Merry Christmas:))

Make a Christmas Card....Blush:))

No Yellow is better???

See how many Christmas Trees are there:)

feedback post about the class (what did you learn? what was boring? how can we improve this course?)

feedback post about the class (what did you learn? what was boring? how can we improve this course?)


In the class, i learned a lot practical things, eg Photoshop, take pictures, take video, final cut, export video to youtube. Besides, i think more about how to form the information in a better way to communicate with audience. "Look and feel" is alway at the first place....


I think the lab time should be longer. We just had enough time to take pictures or video but no time for editing in class. I think if we can edit or practice the program in class, we can learn much more. 


I hate the quizzes. 15 mins long for finishing a quiz is not enough. Make me rush read the questions and make me misunderstand the questions then i wrote down the wrong answer. However, i found out that i knew the answer. I think it is good if you change the quiz time to at the end of last 15 mins, so when people finish in 15 mins then they can leave. 


I like the section that other class teachers showed their student 's work in the lecture. Inspire me:))))


4 months Media 150 done:)) 

How could do that?!

When you ask me what  film opening is the most impressing, the series of Spiderman comes to my mind especially the Spider man 2 opening.  As we all know, the Spiderman film series is based on the fictionalMarvel Comics character Spider-Man. This is so cool when the creators combine comics and film in the opening. This opening uses the comics illustrations to tell the preview of Spiderman 1 in the short three mins time which is amazing. Besides, this opening using red color theme ,which makes people feel horror and the background music does a lot for creating this horror feeling. Additionally, the web image increases visual enjoyability. The moving line perfectly separates one scene  from another scene. This three mins opening is good for me to remind me of the story. Therefore i don't confuse the storyline.specially, the story is focused on the love of a girl and Spiderman's family and his duty.Spiderman is forever my favorite American movie. 

When i search on Youtube, i find out that all the openings have a common feature---Typography. 

The creators use a high percentage of playing text. Besides, music plays an important role. Making a film is not easy when every single element is big enough to affect people's visual enjoyment. It is so amazing when it does not use speech but only uses the music and the figure to tell you the theme. By watching the figures running or chasing, I can image the storyline when i also combine it with the its title "Catch me if you can"

Also watch this Food inc. opening and the poster

See this poster, this so makes sense when the documentary is about the systematic food industry. How horrible  the "man made" food that goes around us now. 

Play around Photoshop--animation

 Please Click the image and wait 2 seconds:)

This animation is about the cartoons around the world.........Japan, China and America.  I used many images merge into one then made text. After then made animation. Just for fun:)))

Mr. Popcorn's Tragedy

Mr. Popcorn's Tragedy

After this project, i feel like i would enjoy being a actress more than being a editor. I kept stuck in the final cut. Although doing a tiny thing, its costed me couple hours:))  

I think the idea using pop corn is from Kimberly. Then I said we could make a advertising for pop corn. Then they agreed but my whole idea was changed. Milip and Kimberly thought using 2 people that were watching a video then they saw a pop corn adv then 2 people wanted to eat popcorn and went to buy. 

Haha...i think this video more like a documentary that narrate a story of buying popcorn than Mr Popcorn's tragedy. Because most of the time of the video was focusing on the people. Although the sound effect, like Mr popcorn's scream make popcorn alive, it was still hard to understand why he screamed. 

We had some different ideas of cutting the shot. One thought that this time should be kept but other didnt think so. Luckily, this was not really a big argument. We just said out our ideas then we came across by finding the middle point:))))))))

It is difficult to work in a group. It is hard to group all people. Sometime working apart is necessary...

VIDEO

JUST FOR FUN

Design is everywhere

I think that a traditional 2D billboard doesn’t capture the audience anymore when the billboards can be found at almost every corner of the city. See the example of Times Square: Even the 2D billboards combine with all the light and moving typography dont attract the audience because it is too much. However, I think the 3D billboard is the most attractive when it expands the idea to the environment (outside the billboard) and it fully utilizes the space and the billboard and environment also make sense with each other. Below are the ads that impress me. 

  Ads are always about telling information, attracting attention and bing memorable. I think it is attractive to be a distraction for men and women on the road when they see this billboard for Wonderbra. This billboard promotes how their new bra makes women’s breast appear two sizes bigger than they are. Besides, the funny thing is the man is curious just like all the audience like us when we see this billboard. Can the bra really  do this? Two sizes bigger? Amazing, huh?!

Here is an advertisement by Heinz. Basically what they are trping to say is that breakfast is tasteless without ketchup, not quite true but it does help a little. This ad is using color concept to grab the audience’s attention. Most of us think that the main object has to big enough and has to be put in the center to get audience’s attention, this ad is totally oppositive from the concepts.  

stamp:)

Say hello to Mr. Potatohead:)

Theme

Guess What the theme of this series of pictures is.

 

Yes! The security safety in Hunter College is the theme of these pictures. As you can see, not only is safety guard outside the Hunter Colleg front door, but also inside everywhere in the school.

Why did i take this series of pictures? This is because I am annoyed by this kind of security thing, the fate. When I was holding many thins, it was so hard to take out my student ID to swipe through the gate. Several times, when I was thinking something elso concentrately I did not even notice the bar. I thrust into it. I was so embarrassed. However, when I had a second thought, I think that Hunter College is quite thoughtful. It cares for the disabled; it cares for the safety of students. I understand why Hunter College does so many such things. The purpose is saving the student's rights and makeing sure that there are not strangers entering the school. Being in the center of Manhattan, these kind of secuity things are necessary.

I like the first picture very much, which had a cop car outside the school. I like the perspective, the light and angle of that picture. The picture tells you everything. You know where I took it and when I took it.

Besides, I took the back of the security guard. I feel like thay are more bloodless, powerful and authoritative when i look at the back.

Furthermore, I think swiping the student card should be a part of Hunter student's school life. We need to swipe the card when we enter and leave the school. Gate entry is everywhere, like library and cafeteria. Therefore I took the picuresregarding the safety.

Apart from the safety, Hunter College respects the disabled. I can see the disabled logos that show the direction or help corner throughout the school. Therefore, I took it to show that Hunter College is a reliable and safe college. Every parent can have relief.

INspiration

The presentation of the graffiti pictures, which took in Hunter College, inspired me so much. I am totally impressed. In order to present a thing, we focus not only on the outermost and obvious appearance, but also focus on tiny and obscures things, like all the graffiti found in Hunter College. The graffiti in Hunter College make me think that student in Hunter College are active, energetic and creative.  

Everything around us can be repackaged and reformed into art form. Therefore, from now, pay more attention to every tiny things which are around us, we may discover more interesting inspiration! 

Artist Statement!

It is kind of a shame to show this picture.

This is my the very first picture that I explored in Photoshop where I merged three pictures into one. However no matter how I manipulated I could not make the same angle of light on the people's faces. You can definitely tell there were three pictures.


This February, my Mom came to U.S. visit me. There was no way that the whole family could come to U.S. Therefore I created this picture so that it feels like we were together. However, my poor skill just inspired me. I want to merge a better picture. NO Even Better, I want the Best picture.


Is it amazing to merge or I should say create a picture that is not happening in the world. Every fat lady will no longer be fat in the picture. They look slim and much more beautiful that before. 
With the computer, there is no ugliness. Is it a dream world? All the ugly things are corrected to be beautiful. That is what I want. In my eyes, I want everything to become colorful and amazing!