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Assignment 2 Final Video

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5co9v8mXNu2dm51amtZMFlFbjA/edit?usp=sharing

Assignment 2 Process

1. The data and graphics needed are collected and edit in Adobe Photoshop.

2. The edited data and graphics are then import to Flash and start to arrange the setup of the video and  implement animation by Motion Tween. I started with the middle scene (food section).

3. The animating continues to bring more elements inside. The hands are animated such as it will change the flow of movement at the interval of 10 seconds.

4. The final part of the hands motion change.

5. The hands started to disassemble the second scene in order to move to the final scene.

6. The final scene of the animation indicated the ending of the info-motion, depicting the total amount of money spent in a week food delivery.

7. Finally, back to the first scene, rather the making of the opening of the info-motion. This part is the last part to animate since the flow is still in develop.

8. The first scene (the menu).

9. Now that the animation almost finish, the preparation and configuration of background music and sound effect is done in Audacity.

10. The background music and sound effects are added to the flash. Make sure the sound be where it suppose is.

11. After that, the animation is ready to test. If no problem, the animation will be exported to avi Video.

12. The exported avi Video is 1.08GB which is very big so the compression to mp4 is needed to greatly shrinked the size to 14+MB.

Assignment II The Info-motion - Data Gathering

Literally, my subject is the food delivery that I ordered and recorded regarding what food(type), and the prices of the order.

Here is the result

Concept Board

A Summary of Subject and its Reason

After a brief discussion with Mr Badrolhisham, I decided to make a non-electronic media presentation which  can be called a small installation diagram with interactivity for audience. The subject will be Air Pollution Index and the area of data collection will focus on Selangor. I decided to use dust masks (primary option) while PVC-made asthma inhalers still an appealing option as the main highlight. The background design will be focus on recent haze incident in Malaysia.

The reason of the choice  is due to the Indonesian forest burning activities which has effect South-east Asia particularly on Singapore and the south part of Peninsula of Malaysia. Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka suffered the worse while KL, Selangor and Pahang are in tight spot. The 'misty-brown' covering also made its way to Cyberjaya, Selangor which is where I am staying to pursue my multimedia experience in Multimedia University. With the figure of API 160+- (prompt more or less), the air around MMU is hard to breathe for somebody who is sensitive. I am a little bit sensitive so mostly I stay in my rented room and hope for a clean cool wind which come at 26 June when rain with its strong wind temporarily blown the thick haze away. At last, clean air for a first time in almost a week time. But the haze will or might be back tomorrow as environmental scientists stated that the thick coating of dust and smoke might stay until August if the situation goes on. My subject will be a reminder for us that even clean, soothing and fresh oxygen is a bless even though it is considered a common privilege for many of us including me, myself.

Research and Statistical Data

Did a bit of studying, the definition of research based on Google is

"The systematic investigation into and study of 

materials and sources in order to establish facts and 

reach new conclusions"


Literally, it means study and investigate about a topic in terms of our limited knowledge and data and with finding the source where the topic come to and study it.

For statistical data, it is more or least means the raw collection of materials of surveys and experiments, usually in quantities (numbering) which is been organised, analysed, interpreted and presented in table, graph, chart or pictorial presentation.

Know that this terms has been made know to me, the collection and studying for the subject should be more streamline with understanding of the process I need to go through. 

Statistical Data Hunting

Now we are dealing with real published and proved research, surveys and reports. First, we need to find some samples for a subject.

http://data.worldbank.org/country/malaysia

http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=363&Itemid=169&lang=en

http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Environment/files/Environmental_Statistics_Time_Series_Malaysia_2012.pdf

http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=MYS

http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/images/stories/files/LatestReleases/findings/Summary_findings_Migras2011.pdf

http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/images/stories/files/LatestReleases/ppi/2012/FEB/Press_Release_PPI_Feb_2012_BI.pdf

Second Year New Challenge

Hello, dear blog which been a good friend and presenter since my first year in MMU, it is been a while since I come to update you. My apology as I am a selfish who will only talk to someone I meet regularly and you are not on the list. Well, anyway since that the second year has come and with it a new challenge as we shifted our focus of studies from expression to aesthetic information design. Now we are design something for the purpose of public audience, no longer walling in the circle of peers and lecturers. All right, I will get start. Get set, ready. BANG!! GOOOO!!!

FACES - Introducing the Application

The first page consists of only a button called "ENTER". Click to enter.

After the brief loading (wait till all the panels in place), you can either press the 30 picture buttons above or navigate to other page with the navigation bar below. The 30 buttons will be the gate to the main dish of the day - 30 pictures of different people working on the lower strata of the food web (society). While the main dish is served, you can also navigate to other pages with three different buttons below. "HOME" is the button straight back to the first page, "ABOUT" is the button to the introduction about the author of this application and his artist statement regarding this project and "CREDITS" button is directed to the page of acknowledgement of people and software that made this interactive multimedia possible.

Life is an exploration. Enjoy the world. Thank you.

FACES - Poster

FACES - the Final Multimedia Interactive Output

Assignment 3 (Project 1) Progress II

Artist Statement for Project 1

Artist Statement 

        For this project, it was decided to make it interactive as to showcase photo works with ease plus making more enjoyable for the audience of 16 years old to 25 years old, more especially to photographers.

        In my project "Faces", I depicted people with different situation and working environment with their expression and concentration in earning their livelihood. The purpose is to instil an interest for older adolescents and young adults about the world of street and portrait photography.

        I used Canon 500D with 18mm-55mm in-package lens to capture my scenes. The programming of interactive is done in Adobe Flash Professional CS4 and the Photoshop CS4 is for photo editing. The file is published with EXE extension with Adobe Flash Player 10 preset, users must have the player installed before using this interactive application.

Assignment III Progress

Finalised Screen Design

Artist Statement Assignment II

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"UNDENTED SPIRIT"

Mary Oestereicher Hamill 

In this assignment, I imbued the style and way of a video and photography multimedia artist, Mary Oestereicher Hamill to create a screen design. The content conveyed by Madam Hamill has always in concern of the poor and forgotten.

 I use the way she present her shots and recordings by different but similar-in-a-way theme. I chose stray or wild dogs as the center of the design as they share resemblance of regard by the society. In this design, I wish to show as what Madam Hamill shown. Forgotten and shunned by many, they still found their place in this ever congressed world by forming packs or neighborhoods to join hands and live together.

As the design is based on photography, it is been edit by Adobe Photoshop CS4 and the font used is Rockwell Extra Bold.

 

Artist Research Assignment II

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Subject: Mary Oestereicher Hamill

        Mary Oestereicher Hamill. A senior research scientist in the New York Mental Health System, tenured Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Brooklyn College, and Associate Professor of Psychology and Dean Undergraduate Studies at Babson College. She did not stop there and went a step beyond her career of education reform and take a Diploma from Museum School. Her works of photographing and recording of homeless people across New York and her installation art of featuring Chinese vendor and street market in China and New York Chinatown named ‘regardregard’ Project received good reception and won awards.

        Although as medical scholar, she did produced some artwork of bones and body structures but most of her works lies on the spiritual and mentality by showing various faces of old folks still in vendor even in armchair and smiles of homeless despite their circumstance. She also intended to raise awareness in Cambodia and Vietnam about their dilapidated medical service and system by her video “Tangible Measures”.

        Her works strive on the forgotten or the people that were left behind by the sweeping thrive of conglomerates and professionalism.  She intend to show us, the elites of management and skills from cities the faces we forgot or cast away to remind them these people work as hard as we are just to win a bread or irk a living. Awareness does not mean charity. It only shows you what you did not know of and rekindles the spark that what holds you when you were young. You only need to know and remember as there is nothing more you can help them except a donation of generosity and compassion and a fair treatment as one of the members of society.

        Of the most, Madam Oestereicher wish us to show the determination and happiness of these people able to salvage and cherish even though what they own is little but it is content and hold a dear value to them.

More Info: http://www.maryhamill.com/

Improvished Assignment 1 Finalised