22.4.2024 - 29.4.2024 (Week 1 - Week 2)
Caitlin Ong Lynn Dee / 0343801 / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative
Media
Video & Sound Production
Exercises
CONTENTS
LECTURE
Mr. Martin brief us on the module. For the final project we are supposed to watch a three stop motion shorts and list down what is our favorites. We have purchased a tripod stand with Bluetooth controls for project 2. And watch a movie called Everything, everywhere, all at once. In week 1 we are task to create Adobe Premiere Pro exercise in order to be familiar with the software.
Week 3
No Class
INSTRUCTION
WEEK 1
Exercise 1: Mints
Before we start working on project 1, Mr. Martin gives us editing
exercises. to help us familiarized Premiere Pro. In exercise 1, Mr. Martin
provided us a set of clips that was deconstructed from a mint commercial.
All we got to do is download the footages. Import all of the footages in a
Premiere Pro project. Arrange the footages on the timeline with the proper
order and export the video.
Fig 1.2 Footages from the Mint Commercial (22/4/2024)
Exercise 2: Doritos
The content of the second exercise is a Doritos commercial. The task at
hand was similar to the first exercise but this time the order of the
footage was scrambled.
Asynchronous Class: Shot size, Camera angle, and Composition
Quiz
WEEK 2
Exercise 1: Shooting Practice
I pair up with Kim Abim to shoot videos of different shot sizes After that I complied them in to one video with captions.
Type of Shot Size:
- Close-Up Shot
- Frontal MCU (Soft Background)
- Frontal MS (Soft Background)
- Extreme Close-Up Shot
- Side Angle MS (Soft Background)
- ¾ Angling MCU Shot (with Blurry/Soft Foreground)
- Low Angle Wide Shot
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Eye-Level Medium-Wide Shot
Exercise 2: Editing Practice (Lalin)
In this exercise we watch a Thai short film called Lalin. From there Mr. Martian provided us our senior's reenactment of the movie's climax broken down into several footages. Our job is to trim the footages and arrange them into the correct order.
Requirement:
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Timeframe: 35 seconds' sharp
Asynchronous Class: Understand Storytelling
Lalin
Fig 5.1 "Lalin" Short Film (14/5/2024)
Act 1:
A Thai girl named Lalin has been bullied for years due to known as the
ugliest girl in school. But she was given a second chance, as she flew to
Sapporo, Japan to study aboard. Later, she adopts a new identity as a
popular internet idol. Even with this cute facade she continues battle her
low self-esteem to gain self-acceptance.
Act 2:
A graphic novelist named Nut ask Lalin if he could
hire her to be a translator for his latest work. Mesmerized by Nut's
handsome appearance, Lalin finally found her special someone. Nut and
Lalin always meet each other online enjoying each other company. Once
Lalin finishes translating the book, her life begins crashing down as Nut
want to meet her in person at the cafe. Lalin refuse to meet him, fearing
Nut might discover her secret. Nut was upset and disappointed as he left the cafe.
Act 3:
After reading Nut's book it was reveal that Nut was the
fat kid that Lalin interacted with at New Year's party back in Grade 12.
She discovered that Nut always loved her for who she really is and doesn't
care about what other people's comments. Touch by his words in the book
Lalin ran after him to the train station. But it was too late. In the end
Lalin finally gain enough confidence to accept her true self.
What is the inciting incident in the movie?
Lalin travel to
Japan in order create a new identity so she can feel accepted by
society.
Nut wants to meet Lalin in person and Lalin refuse to meet him, or he will find out the truth about her
What is the Climax scene in the movie?
Lalin Chase after Nut
to apologized
What is the theme of the movie?
- Acceptance
- Personal Identity
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Act 1:
Evelyn Quan Wang is a Chinese immigrant who live in
the US alongside with her husband Waymond and daughter, was
overwhelmed by the fact that her laundromat was brink of failure to
the point of being investigated by the IRS. In addition of dealing
with divorce papers, her demanding father visiting Chinese New Year
and her strained relationship with her daughter. During her meeting
with her IRS Inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdre. Alpha- Waymond possessed
Waymond's body to warn Evelyn that the multiverse is at stake by Jobu
Tupaki who is Joy from an alternated universe.
Act 2:
Alpha-Waymond gave Evelyn verse - jumping technology
in order to battle Jobu's minions. Inexperienced, she struggles to
perform a certain action that allows her to unlock abilities from her
parallel selves. To stop, Jobu Tupaki from destroying the mutiverse
Evelyn is forced to kill Joy but she refuses to. Eventually, Jobu
confronts Evelyn in her universe, as Evelyn's mind splinters and
collapses. It is soon revealed that Jobu's true goal is to find an
Evelyn that agreed with her ideology that nothing else matters.
Initially, Evelyn was easily swayed as her other selves' acting
nihilistically to the people around her.
Act 3:
Evelyn was able to accept the absurd nature in life
and use her multiverse powers to spread happiness and empathy to repair
her mistakes in other universes. In the end the family live on a
healthier relationship and was able to refile their taxes.
What is the inciting incident in the movie?
Alpha-Waymond
jump into Eveylyn convincing her that she is the only one who can
stop Jobu Tupaki
What is the midpoint scene in the movie?
Eveylyn's mind
splinters and was influences by Jobu Tupaki's nihilistic ideology
causing other alternate selves to act cruelly
What is the Climax scene in the movie?
Eveylyn learn to
embrace the absurdity and was able to correct her mistake in other
universes
What is the theme of the movie?
- Surrealism
- Existentialism
- Nihilism
- Generational Trauma
- Depression
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