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EDITING TODAY.
Rina was the editor and she was quite a slow worker.. so in the end we got no choice as the hereafter closes at 6 but to let jingyuan bring the work home to complete it. Therefore rina will be put in charge of the 2 sided script. Basically quite pleased with out work in a waybut i think it can be better if there is more time. But oh wells. At least we tried hard.

LAST BLOG POST AND TMR 9 MUST REACH SCHOOL TO PRINT!
Reflections of the whole block. I dont really fancy multicams that much though it might come handy for live feat programmes but maybe it is because there are only like 4 people in a group so its like kinda small for multi cams.. But class is fun when you get to touch more hands on stuffs like Rozali coming in to teach lightings.
SIP IS COMING!! im nervous and anxious...

STOP MOTION

WE GOT AN IDEA!!!
We are going to do a stop motion of a little guy walking through the different attractions that represents Singapore and at the end he came to a stop at this television and we will zoom in and then we start to show the video that we shot yesterday.

So we started but cramping into one of the 3-10 rooms to use the materials that jingyuan and i brought to school. And we started to create this little guy with papers and after the little guy was done, we went on to draw the Esplanade, the Singapore Flyer, the Changi Airport, the Merlion, HDBs and trees as all this are the attraction and unique point of singapore. We also added airplane, clouds and birds to make it realistic (:

So after we are done drawing, it was already like 6+ pm. So we wanted a brick wall for a background and we choose the route outside the TV studio as there are different colours to choose from and we chose RED in the end as it is the colour of the singapore flag.

So we started moving frame by frame and we keep cofusing ourselves with the legs movements(me), the movement of the trees (rina) and the height of the attractions (jingyuan). Gary keeps claiming that he got good directing skills to direct us through this stop motion. LOL! do you think so? HAHHAHA! But he did remind me frequently about the leg actions. THANK Q U! to ce kai too who always helped us for most productions (:

DONE AT 9+ - 10 +...
took us long to get a 30 sec video. WOAH. it worth the work (: LOVES.

SHOOT

The day started out with me waking up to visit the doctor. Apparantly my mum thinks that coughing for 2 weeks is not that normal anymore. So i have to spend like 43 singapore dollars to go and see my family doctor to get cough syrup and 2 tablets for my throat. . . IT DAMN EXPENSIVEEEEE!!!!! OH MY! all thanks to swine and i feel sorry for my pocket. So i went to school since im swine-free and went on with my shoot. We started with painting the flag and we had fun painting it behind the canteen with people looking at us as though we are mad. LOL! A Singapore Flag! HAHA! So after waiting for our cast for quite sometime to finish their classes, we finally started shoot at 5+ which is quite late for an outdoor shoot. Thus of course, it affected our lightings and the footages turns out to be flat. But luckily, to get the 90s feel, we dont need to have such wonderful lightings in a way. So we went on to set up our cameras to one at the frontial view, one at the left top angle and one right low angle. We got our cast settle quickly and started to direct them with the actions and timing. All goes well with us changing the original storyboard abit for the PAP part. Instead of alot 'parliment members', we changed to only one standing on the trolly due to lack of cast. By 7 30, we had already done with our shoot (:

So initally, to show that we want to be in part of the video, we decided to sing the pledge ourselves. But when we realise that our video was only 30 second long (according to the recording), we were shocked and proceed on to call YOU (bertrand). Hearing you asked whether its a ZHAI piece of work, ... i got not much comment cause of some circumstance like the lightings and all. So we went home and brainstorm for more ideas to prolong the video. WITHOUT requiring any cast as all DES students are currently rushing for their submission. So ...ya thats it.

CHANGE OF PLAN!

Unlike what we had planned, we did not shoot today. Due to us being not prepare for the shoot as in the costumes. We planned to have a racial harmony shot whereby our cast wear their race's traditional costume. But... WE COULDN'T FIND A CHINESE ONE!!! STUPID CHINESE! opps. HAHA! so we went on to search for the clothings. Initially we could have gotten one. But it turns out to be false alarm.. so... since we got no choice, we decide to let the chinese wear a malay costume in the end. Its still RACIAL HARMONY(: Then we await for tomorrow's shoot and hope that things will go smoothly with the cast and all. oh! and since we cannot fins a place thats near with flag pole, we deicde to make even more props (: we are going to draw our own flag and paste it to the backdrop. YIPPEE!

YIPEE!

Consultation went great cause the idea was being approved (:
To re-emphasize on our idea again. We are doing a 90s kind of video as we thought that during the 90s, the effect of a national day was much more stronger then now. One specific part was the national day songs. It used to be much more impactful songs like "count on me singapore" or "stand up for singapore". But now? What we currently have was pop music like "moment of magic" which i think not everyone remember those lyrics. So to us, or maybe me, what makes a national day video works was to keep it simple and understandable by all ages so that people are able to relate to it. Thats whats more important then effects or aesthetically nice shots.

Oh my scanner can't work so i will just have to type them out in words.

'we the citizens of Singapore' -- Shot of people standing in front of a Singapore flag; they puting their hands to where their heart is and tilt heads 45 degree towards the sky

'Pledge outselves as one united people' -- Shot against a grass patch; hands of different races put together

'Regardless of race, language or religion' -- Shot with HDB background; people wearing different race costume

'To build a democratic society' -- Shot action of building with cast nearer to us and the build more further away to creating the building effect

'Based on justice and equality' -- Shot of people wearing white (PAP); waving towards camera

'So as to achieve, happiness' -- Shot of people standing in a line and turn head to the right

'prosperity' -- Shot of people standing in the same line and turn head to the left

'and progress for our nation' -- Shot of people in the same line but facing front and doing the hand actions (welcoming action)

Hope you people understand!

DATES TO TAKE NOTE.

Sat will be the day we settle the castings and also find the props we might need.

Monday and Tuesday after 3pm, we will carry on with our shoot and Tuesday will be the multi cam shooting whereas Monday will be singled cam.

OH NO!

GARY, JINGYUAN and ME.
The three biggest idiots and loser.
HAHA! We came for class not knowing that there is no class. So we ended up staying in the canteen for 3 hours. This is the second time this happened. How funny. But luckily, time is not wasted as we had the brief for the assignment 2 and so we work on it while sitting in the canteen waiting for the 12pm class. Jingyuan and i was quite stuck for a while and we think back to previous videos for NDP. The most memorable ones were the 90s kind of videos whereby everything is simple without graphics and with fanciful transition. We were kinda thinking of recreating one video of the same feel. We draft out a small storyboard. (i will scan in ltr) And on thurs after 3, the whole group will meet up to discuss in depth to whatever we have. Not sure whether the idea is going to work. See how it goes after discussion and consultation.

i missed the class today!!

48 hours competition through the weekends.. cause me to have a too little time on my learning contract.. thus affecting my sleeping time.. and in the end causing me to not coming class again.. I didn't realise it will be the last lesson. Honestly, i feel that my time management is very bad for now. There are too many things on hand. OKAYS. Stop complaining and get back to work!

Oh and the swine flu seems very serious now. With the temperature taking and all.
Im down with cough but i dont think it is the swine flu.
No worries (: