Creative Process from Tan Wei Ming on Vimeo.
My idea is to show the (creative process) through turning into a LEGO character.
Why LEGO? LEGO means Imagination (thinking process needs imagination)
There are 4 key transformation throughout the 90 images. The objects / locations I used have it’s own secondary meaning.
1. Indoor (Thinking inside the box)
Toilet bowl (Gender stereotype)
Getting changed (social pressure)
Making coffee (Trap by money: food on the table)
Reading news (Controlled media)
2. Outdoor (Thinking outside the box)
Keys (Freedom = Think Freely)
Exploring plants (A new life = a new start in thinking)
Playing the slide (Learning through fun and experience)
3.Playing with friends (exchange ideas)
Doing the same thing together (achieve different results from different people)
Sitting in circle talking (Exchanging ideas through discussion)
4.Nightmare (Being criticize)
Running away from human (Being criticize by a superior)
Being place in a box (back to square one, thinking in the box again)
In the end, I woke up and it was just a dream.
Learning points
- Using the same photo but at a different situation creates 2 different meaning. (lift going up or going down)
Improvements
- I should have explore more places to take photographs.
- I should have make the colours stronger in each photos.
