Kamal's Design Diary

27/9/17 Week 5 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 5 Lecture Notes No lecture today. Link to final assignment submissions:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_tckiUgeYdiXvZVQWlCsSY-jVsZq1FLi Instructions 'Vision' theme exploration Continue developing the story. Work Processes 'Vision' theme develop Draft 3 The story follows Adam as he goes through his daily routine, at home and at university. He works hard but keeps to himself. When he interacts with others he appears anxious and nervous, and often excuses himself from conversation. He avoids crowds and groups of loud people, and often feels anxious when around them. He sees a random boy using an inhaler and he starts becoming anxious as well. Most days he spends in solitude. Particular attention is paid to his facial expressions as the film progresses. The story continues in this manner until one day while walking, he stops and sees someone he recognizes. H...

20/9/17 Week 4 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 4 Lecture Notes Instructions 'Vision' theme exploration Continue developing the story. Work Processes 'Vision' theme develop Draft 1 Adam is a troubled young man who studies at university. He lives in solitude as his social anxiety prevents him from interacting with others. This hasn't always been the case however. Last year, his best friend Daniel died in a freak accident and Adam felt guilty because they had a fight shortly before he died. He has since then withdrawn into a state of solitude and loneliness. This all takes a ghastly turn as Adam starts seeing his dead best friend throughout the day. Guilt-ridden and becoming increasingly paranoid, he starts to break down completely. He is flung deeper and deeper into an abyss of paranoia as he tries to escape hallucinations of his dead friend, but is unable to. Overcome with guilt and anxiety, he bei...

13/9/17 Week 3 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 3 Lecture Notes Film showcase and analysis We watched a variety of short films and commercials and analyzed how they shot their scenes, setup their cameras and organized the story. Lalin  was a particularly long one, and used flashbacks. Instructions 'Vision' theme exploration Continue developing the theme of vision Work Processes 'Vision' theme exploration Below are an assortment of different characters that could be the subjects of the various above themes. Ambition  A driven young-man who just started first year at business school. He's got lots of plans for the future and is intent on being the best at what he does. In spite of that, his ambitious nature and self-centered character could traits that pull him down. Hope  An uneducated yet intelligent little girl born to a poor family, with dreams of breaking out of the cycle of poverty and becomi...

6/9/17 Week 2 Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 2 Lecture Notes Week 1 Film Language Mr. Martin went through with us through a short over a short history of film and cameras as well as over a variety of different film techniques, types of shots and cinematography in general. Camera angles and the way the shots are stringed together are an important part of telling a coherent story through film. In the language of film, the various different types of shots form the vocabulary of this storytelling medium: Extreme Wide Shot (EWS) A broad view of the surroundings of a character. Often used at the beginning as an 'establishing' shot. Wide Shot )WS) A wide shot of important subjects and objects and their immediate surroundings Medium Wide Shot (MWS) Shows characters cut off across the legs or below the knees Medium Shot (MS) I A medium sot showing the subject's gestures and expressions. It could be of a person sitting from the waist ...

30/8/17 Week 1  Kamal Afiq [0330643] Video Editing & Production  Week 1 Lecture Notes Week 1 Introduction to module and Adobe Premier Pro tutorial Today we were introduced to the module outline by Mr. Martin Chong, who went through with us how the entirety of the module will play out. The whole semester will revolve around creating a single, short film. Throughout the semester, various projects of the module will go through the planning, setting up, filming and composition of the film. He also went through with us the basics of using Adobe Premier Pro. He showed us how to set up a new project and sequence, how to import footage, crop said footage using In and Out markers and bringing everything into the timeline. We watched a previous students' film submission, and used their original shots to create our own film to practice using the program. Mr. Chong concluded the class by having us come up with ideas revolving around the theme of 'vision' and what...