Category: Week 2
PB2: Pre-production
PB2 pre-production ideas and reflections:
What kinds of photographic styles do you like and what are their key features creatively and technically?
The photographer I choose for PB2 is Andy Small who is a Flower, Nature and Landscape photographer. Andy studied Fine Art. He photographs dramatic close-up portraits of nature; particularly flowers, and landscapes. His work has become known for its modern graphic style and striking use of color. Andy’s images are described as being “very painterly” in their appearance.
What aspects of their work attract you, what parts of their work could you draw from?
I love his photos’ striking use of color. His photos show the natural world. They also presented his lifelong passion and provides inspiration for his photography. I will draw from his modern graphic style and striking use of color. I also love his photos show the detail of the flowers. He uses the long lens to shoot the flowers’ detail and I will do this in PB2 also. The macro lens is like a window that transports him into another world. In this place, he observe details, shapes, and patterns that are not usually seen even though most of the subjects are right under our noses.
Week 2 Initiative Post – Advertisement
This week, when i do the activity “media is everywhere”, i found that there are lot of advertisement. Most of media we found in mall is advertisement , so i wanna talk about something about advertisement.Advertisements can be seen everywhere in modern society. Not just only displayed in the mall. They appear on the TV screen. They occupy a conspicuous place in newspapers and magazines. They are displayed even on buses. Indeed, it is difficult nowadays to find a public place without advertisements. It is true that in economic activities advertisements play an important role. They tell people about new products and help promote sales.The advantage of the advertisement is self-evident. They provide us with a good collection of goods and service, from which we can make our best choices. For the manufacturer, they can take advantage of the ads to project the characters of their products so as to seize the vision of the consumers and gain them huge profits. Unfortunately some of the advertisements are not true. They cheat consumers one way or another. So, admitting that advertisements can help us, we should also beware of them from time to time.
Review on The legend of 1900
This week , I saw 《The legend of 1900》and it gave me a deep impression . When 1900 was a baby, he was abandoned in the ship. Since then, he never left the ship. His talents on piano made him welcome. After defeating the black jazz musician, he became more popular. But he was so afraid of getting off the ship that he gave up his love for a girl. His friend Max wanted to persuade him to leave the ship because the ship would be exploded. It did not work. A tragedy could not be avoided. In the end 1900 sank to the sea along with the ship. Although the storyline was weak, the great piano music was good enough to make it uncommon. I particularly like the following scene. When 1900 played the piano for Max, he created different music for different people with different action and expression. The amazing place was that the music was so appropriate. That was the most interesting part of the movie. Take a piano. The keys begin, the keys end. You know there are eighty-eight of them, nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite. You are infinite. And on these keys the music that you If you like piano music, you should not miss it.
Week 2 Workshop Reflection – Project Brief 1 Presentation
In the week 2 workshop, we do the project brief presentation in the class. This project is really hard at the start when i do. I think it is hard to present a exactly theme with these materials and without describle and editing. After i see all the presentation in our group, i found that we all have no a exactly theme. However, we all do the project pretty well, my group members are all very creative. They present a lot of interesting material, such as the drama they performed, the music they created and the musical instrument they played, etc. And lot of us do the cooking audios, the audio part is the most difficult one. Because it is hard to let someone to listen a long audios with no editing, and you should have a creative idea to choose a good audio. The cooking one become our groups hot material is because it is the daily thing and have layers of sounds. It is easy to catch audience’s ears and know what you exactly do. A lot of daily things you want to present in audio, but it is hard to let audience understand. So it is important to show something different and not boring. In the group presentation, i learned a lot of materials we can use or how can we use. And it is real helpful to our project brief 2.
Week 2 Lectorial Reflection- Editing
In the week 2 lectorial, we’ve learned about editing. First, we define what is editing. We know that it may combing elements and create new things or fixing something. Editing is very important in media. When you edit media such as film, you can lead the audience to what you want to show more easily. For example , when i do the project brief one, i think this is harder than project brief two. Project brief one can not editing with anything and just present what you exactly the videos, photos and audios. If you do not with editing, it is hard to let people know the theme you want to present. However, if you use the same materials with editing, it is more easy to show the ideas of yourself. So, i think editing is really important. Then, we just learn some basic ideas of editing from the experts.Edward Dmytryk said that never make a cut without a positive reason. And Walter Murch also said people should think oes the cut reflect what the editor believes the audience should be feeling at that moment? Does the cut advance the story? Does the cut occur at a moment that is rhythmically interesting and ‘right’? These elements are all we should pay attention when we do a cut. Every cut is every important in film or other media, because if you do a bad work it may shows to audience totally a different story and audience even can not understand or misunderstand the whole things.
Project Brief 1_Lofi Media Self-Portrait
Audio:
I love cooking ,and this is i’m cooking at home’s sound.
Everyday i need use computer keyboards,no matter typing or gaming. So i just record the sound when i’m gaming.
I really love Chinese ancient poem. Here is one my friend read, the title is <Praising West Lake in the Rain>
and here is the translation:
The brimming waves delight the eyes on a sunny day,
the dimming hills present rare view in a rainy haze.
West Lake may be compared to the Lady of the West,
whether she is richly adorned or plainly dressed.
Photos:
Video:
This is the video which the way to my apartment from uni, and stop at my destination.
I love coffee, and i also enjoy making coffee!
I love singing and playing piano, but i haven’t got piano in Melbourne. So it is the first time i try to playing music game and singing as well. Actually, it is very difficult ! really! It takes me a long time to take this video, because i always take some mistakes. However, this video is still not look prefect.I think it’s a really good example for hyper attention,and i’m bad at it,lol.
From these media materials, i wanna show the daily life and my favorite things to you guys. I enjoy my life very much and I would like to share these with you.Everything that happens is a life lesson.
Week 2-Lectorial Exercise-“Media is Everywhere”
Position: BOURKE STREET MALL
UP HIGH: Myer MALL’S BACKGOUND MUSIC( SPEAKER ON THE TOP OF THE CEILING)
IN MY HAND: MY IPHONE
MID GOUND: ADVERTISEMENT IN THE MALL
BACK GOUND: THE STREET SINGER
FOREGROUND: ADVERTISEMENT AT THE FROUNT
