love the way they composite the fine details in the fashion world, so in the details of all the composition, I took into consideration for my planning, dressing each composition differently, giving it a luxury feel towards the end.

*All my works are THRESHOLD as I was so obsessed with the MONOPRINTING technique, making my work very hands on**

 

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This marks the end of Assignment 2. It was a learning experience for me. Composition, balance, contrast… it gave me an idea on playing around with shapes and moving images around to create a composition that tells a story. I enjoy this assignment as a whole, giving me the opportunity to go all out with details and also showcasing my personality in the technique i use. YAY to the end of the project. ALL KING’S HORSES AND ALL KING’S MEN MADE IT TO THE END

 

 

 

FINAL PROCESS POST 2

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“In love with RHYMES assignment. It gives me to opportunity to explore and play around with compositions”

Narrowing down, All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, here are the chosen 12 layouts which i decided to go for. It gives off a feeling of power, strength and overall details.

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[The close-up view of the 12 chosen designs]

Design 1

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Design 2

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Design 3

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Design 4

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Design 5

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Design 6

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Design 7

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Design 8

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Design 9

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Design 10

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Design 11

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Design 12

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The final chosen design will be up...

Process Post 1

The overdue post for assignment 2 RHYMES is up.

Design is a discipline shaped by a varied and eclectic set of influences from both the past and present. Art has always influenced design. Exploring the western and asian art in different ways, creates a contrasting complex to the design.

The RHYME that i decided to go for:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Narrowing down, All the king’s horses and all the king’s men ,gives me a powerful yet intricate feeling when I got the assignment brief. And therefore, I decided to go for it as this line gave me a lot of inspirational thoughts. Below are my processes and breakdown of designs.

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*All the king’s horses and all the king’s men*

“Composition that says it all, having fun in the composition is what it takes”

Process post 2 continues on the next page…

 

 

 

“Nursery Days”

[Bringing back the childhood memories]

Bringing back the childhood memories, step into a world filled with beloved characters such as Mary had a little lamb, the old women who lived in her shoes, and Humpty Dumpty. 

Brainstorming on which rhyme to take, i decided to explore various images to come out with the most favourable theme that suits my theme.

Here are some of the images that i choose.... countless photos to edit~~~ 
(All images are in PNG format)  
Exploring the different depth to the theme

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During the research, the strong powerful element that the Chinese portray, i decided to focus on the Chinese context. It would be interesting to explore the western and asian context.



Exploration process continues on the next page~~ 
exploring with various format (Halftone, threshold and posterize)


 

“The Journey to the Beginning”

(Finalise title not confirm yet)

Flashback or transition, going back into time…

My film will be a collection of images that i took during the days spent with my grandparents. I will be showcasing both the time-lapse moment and also single images.Travelling to Hainan to visit my ancestors, i love capturing the moments which i spent during the 1 week. In this film, i will be portraying the documentary process of images from the photo album, which eventually leads to the middle sequence… and finally the end( Back in Singapore routine).

During the documentary film, there will be voice over and also the surrounding atmosphere sound which brings the images to life. I was actually inspired by this film director- Wang Bing who filmed the three sisters- the filming actually took place in China.

Here’s the break-down sequence for the documentary film.(Planning diagram) Will be adding more images in-between the empty spots 


The first cut is only 7 sec (images taken during my trip to Hainan), The second cut will be up very soon (Still adjusting the voice over now)

Comments comments!! Give me comments for both the concept arrangement on how my video will flow and also the video posted hehe !! Thank you

“Concept 2”

“The Journey to the beginning”

Flashback or transition, going back into time..Here’s to another concept. I decided to capture the moments and journey of my grandparents.

Being able to travel to their hometown -Hainan, i decided to film a documentary journey as it gives a lot of feel to it, and also, it immerse the viewer into the video through the sound surrounding it.

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Inspired by the film that Professor Vladimir showed us during lesson, a documentary film by Wang Bing, i decided to follow his footstep and take this video as a challenge. (Piecing the images that i took into a documentary film showcase)

This is the short film at Professor Vladimir showed us:

The finalise chosen concept will be posted on the next post…

 

 

 

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“The Journey to Unpredictability”

[The Ideation- Pt 1(Brainstorming)]

The most difficult journey…is the one that lies within ourselves. Words live everywhere, but not every place has been known to be safe.

In this concept, i tried to portray my life through the ups and downs i face daily, trying to escape fear.

[The images are arranged in sequence in which it flows from being realistic into something unpredictable.]

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Concept 2 continues on the next post...



“The Journey …”

[The Initial Ideation- Pt 1]

 

When i was first introduced to this Assignment, the first thought i had was (The journey daily). With the massive jam during the peak period and the endless quite nights, i thought of this composition,showing the process of my journey daily which i will be projecting it on a time-lapse image motion.Below are the selected cuts that i had for my initial planning ideation.

Beginning of the story concept:The daily traffic congestion
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Sound:The on-coming traffic sound (Trying to compress the music to insert in)
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The next (initial ideation-Pt 2) will be coming up on the next post...