FEE1323 ENGLISH III
REFLECTION FOR VIDEO
PRODUCTION
After weeks of hard
work, finally it is done! Hats off and a round of applause to each and every
one of you for producing wonderful and meaningful videos for this semester.
After experiencing such a major production, I’m sure you have a lot of feelings
(be it excitement, frustration or even anger) to share. This is a chance for
you to do so and the following are the guidelines for you to reflect on the
video production journey.
Before the
production:-
1. What was your reaction towards the video assignment
when you were first told about it? Did you like the idea that you get to do an
assignment which is different from last semester? Or were you afraid that you
might not be able to manage the assignment?
2. When did you and your group members sit down to
discuss about the concept for your video? Was it straight after your lecturer
assigned the task or did each of you did some research first before you put
down your ideas on paper?
3. Did disagreements happen during discussions on the
video? How did you and your group members come to agree to the final concept
for your video?
4. What do you particularly liked about the concept of
your video? (No more than 50 words)
During the video
shooting:-
1. How many days/weeks did you spend to complete the
shooting of the video? Describe how the shooting was done so quickly if it was
completed within a week. Explain the reasons why it you took more than a week
to shoot the video.
2. Was the video shooting session smooth? What were the
challenges you faced in terms of setting/location, time, props, costumes etc?
3. How did your director manage the challenges? Did all
of the group members obey the director’s instructions or did everyone
contribute their ideas in getting the perfect shot? In short, was teamwork
practiced in your group? (Describe in detail)
During the editing
process:-
1. Did you take part in editing the video or was the task
solely handled by a tech whiz in your group? Justify your answers.
2. Were there any challenges in dealing with technology
(Window Movie Maker or other video-editing software)? Which was/were the most
frustrating part(s) in editing your video (e.g. sound, merging scenes etc)?
After all the hard
work:-
1. Did your video turn out to be like what you have
expected? Were you satisfied with your video or did you feel that it could have
been better?
2. Did you enjoy yourself during the video production?
Was it relevant to what you study? What have you learn from this assignment
(language, confidence, teamwork, computer skills etc)?
3. Do you think this video assignment should be
introduced to your juniors? Suggest some ways that could bring improvement to
this video assignment.
Note:
- Log on to http://theenglishlearningvoyage.blogspot.com/ and paste your reflections in the comment space.
- Please include your NAME
and ID NUMBER so that I can know
which comment belongs to which one of you.\
~~~Thank you and I’m so proud of all of
you~~~
Before the production
ReplyDeleteWhen my lecturer told us about the video assignment, I felt very excited because I never try this before. When I was in secondary school, my teacher assigned us to do a drama which the title was ‘The Pearl’. I could gain a lot of experiences in this kind of assignment. Thus, I looked forward into the video assignment. This video assignment was very different from last semester as we were asked to do presentation which I hate the most. I believed that I could manage this assignment if we were being in the right group.
I discussed with Joey in the library after we were told about this video assignment. At first, our title was “Jack & Jill”. It was a story about twins who called Jack & Jill (brother & sister). We wanted Tommy to play these roles. But, we were told that boy cannot play the role as a girl. Thus we had to change our mind. Lastly, we decided to make a video with the little “Dreams”
Disagreements seldom occurred during discussion. We would voice out our opinion and listen to other. We also modify our idea in the seek to get the best idea.
I liked the concept of our video which was dreams. Everyone had their own dreams. Some of them were willing to scarify in order to achieve their dreams. However some of them would give up in realizing their dreams as they thought their dreams could not bring greatest benefits. In this video we wanted to convey a message which was we should be brave in achieving our dream.
During the shooting.
We spent about 2 weeks to complete the shooting of video. The shooting could be done so quickly if all of our teammate was free at the same time & fully cooperate with the director. We could not complete the video within a week as some of the teammate went back home during weekend & we had to finish other homework.
The video shooting session was considered smooth but I remember that the scene where Tommy & Khartik played basketball. It was raining heavily & we had to rush in order to finish our shooting. In fact, there were a few challenges that we faced when shooting. The first challenge was I would burst into laugh easily. I had to learn to control myself from laughing. The second challenge was the police uniform & accessories. I borrowed from my secondary school illegally. Besides it was very heavy and my mom brought it from my home town.
All of our group members obeyed Sook Ling’s instructions. All of us would contribute our ideas to get the perfect shoot. Teamwork was practiced in my group during shooting. We would encourage our teammate in acting some characters. For example, we encourage Tommy to act like a gay. I did not take part in editing.
My video turned out to be liked what I had expected. I satisfied with my video. I really enjoyed myself during the video production. It was very fun & I could know more about my teammate. They were very nice & I had changed my point of view towards them. I think it relevant to what I study. We learned how to act using English. I learned a lot on this assignment. I became more confidence when giving opinions & ideas. I learn how to cooperate with others where of us had different point of views & believes. This video assignment should be introduced to juniors. I think Miss Jo should give more guidelines about how to use the software in editing process.
by: LEE POH YEE
ID-NO: 01-201103-00038
BEFORE THE PRODUCTION:-
ReplyDeleteWhen I was given this video assignment, I was on the bench. I felt the excitement and also was afraid that we could not finish it on time. We started to discuss about the concept for the video immediately, but unfortunately we always end up with empty talks. And then came a day, whereby, we had few ideas. So we wrote it down in 3 piece of paper, then we asked our group members to pick one piece of paper. Then finally, we came to an end, Love was our topic. Since, we picked d topic, there was no any disagreements. I particularly liked the concept whereby we compare the love which was practiced in the now days and also olden days.
DURING THE VIDEO PRODUCTION:-
We spend nearly 2 weeks to complete the video. We spend 1 week on video shooting and 1 week on editing. The video shooting session was fair enough, in terms of location, we did not travel as much. We just shoot the whole video at Tower ten. My director managed quite well, although there was a lot of trouble in gathering my team members. We had to start our video without some of our members. Teamwork was practiced by those who were in the video. There were some of our members who were not in the video due to some reasons.
DURING THE EDITING PROCESS:-
I was the editor, so definitely I’m the one who was responsible for the editing part of the video. Hehe, there was so much of trouble in editing. Especially when, the sound moves in front when we add any scene’s or pictures. It’s so frustrating to edit the video. But I was happy when it was all done, except for the part where my video hangs. I still can not figure out why it hangs.
AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK:-
It did turn out to be something good for me, because I was afraid that it was not going to be good enough compared to the other group. And telling the truth, the other group’s video was awesome compared to ours. I did enjoy during the production, it is relevant as we related ourselves to the public during our interviews. We know how to engage to the public. Through this video, I have learned that co-operation is very important. Also learn to be more confident. Besides that, I enhanced my computer skills. I also get the chance to get the creative side of me out. The video assignment should be introduced to the juniors. I bet they can do a better job than us in this video production.
By: Sumita Nair
01-2011-00212
1) Before the production:
ReplyDeleteThe first reaction towards the video assignment when I was first told about it was shock. Yes, I like the idea that I get to do an assignment which was different from last semester. My group started to discuss the assignment was one week after the lecturer assigned the task. During the discussion, there was some disagreement happened but we managed to do it by choosing the most suitable ideas to the concept of this video. I particularly like about the concept of secondary school life. I can recall the good memory when I was in secondary school life. Besides, I also like the concept of friendship in this video.
2) During the video shooting:
We spent about three to four week to complete the shooting video. This was because during shooting process there was some miscommunication among our actors. The shooting process was quite smooth. The challenges that I faced in this video was the splashing the milk on my own face because I personally hate the milk since I was in primary school. Director managed her challenges by being patience and listened to our ideas and also provided her opinions. All of my group members had contributed their ideas in getting a perfect shot. The teamwork was practiced in my group. We managed to help each other during the shooting process. For example, we help each other by teaching the facial expression to each other in different scene. My group members was managed to borrow the school uniform from others people to the actors.
3) During the editing process:
I was taking part in editing the video. The task was not handled by tech whiz because in my group we just had the basics knowledge about the information of technology. We all just trying and applying to the software that we had in the Window Movie Maker. There were challenges in dealing with technology in Window Movie Maker. The most frustrated in process of editing video was merged scene with the subtitles.
4) After all the hard work:
Yes, the video turn out to what I have expected. I am satisfied with my video. I am enjoying during the video production. I think it was relevant to my study. This is because I can learn the language and computer skills from this video. The video should be introduced to juniors. The ways could bring improvement to the video is try to use the language (English) so that it can be easily understand by everyone.
By: Gan Wen Le
01-201103-00067
hey, i have seen ur movie which is you are the apple of my eyes,right? I counldnt believe that you use only the software Window Live Movie Maker? can u reassure me of that?
Deletebecause video that edited from WLMmaker can only open with WLMmaker? how did u and ur group manage to do that? I mean ur video could be open with Media Player Classic as well! so..just want to seek clarify,hehe
Before the production:-
ReplyDeleteWhen I was first told about the video presentation, I was a bit shock .This was because I did not have any experience on this type of assignment. After given a week to consider it, I thought it was not a bad idea since I do not want to do the same type of presentation again, slide presentation. I think after a week we only sit together and discuss about the concept for our video. Disagreement happens during the discussion because we have two concept, dream and jack& jill. Since Miss Joe do not let male become female, thus we choose dream. The particular that I like about our video were our video was a bit different from what other group does. Instead of doing a short drama, we do something like television show. Besides that, I also like the theme of our video, dream because it was suitable for our age now.
During the video shooting:-
We spend approximately two weeks to finish shooting the video. It took more than a week to shoot the video because we need to prepare the apparatus and costumes needed to shoot the video. The video shooting session were not so smooth because we are very nervous and did not have experience in shooting the video. We try a few times only get the best shoot. For the setting we did not have much problem faced. We faced challenge in terms of costumes. For example, the police costumes, one of my group members needs to borrow it from her junior from Kangsar. If we could borrow the costumes, maybe we will need to change to other occupation. Our director manages the job very well. We not only obey her instruction but sometimes we also contribute our own ideas. Teamwork was practiced in our group. For example, we will shoot the video together even though I am not involves in that scenes.
During the editing process:-
I did not take part in editing the video since other member of my group had more experience on editing than me.
After all the hard work:-
After all the hard work, the video had turns out more than I had expected. I really very satisfied with the video. Thanks to our editor. He had includes all of our ideas in editing the videos. I enjoy myself very much during the video production. I think it is relevant to our studies. I had learn not only the language but I had learn about teamwork and built more confident in myself. I think this video should be introduced to the juniors. Ways that could bring improvement to this video assignment is using a camera stand to shoot the video so that the scene you were shooting will not shake if your hands were shaking.
Leong Mei Hong
01-201103-00033
Before the production:
ReplyDeleteUnexpected assignment, this was my first thought. I neither like nor dislike doing this assignment because finally I didn’t have to bother the presentation but meanwhile I really afraid we cannot complete the assignment on time since I did not have any experience in shooting a video this before. I couldn’t remember when we sat down for discussion but we came out with our own idea first. Then we chose the idea that was the simplest for the video shooting. I had been racking my brain and came out with a great idea (I think) but they had a lot of disagreement. I felt really sorry to my team members as I showed my dissatisfaction before they disapprove my idea officially. They are really kind as they accepted my idea at the end. (p/s: I still feel guilty now ><). Don’t simply follow the plan arranged by our parents. Just be little rebellious sometimes, pluck up our courage and pursue our dreams. There might be a mountain of failure in our future but the real failure in life is failure to try. Youths should be crazy like this.
During the video shooting:
Two weeks were spent to complete the video shooting. After the first week of shooting, we found the video was too short and we decided to add on some funny scenes. The challenge I faced in the video shooting was most of the scene should be shot at day but we failed to do it at some scenes. The toughest part was the basketball scene as we shot that part in the rainy day. Sincerely thanks to all Chinese girls, Karthik and Manvir as well as my team members for playing the major and minor roles. Even though I was the director, I did not in charge of every scene shooting. Instead of it, we all voiced out our idea in getting the perfect shot. Normally, we tried different techniques of shooting for a scene. In short, we practiced democratic work-style as well as teamwork.
During the editing process:
Tommy solely handled the editing process. Our clips were super messy in arrangement and most of them couldn’t be bound simply. But Tommy tackled them nicely. If there was an editor award, surely I will vote for him.
After all the hard work:
The video turned out higher than my expectations but I feel that it could have been better.
I enjoyed the video production. From this assignment, I learn the language and teamwork. We were in conversation most of the time yet we had tried to minimize our broken English. We all sacrificed our revision time to complete the task. Yes, introduced only after our graduation. Give the themes to choose so that every group can produce various videos with different themes.
Sin Sook Ling
01-201103-00098
First of all, I would like to thank Miss Jolyne for giving me a chance to express our feelings and challenges that we have faced during our video shooting. Before the production, I feel so excited after you told us about the video. In our mind, we start to plan the story lines so that we can impress you.
ReplyDeleteWhen I got to start the project, I like it and enjoy it so much because it was totally different from last semester. I did actually worried in between because I might not be able to handle this project or assignment because it used up a lot of time and teamwork is the key to success.
First, we discussed the concept of our video, the scenes, assigning the character, and the script as well. We did it after Miss told us about the task. We didn't do any research but we put down all our ideas on the proposal. Besides that, all our points were almost the same, this was how to we came to agreement. We thought that our point was logic and relevant and therefore we applied into our video.
The part that I particularly liked about our video was the story is very amusing, but romantic in the meanwhile.
We spent almost one week for the shooting, we were rushing due to lack of time. This was because our first video that we had have save in laptop was corrupted. So we were rushing of time. The video shooting session was not that smooth as we expected. There were many challenges and troubles that we encountered, that is, in term of location and time. I stay in Seri Bayu while we had a shooting at Tower 10. So I need to walk to Tower 10 everyday during the shooting day. I felt so tired. Besides that, we also lack of time due to some problems. Since some members in our group were not really co-operate, so we were having difficulty to do the shooting.
I did take part in the editing session, just that most of the time, there were Sumitha and Vimala did the major editting session. Meanwhile, there were many challenges in dealing with the technical problems. We edited our video with the software Window Live Movie Maker. The most frustrating part in editing our video was the merging scenes. When we were going to present in front of Miss, we can't played it smoothly. It was so irritating.
However, we managed to go through all the challenges and turned out our video, just that the troubles we faced in between were not as easy as expected. Thanks God we finally made it!! I satisfied with the outcome, but I felt that it could have been better if our first video was not corrupted. I really enjoyed myself during the process. We spent a lot of time being together and because of this, we were getting more closer to each other.
I felt that our video's concept is relevant to what I studied. I learnt a lot from this assignment, that is, team spirit is very important and I also get to brush up my English conversation.
In conclusion, I suggest this video assignment should be introduced to our juniors. Other ways that could bring improvement to this video assignment was by having better quality of sound system. Last but not least, thank you very much, Miss Jolyne for teaching us since semester 2 and our final semester. I really appreciate your devotion and everything you taught. You are the BEST!I love you.
By: Bavani A/P Ramasamy
(01-201103-00016)
1) BEFORE THE PRODUCTION.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I would like to thank Ms.Joe who came up with such a wonderful idea as our assignment. I was really excited and anxious to know more about the video assignment when I was first told about it. I really like this assignment as it is different from our last semester's assignment. While my lecturer was trying to explain about the video assignment, my mind started to think about the story line as well as the genre of the movie. After 1 week after our lecturer assigned the task, then only all my group members started to discuss about the video assignment. Our group leader Nishalini Prakasan, gave an idea of doing an adventure movie besides romance, action and comedy. Our work has been divided so that shooting session will be smooth as silk. In the first thought itself, we like the story very much. Furthermore, I particularly liked about the genre of the movie, adventure which was totally different from all the other videos and is one of the most difficult genre. I also like about the various types of clues that we used to create by own such the black pyramid and stuffs to break the secret code. I like the action scene because it shows the true colours of a human being that possess the nature of being greedy in life.
2) DURING THE VIDEO SHOOTING.
We spent a few weeks to complete the shooting of the video with the help of Karthik, Govin, Jaya and Velan. This is because due to the weather which was raining cats and dogs. Since our shooting is more to outdoor shooting, we couldn't make it within a week and we faced a lot of challenges. Apart from the weather, we couldn't managed to finish our props so called clues as it took a longer time to prepare it, especially the key and the book. Since we are using cell phones to shoot the video, the battery keep on giving problems. It is undeniable that all those locations where scary and dangerous because it was a construction site and forest. There were a lot of mosquitoes biting all over the body which was very annoying and itchy while shooting the video. The director managed the challenges by using different cell phones to shot the video. All the group members obey the director's instructions and everyone was supportive by contributing ideas in getting the perfect shot. Frankly speaking, we have really practiced teamwork in our group and co-operation is our vision. It can be seen clearly in our movie with different clues to reach the cliff.
3) DURING THE EDITING PROCESS.
The task solely handled by Karthik and Manvir who are very in editing the video unlike me. All the editing process is handled by them whereas preparing all the clues was other group members task. I guess there was no problems in that as we have the video-editing software but the most frustrating part in editing was Nishalini's and Govin's part due to low sound quality. We still managed to record the voice manually and merged with the scenes.
4) AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK.
After the long battle, the movie "The Last Visit" was successfully presented. I felt that it could have been done better as I'm not so satisfied with the sounds and the part where the video was quite blur due battery problem yet we still enjoyed to the maximum during the video production. I learned about how important teamwork is in doing an assignment. Finally, I think this video assignment should be introduced to our juniors because I'm sure that they will enjoy doing it without any tension or stress as English is the only subject that students can relax themselves. I would like to suggest some ways to improve this video assignment. Since we have many genres, it would be fine if lecturer choose one particular genre and ask the students to do their video assignment. This is one such way which will help the students to choose the best video wisely as for everyone their own movie with different genre is the best. Thank you!
By: Janice Raj Mohan.
(01-201103-00209)
BEFORE THE PRODUCTION
ReplyDeleteAlright here it goes. This time our presentation was different,it was not like the previous ones,this time Miss Jo wanted us to come up with our very own video presentation. And as you can see, I have the awesome group members ever, they are always ready for new challenges and darn doing a video more likely a short movie, really had all of us going. We don’t know about others, but we were all hyped up and all excited about this video. We didn’t not take this presentation as a challenge and we never had any intentions on competing with other groups. We were just so excited and wanted to start on the video as soon as possible. Soon after, it was already passed a week, and none of us actually sat down to discuss about the storyline. Even if we did, we usually ended up chit-chatting. And finally the day came,3 of my group members were actually having their tea in the mamak shop (excluding me and 2 others),then all out of a sudden they started drafting the storyline.Ideas after ideas were thrown in and finally the storyline was ready. Talking about agreements and disagreements for our video, I would say everyone was happy with the storyline. To talk about the concept I like in the movie, is actually how the story goes and somehow its related to the outer world,afterall our movie is based on true stories.
DURING THE VIDEO SHOOTING
We did not shoot our movie too long neither too short. Although we started off sort of late, we did not rush for time, we took our sweet time indeed. Approximately in 2 weeks the video was all done together with the editing.We were done in 2 weeks because, all of us, each one of us co-operated very well. We had lots of other things to do, but then again its all about how an individual manages their time.So yeah,all of us did our part and in 2 weeks we were all done. Most importantly,one of our group member had a car, so it was easier for us to travel and shoot and yeah we were able to shoot different scenes at various places. Easy said, with a car we were able to move about. The video shooting was definitely smooth, thou we had slight misunderstandings with each and other,it was all solved there and then. Our director was awesome.Yeah at times she’s cranky and pushy but who cares if its not for her, we would not been able to produce such an awesome production. We respected each an other and therefore, when she says do this and not that (with a reason of course),we all obeyed her. Everyone contributed various kinds of ideas for the shots,since she (director) was the most experienced one, she got it all sorted out for us. Teamwork was definitely practiced in our group. Helping one another with the dialogues and also for choosing costumes, teamwork was practised.
DURING THE EDITING
Nope,I didn’t take part in the editing. It was handled by our director.As said earlier she is more experienced in editing compared to all of us,so the editing was done by her. Ideas were of course given to her, with all the ideas piled up, she did an awesome job.
AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK
With all our hard work, the video was up to our expectations.We were all satisfied with our production and it could not have been even better. For us we have gave it all and yeah it paid off really well. Of course I enjoyed myself during the video production. I have learned a lot, nothing comes easy, patience,tolerance,hardwork,confidence is needed and most importantly teamwork is definite. Thank god, my group members were all understanding and helpful.Without them,I don’t think this video would have been a success. Talking about introducing this videos to the juniors, I would say Yes. Let them watch and who knows they might get something useful out of our video.Before I end this,I would like to thank Miss Jo,for creating an awesome opportunity for all of us in this video making and yeah for my team mates,mayn you guys are the best and I love you guys to bits. <3
Zandra Lavanya
o1-201103-00181
BEFORE THE PRODUCTION :-
ReplyDeleteWhen we were first told about the video assignment, of course I felt excited!First reason was that I’m always want to try something new and different. It’s kind of bored if we are always conduct only presentation in college. We were done enough for presentation for most of the subjects since semester 1.=D Second reason was because we were given a good chance to scold a better carry mark by having video assignment instead of examination. So, I liked this idea! And saying no afraid of might not be able to manage the assignment was kind of lie to myself. However,we managed to finish it on time.We discussed about the concept straight after Ms Jo assigned the task in library. Our very first concept was called ‘Jack and Jill’(The role of this twins were actually played by the same person.)Unfortunately, we were told that boy cannot play a role as girl. So, the new one called Dreams replaced it and was discussed straight after the first concept was banned.Yes, disagreement did happen and it was normal. We tried and shooted by different ideas that voiced out for particular scene and seek the best for the video.I liked about the concept of our video because it voiced out most of the teenager’s situation in which they couldn’t fulfill their own dream as they need to get a ‘permission’ or receive an ‘judgement’ or ‘consideration’, from their parent. The depth meaning of this video conveyed a message that “As long as your dream didn’t harm or bring disadvantages to others, you should go ahead with it! Today will become a history for tomorrow, be brave and dare to chase your own dream, at least you have try before, so that you have nothing to regret in future for your past.
DURING THE VIDEO SHOOTING :-
I spend two weeks to complete the shooting of the video as some of the group members as well as me were part of the PBSM’s members.(PBSM=Persatuan Balik Setiap Minggu)Some part of the video shooting session wasn’t that smooth. As I remembered the scene which about the basketball player, was took on a rainy day. We had to shoot it although it was raining on that day because it was the only time that people we asked to help were available, and we didn’t want to waste their time as they had their own video needed to be done.Really thanks for those who contributed on that rainy day! I faced challenges in term of costumes and self-control! Luckily, Boey successfully borrowed the police uniform and accessories from her secondary school and brought out by her mother from Kuala Kangsar in order to complete the video shooting. Since I’m the camera girl for most of the time, I found hard to control myself from laughing when my group member played a funny role during the video shooting session or did some unnecessary mistakes.All the group members obeyed Sook Ling’s instructions as well as contributed ideas in order to get the perfect shot. Teamwork was practiced wisely in our group.
DURING THE EDITING PROCESS :-
No, I didn’t. The editing process was solely handled by Tommy Tan. He was a good editor. He included all the scenes and effects we wanted in this video as well as rearranged all the clips in a proper manner with a clear subtitle.
AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK :---
Yes, the video turned out to be like what I had expected, and even better than what I had thought. I’m satisfied with it.=)I’m really enjoyed and I think it is relevant to what I study. I learnt not only how to write but also speak confidently from this assignment. At the same time, I learnt about cooperation as well as tolerance. I learnt how to give a different point of view in a proper manner and how to listen and accept other members’ opinion. Yes, I think this video assignment should be continued and be introduced to our juniors. Learning is a life-long process. We should some knowledge which beyond books. From this video, I played, I learnt and I enjoyed. In order to bring improvement to this video assignment, one should increase his or her skill in using video-editing software( computer skill ).
CHONG JOEY
01-201103-00106
BEFORE THE PRODUCTION :-
ReplyDeleteMy reaction when i was first told about it was like "WOW"..Awesome.Of course i liked the idea.Every semester doing the same thing ,standing in front and talking was quite boring . I was previously in Puventhren,Jaya kumar, and Tanggavelan group, but they wanted to change the story line of the movie which makes me to change group to Nishalini's group.Want to thank them for accepting me into their group.Disagreement happens!, but not that serious.Well,what i particularly liked about my group's video is that we did a different genre compared to others which is like love,friendship and all those stuffs.Ours was adventure,which is different! And i love it.
DURING THE VIDEO SHOOTING :-
We spent quite a long to finish our shooting because we have to prepare many stuffs like the relic,and few other stuffs.Not really sure how long,maybe around 3 weeks.The video shooting session did not go on smooth, we had few difficulties such as the weather condition and the time setting.Costumes were not a problem to us. Our director ,Ms Nishalini handled the challenges well,proud of her.Everyone contributed their ideas.
DURING THE EDITING PROCESS :-
I did take part in a small part of editing,seriously just a small part because ,Mr Karthik is the real professional in the editing software.The challenges is that maybe the subtitles .
AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK :-
Well,to be honest,the video turns out great!Just a slight error in the recording during my scene and Ms Kalaiarasi due to camera problem.The rest of it is superb.I am satisfied,but there is still room for improvement for us. I enjoyed a lot during this video production,thanks to Miss Jo for letting us do this presentation.I feel this is relevant to what i study because it potrays the usage of english in the video production,this will indirectly improve our English language.What i learnt from this assignment is confidence, teamwork but most importantly i learnt was the trust between each other.I think this video assignment should be introduced to the junior .Well perhaps to bring improvement,just practice the video editing software,and don't be stingy if want good effects for your video,just go buy the software from shop,hardly cause you more than Rm20.
*I just want to take this chance to thank everyone in my group Nishalini,Karthik,Janice,Kalai,and Govinathan for giving full suppport in this video production.Also not forgetting Jaya Kumar ,Puven and Tanggavelan as well as the batch 201104 students.(Do not address them as juniors,they will be angry).My fellow classmates.Last but not least, Miss Jolyne Ng Choo Ting. Will really miss this batch.
Thank You.
Manvir Singh Nahal
01-201103-00177
BEFORE THE PRODUCTION:-
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, my reaction towards the video assignment was I felt proud and happy because I did my job well with my friends help. I sure, that I could not finish my part in the movie because I’m not too good in acting stuff all. Manvir, Kalai, Nisha, Karthik and Janice were helped me a lot in the movie production. I do like the idea because this genre was totally different from last semester. I’m not afraid because I do believe that my friends will help me to make the movie. I’m not sure when we all discuss about the concept for the video. For the movie purpose, I did some research. The reference was from the movie about adventure genre. The pyramid is the example from the movie. There was no disagreement during the movie production. What I like from the movie is our journey in the jungle and towards the cliff. And the part I and Manvir kill the greedy fellow,Karthik.
DURING THE PRODUCTION:-
About 3 weeks my team and I spend to complete the movie. The reason why we took 3 weeks to complete the movie because we take a lot time to travel from one place to another place frequently because there were 3 group with different introduction at different place. In addition, one more thing was some of the group members going back to their hometown. So, have to postpone the shooting. The video shooting was not smooth because the construction work was going on nearby the cliff. So, we have to take certain scene for so many times. The challenges I faced were I need a lot of time to prepare the pyramid, the map and to decorate the box. And as Manvir told during presentation time, I have to face the mosquito bites and have to take certain scene during afternoon. I was dying under the sunlight but I’d really enjoy the moment. I guess my director not face problems lonely because I and my friends help my director and solve the problem easily. All the group members obey the director’s instruction without any unlike response. Yes, the teamwork were practiced in my group. The only problem I and my friends could not solve the is camera quality. Because first we use Karthik’s phone to make the movie. But at one time Karthik’s phone battery finished. So, we have to use my phone that has low quality compare to Karthik’s phone.
DURING THE EDITING PROCESS:-
Yes, but not much. Because I don’t know much about editing. I just give some ideas to Karthik in editing. I used to give comments toKarthik if I’m not satisfy in editing. So, he will change some part in the movie. As I know I didn’t faced so much problems in dealing with technology because I know a little bit about this stuffs. So, I didn’t felt it’s the problems. The most frustrating part was the sound because during the shooting same part don’t really have the sound due to Karthik’s phone problems.
AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK:-
Not much because some part in the movie not like what I expected. I felt satisfy because we did the movie very hard. So, I felt satisfy because I it’s the group work and I and my friends not professional in the movie production. Yes, I’d really enjoy the movie production. It doesn’t mean weather it relevant or not to what I studying. I just enjoy all the moment with my friends. I had learn a lot during the movie production because I learn how to speak fluently, confidence, how to use the movie maker software, teamwork and acting skills. This video should be introduced to my juniors because if there are any mistakes, they can avoid the mistake and perform well in their future. My suggestion is this video must show to others who have more experience in movie making and accept their comments and must repair my weakness and perform more well in my future.
GOVINATHAN A/L LOGANATHAN (01-201103-00227)
BEFORE THE PRODUCTION:-
ReplyDelete1. I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE VIDEO ASSIGNMENT BECAUSE IN MY 1ST SEMESTER WE INVOLVED IN OUR SHOOTING OF MOVIE IN FOR IT SUBJECT, WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN PRODUCING MOVIE. SO THIS IS GREAT CHANCE FOR US AGAIN TO IMPROVE OUR MOVIE THIS TIME. I LIKED THIS IDEA A LOT BECAUSE WE HAD A GREAT CHANCE OF KNOWING OUR GROUP MEMBERS SO DEEPLY WHEN DOING THIS MOVIE.
2. ACTUALLY MY GROUP MEMBERS AND ME DISCUSSED ON THE 7TH WEEK AND THE PRESENTATION SUPPOSE TO BE SUBMITTED ON 10TH WEEK. WE COULDNT START IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LECTURER ASK TO DO BECAUSE THE EXAM WAS AROUND THE CORNER.
3. THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN US WHEN DISCUSSING OUR VIDEO BECAUSE OUR GROUP LEADER, NISHALINI PRAKASAN GAVE A SUPERB GENRE-ADVENTURE. ALL OF US WERE OBSESSED WITH HER IDEA AND FINALLY WE CAME WITH CONCLUSION TO ACCEPT HER IDEA.
4. WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT THE VIDEO WAS THE GENRE, THE ADVENTURE AND I REALLY LIKED IT WHEN THERE WAS ACTION AND LOVE SCENE ADDED TO THE VIDEO. THIS IS THE FIRST MOVIE THAT MY MEMBER AND ME PRODUCED WITH TWO GENRES.
DURING THE VIDEO SHOOTING:-
1. WE SPEND ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO COMPLETE OUR SHOOTING. WE TOOK 2 WEEKS FOR SHOOTING THE VIDEO BECAUSE DUE TO OUR MEMBERS HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOMETOWN DUE TO THEIR EMERGENCY AND WE HAVE TO POSTPONED OUR SHOOTING. THAT’S WHY WE TAKE TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE OUR SHOOTING.
2. THE SHOOTING SESSION CAN BE SAY WERE CHALLENGED LOT BECAUSE IN OUR ADVENTURE MOVIE OUR FULL MOVIE WAS SHOOTED OUTDOOR ONLY. SO THEREFORE IF RAIN ITS HARD FOR US TO SHOOT OUR MOVIE AND THERE ARE LOT OF PROPS WE HAVE TO READY FOR THE SHOOTING. THAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGE IN OUR SHOOTING.
3. OUR DIRECTOR WAS SUPERB, SHE MANAGE ALL THE CHALLENGES AND SHE LISTEN TO EACH OF THE MEMBER’S IDEA BECAUSE HER POINT IN PRODUCING A SUPERB AND QUALITY MOVIE TO THE AUDIENCE. AS SUMMARY I LIKE TO SHARE THAT TEAMWORK IN OUR GROUP WAS ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN.
DURING THE EDITING PROCESS :-
1. I AND MANVIR WAS THE MAINLY WHO DID THE EDITING IN OUR MOVIE. IT WAS VERY NICE MOMENT WORKING WITH HIM BECAUSE I WAS FEEL I WAS WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL.
2. IT WAS VERY CHALLENGE WHEN DEALING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY OF PINNACLE STUDIO BECAUSE IT WAS NEW FOR ME BUT I MANAGED WITH HELP OF MY BUDDY MANVIR. THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART WAS WEN I PUTTING ALL THE SOUNDS BECAUSE I HAS TO CUT THE SOUND AND STICK IT WITH HALF OF THE SOUND.
AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK:-
1. THE VIDEO HAS REACH 90 PERCENT OF MY EXPECTATION BUT AFTER SEEN OTHER GROUP PRESENTATION THEN I REALISED THERE HAS ROOM FOR MY GROUP TO IMPROVE IN FUTURE.
2. I ENJOY TO MAXIMUM DURING THE VIDEO PRODUCTION. ITS RELEVENT LOT TO MY STUDY EXPECIALLY TO MY COMMUNICATION SKILL SUBJECT. I LEARN LOT FROM THIS ASSIGNMENT SUCH AS CONFIDENCE IN FACING A PEOPLE AND TALK INFRONT OF THEM AND TEAMWORK.
3. THIS VIDEO ASSIGNMENT SHOULD INTRODUCED TO THE JUNIORS BECAUSE THE BENEFIT WE GET MUST BE PASSED TO OUR JUNIOR FOR THEM TO IMPR0VE THEIRSELVES.
Karthik S/O Danapal
01-201103-00018
I can’t act!!! That was my reaction when I came to know about this assignment. I don’t want to ruin the whole movie because of my expressionless face. But of course I cannot escape from this. What to do? I ended up acting but pity the audience for seeing me. Hehehe…
ReplyDeleteAnyway, this voyage begin when all of us brainstormed individually. We started the discussion in library and drafted the whole story at Nurse’s Cafe. It was not easy to get everyone’s idea. Choosing adventure as the genre, it was an adventure by itself in writing the story.
Once rough guideline was set, we surveyed our movie set. We challenged ourselves to deal with all the difficulties in venturing to each location. It might seem dangerous, but it added our natural feeling of experiencing adventure. In fact some of the storyline was decided according to the shooting location. So, whatever you saw is our original reaction. Hahaha
Being a bookworm, it really helped a lot to generate idea for this movie. I referred to books such as Da Vinci’s Code, The Death Relic, Digital Fortress and of course interesting webpage on secret codes. Although I was chosen as the director, I realized it was not my habit to give order. I end up sending coded text messages to some of my group members to motivate them and of course to trigger them to think of their own group’s code. It was nice though.
Ironically, in my group, we had some special experience. Believe it or not, my members always tell Nisha is the director, but Karthik directs. That’s the effect of having elderly guy in our group. (No hard feelings Karthik). And I realized that being a director is not just directing the movie. At times, i had to create drama to ensure no misunderstanding occur between my members.
Next, creating the props was interesting part. How my team members exchanged idea to get the exact impact we wanted in movie was really nice. We considered the colour, material and decoration used to have the best effect. It took us quite sometimes to improve our props. Believe it or not I got the honour to see the guys working on the props. (Cant stop smiling remembering that). And it took us almost another two weeks to complete the shooting. (The fun part was when Karthik died, all my members was happy)
Using Pinnacle Studio to edit, Karthik and Manvir did a great job in giving some touch up in the movie. It would have been better if the subtitle was complete. Anyway, with a better polished acting skill, the movie would have turned up better.
Lastly, I would like to thank Karthik, Govinathan, Manvir, Kalaiarasi and Janice for their utmost contribution. To Puventheran, Jayakumar and Tanggavelan, thanks for your assistance. Suganya Arjunan, you know how much your help means to me. And to our dearest Miss Joe, I got to say this, You are awesome, we are lucky to get this assignment. To my juniors, if you got nerve, pick up this chance.
By: Nishalini Prakasan
(01-201103-00142)
Before the Production:-
ReplyDeleteMy reaction towards the video assignments when Miss Joe first told about it was exited. The idea for English assignment was different from last semester but doing a video was not a new thing for me as we done it before in semester 1 as our IT assignment. We started to discussed about the story line of our video just 3 weeks before the due date cause we was quiet busy studying and having our exam. Yes there were a lot of disagreements but no one voice it out, I just saw through facial expressions and it ended up Komate and I have to complete the whole story screenplay with dialog. Finally all started to agree cause wanted to finish the assignments fast as it was considered already late. I like this video concept it is because I love watching Cinderella cartoon a lot even till now so I have no problem about it. I like this concept about true love that can happen anytime and anywhere without looking the distance, looks and the status.
During Video Shooting:-
It took about two weeks to complete the shooting of the video. For me it considered we took long time because I and the other group members cannot control our emotions (laughter). When it comes in front of camera I could not act naturally and could not control my laughter moreover working with Priya is fun because she always make us laugh with her comedy. This is the reason we delayed to complete the video. For me the shooting session was smooth because we did not have any misunderstanding. There is nothing much challenges I have because all was easy to prepare but along that two weeks of video shooting I was just having my personal problems and it was quiet hard for me to act happy and cheerful in order to complete the video . That was very tough for me to cope up. Director Priya was just a name,she was an actress just like the other member. In this video all play their role well and all take the responsibility and when those in charge directs the others will respect and we did follow the instruction well. We all contribute idea together to make sure the shots are perfect. From the beginning of the video shot our team practiced teamwork.
During the Editing Process:-
I did not take part at all in the editing because everything was done by Thurga.She is the one who volunteer that she would do everything. During this time there were a lot of misunderstandings. The worst part is she did not allow us to see what she has edited and that was so disappointing. I only got to see the full video on the presentation day. It was nice but not to my satisfaction cause everything was Thurga’s idea and not me. I am sad cause I did not get the chance to learn how to use the Windows Movie Maker.
After all the Hard Work:-
The video turn out to be what I expected because everyone was laughing watching our video. I am finally satisfied with the video because we have successfully completed it. I did not expect it to be the best of all or to get good marks but I accepted this video shooting cause this would be our last time having chance to have fun together cause all will further their studies in different places. This would be my remembrance of being In Masterskill and having Priya, Thurga Devi and Komate as my friend. I really appreciate Miss Joe for letting us to shoot video. Yes, we enjoyed a lot. It was not relevant to what we study but I have learned a lot from this assignment that is the language, teamwork and confidence. Yes I think this video assignment should be introduced to our juniors because I bet they will have fun doing it. I have nothing to suggest anything because Miss Joe has given us the freedom and Time for us to do this assignment so that already enough.
From:-
Shamni A/P Rama Krishnan
(01-201103-00205)
Reflection for Video Production.
ReplyDeleteBefore the Production:-
The reaction towards the video assignment when were first told about it was very exciting because this time the assignment was different and I enjoy the most doing the assignment. The concept for this video were discussed after 3 weeks the assignment were told to do and I did many research in internet about types of topic can be use as a concept to take the video. My group members corporate very well during the discussions and there is disagreement about the concept but finally when I told about the concept of taking Cinderella movie in modern version they agreed. I particularly liked about the concept of the video because it is a love story.
During the video shooting:-
We took 2 weeks to complete the shooting of the video. This is because we need to prepare the script, the places we need to shoot and the costumes according to the scene. The video shooting session takes a very long time due to the challenges we faced such as the dialogs were not said according to the script and need to repeat the scene many times and my team members laughing all the time. But, we manage to shoot the perfect scene. Actually, when come to shooting, all the members contribute their ideas in getting the perfect shot where teamwork can be seen practice in the group.
During the editing process:-
I did not take part in editing process because when the first day of the discussion, Thurga volunteer herself to do the editing process. I and the other members get to see the full video on the presentation day which I really did not like this part and totally disappoint because if the video were showed earlier means at least the rest of members can find out where we did the mistakes and can correct it and give our best but unfortunately we didn’t get the chance to do so.
After all the hard work:-
Actually, the video did not turn out as how I expected due to error on lighting and location and I feel that it could have been done better. Even though, there is misunderstanding but still I enjoy during the video production. It is not that much relevant to what we studying right now but getting this type of opportunity to do video is very good because it is something different and this where most of the student’s talent can be seen and teamwork can be practiced all the time. I strongly suggest that this assignment should be introduced to the juniors and I feel this video assignment is all ready perfect enough because Miss Joe gave the full freedom in doing the assignment. So thanks to her for giving this wonderful opportunity to us.
Thank you.
By,
Komate a/p Madialagan 01-201103-00059
Oh my god! I am not going to do this. That was the first sentence I did said when Miss.Joe was telling about the video assignment. I felt that doing slide presentation as in last semester was better job instead of shooting video due to the pressure to study for exams. After a while, I also started to feel excited to do video after get to know about other group’s plans about this assignment. So, I and my group members discuss the concept of the video when we were having about 3weeks to present the movie. At the starting, I was not that much interested with the concept of remaking ‘Cinderella’ story with only little bit of changes because it is so common and the storyline can be predicted by viewers. At last, I have to agree with the video concept to finish up the assignment as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteWe did spend about 2 weeks to complete the shooting of video since al of us busy with classes and have to bring some props and costumes from home. Furthermore, most of our group members only have time at night and this is why most of the shots were taken at the night only. The shooting session was smooth except when we were shooting the party scene at Tower 10. Even though Priya was be as a director, all of our group members did give idea and take a role as a director throughout the movie. For sure the teamwork has been practiced in our group because all of us listen to the one who direct us.
My main job in this movie was editing. But I did sense some of my team members did not satisfied with the editing work through their facial expression. They have rights to tell any of my mistakes or give any idea but none of them voice it out and they really never understand that they give the editing work to me at last minute which was quite hard time for me with my 5 year old laptop that works slowly. Window movie maker has been used to edit the movie and the sound editing is the most frustrating part. This is because for certain shots, the video have to be merged with addition of voice recording and background music at same time.
The best moment of this assignment was when we presenting the video because every single reaction from the viewers shows the video turn out to be like what we have expected. The video can be done in much more better way if we really had enough time without any other works or studies. In my point of view, even though the task is not relevant to the health science field I did learn that teamwork is not a simple thing that can be achieved and we as a group members still did achieved this objective. Now I’m proud to say that I’m ready for any kind of task or assignment as this video production contributes confident in me that anything is possible if we try to do it. I really thank to Miss.Joe and as a senior I would like to tell to my juniors that they must try to do this task. It is not a tough job because your mind is the determinant for your neither success nor failure. So please try it, for sure you also will thank to Miss.Joe like us and won’t regret for it.
From:
Thurga Devi A/P Balan
01-201103-00085
Before the video production:
ReplyDeleteHmm, well I gotta said at first I never thought that it was a very great idea of having this activity , you know , am kinda weak in acting, for better description, am just me and unable to be someone else (That’s what acting is about right? ) So, the journey begins where 5 of us have a informal discussion in the library, ideas keep throwing up but none just make sense, till our director , sook ling suggest to make a video about dreams, initially I was like ‘ wow, are you serious? It’s going to be boring ‘But now, I think that’s a brilliant idea Sook Ling! In short, the beginning of this journey goes smoothly .
During the video shooting:
Well, since the video we were going to produce required loads of costume – the police costume, fashion designer, mama style costume and ya, the guns for the fight between police and the criminals. So, we can conclude that the NG scene was just keep going on and on and on as joys and laughter was endless throughout the video shooting. In this video, funny actions were the main attraction along with a deep message we would like to share with you guys but to make this video a success, many challenges we had to face as one of the scene where Kartik and I will have a match under the rain. In the end, I got cold =p. Well, the best part of the shooting session? The fight between the mum which played by Sook Ling, the sister played by Mei Hong and the guy with dreams which played by me. Along with Boey laughter, we just keep on doing this – HAHAHA.
During the editing process:
As the editor of this video (haha, sound very pro =p perasan case) , thanks to the technology we have within this time, it goes quite smoothly . But wait, here’s the problem, when the video was produced, I begin to scratch my head, WHY NO SOUND? Well, thanks for Kartik guidance, the problem solved (some format problem I supposed ) Took me a few days to complete it, you know, we gotta download the soundtrack, cut here and there and the most troublesome part was when I can’t figure out what’s the factor which lead to the problem and THE PROBLEM just keep stopping me to the final stage of the journey. That kinda pissed >< Anyway, I would said It was fun during editing.
After all the hardwork:
No words can describe how I felt when the video finally made,the responds by my friends told me that it’s worth it, you know, saw them laugh during the funny part. It was just simply amazing working out with my team mate, honestly, we never had a conflict during the whole journey. At the same time, thanks miss Jo, without this marvellous idea, I believe we may still remain the same distance between each other and via this, we know more than just what we know initially about the others. Hmm, about the last question? Well of course ! Miss, make them sufferrr ! HAHAHAHA (with the evil smile) But hey, it was fun , trust me =)
Tommy Tan
01-201103-00034
Before the production:-
ReplyDeleteThat was the most exciting news I have ever heard in masterskills. It was my dream to make a video since secondary school. I was like THANK YOU miss Jo. I, Jaya & Velan started to brainstorm the movie genre story & how the response going to be the first time suggested the idea (the beginning of semester three).when miss Jo broke the news, our concern was how are going to shoot, location. The movie genre straightforward , action/love. Manvir & Govin join the group & we started immediately with the script & casting. The only disagreement was, who is going to be the HERO. Finally everyone agreed Jaya & Velan as the lead characters. What I concept of the video was the wide scope and the way of portraying the video. We came up with a mild violence college gangsterism kind of story. We asked our 201104 juniors especially Nithy , Yuga, Anad & Kishen to act as the supporting characters, within two weeks we stared to shoot the video.
During the video shooting:-
It took almost 2 months or more I would say. We roughly took a day to to shoot one scene, this was because I have to consider settings, location, & the cast. Getting everyone to come together to shoot a scene was my biggest challenge. Other than that lighting was very important, and we tried to shoot everything in daytime. Some scenes we shot during the break in between our classes. Everything was going on well, we decided to change the story because the previous script was too lenient. Apart from script, another major change was location, were 50% of the video was taken in Jaya’s hometown in Linggi, Seremban. There Jaya arranged necessary things for me. In Linggi we took the whole five days to finish all the particular scenes & all the scenes we shot was in tamil. The cast was all friends of Jaya & they gave 200% of commitment. The last day in linggi ended with a tragic incident. We were shooting the last scene on a bridge by the sea, the scene where Jaya & Velan will commit suicide by jumping into the sea. As I was filming the shot, I accidently fell into the sea as I was oblivious that it’s the end of the bridge. When I fell, luckily I let go of the camera on the bridge but unfortunately I lost my phone. It did not stop there, Velan lost his $700 glasses in the sea & Jaya got a cut on chin when we filmed the suicide scene. I would blame karma. Anyways I would like to thank the people of Linggi for giving helping me out in making the video.
During the editing process:-
For me editing was quite easy because I used the software that Karthik bought which is pinnacle studio. All the crew members helped me out in editing. Editing it selves took us more than two week to finish. My biggest challenge in editing putting the subtitles as the you know the scenes in Linggi was in tamil. It was really frustrating for the subtitles to sync with the dialogue. The background music was prepared by Velan. Other than that I really enjoyed the editing process.
After all the hard work:-
The video turn out more superb than I expected. When I watched on the screen that was the first time I’m seeing the whole video. Although there were some technical problems there will always be room for improvement. From this assignment I learn that life is not easy. We have to work hard, very very hard to be best. I also learned the value of friendship. To make improvement,
I would suggest be passionate in what you doing and the solution will right in front of you.
I think this assignment should be definitely introduced to the juniors because this is a very interesting project brings out your hidden talent. As for the juniors challenge yourselves to try something new, you will never regret.
Before I end I would like to thank everyone who helped me in making this video.
Gracias
Puventhren Stephen
01-201103-00020
Before the production:-
ReplyDeleteEmm…felt excited :D And what I want is shoot a perfect video although it’s quite difficult. Besides that, started has a bit mentally prepared, it’s a big task. However, I very like this idea, subverted the common assignment or report, and more interesting. I believe between tacit understandings of our teammates, we able to complete this job on time. We start to discuss after Miss Jo told us about this assignment. We all gathered the ideas from each of us and jotted down on paper. I think no any strongly disagreement during discussions, just think about the improvements. ‘You Are the Apple of My Eye’ was the movie that already watched by all of us, so our quite easy can discuss about the ideas. I like the concept of this video because this concept came from the movie that I love the most.
During the video shooting:-
We shooting the video about 1 month++, because we shoot a lot of scenes from different places like Mid Valley Megamall, Lake Garden and so on… So that’s why it must spend a whole day go out to shoot the video. The video shoot session not so smooth. The communication problem, so let our minor actors went to wrong place then need to go out another day and shoot again. It’s so hungry when we waiting for them. However, really thanks to them, without their effort, our video can’t be complete. Time is also a problem because we need to match the time with all minor actors. Our director really great, she contributed a lot of time and ideas on this video. And she also can manage us and let the video shooting out well. Our group members all contributed our ideas in getting the perfect shot. We can work together with the best tacit
During the editing process:-
We all took part the editing job. Firstly, it’s my first time use Window Movie Maker to make a video. Just beginning, I felt it’s so tough for me and also faced some problems like when we added some scenes inside the video that we editing half way, all the subtitles all will on the wrong timing!!! It’s so frustrated, make me lose patience.
After all the hard work:-
The video was turn out to be what I expected, funny..touching..I really happy work with my teammates and we always jokes together and make funs. I also learned about the important of teamwork, without it, this video couldn’t complete successfully. I learnt about the knowledge that can’t learn from text book. Really….. and enhanced relationship between 5 of us. I think should be introduced to our juniors because all those were our efforts. I hope can bring laughter to the others. Make me proud of this production Maybe the shooting time can be improve with use more shorter time to complete this video. Anyway, I really satisfied of my video without using high tech equipment still can shoot like that.
From:
Chang Kek Ning (01-201103-00190)
First of all, I would like to thanks all of my friends, Puven,Jaya,Manvir,Govin,Kartik and also Tommy for helping me to do my part in this assignment. My first reaction toward this assignment is I felt happy and can not wait to start it. Actually, I , Jaya and Puven sit down to discuss the concept for video straight after the lecturer assigned the task. There are no disagreements happen between us during discussions on the video. The concept that we like about the video is it is a friendship concept. It took two weeks to shoot our video because the location was at Seremban and we need to travel every weekend. Our video shooting session was smooth in the term of setting, time, and properties. Every one of us contributes ideas in getting the perfect shot and teamwork practiced in our group. I did take part in editing the background music for the video but others all handled by Jaya and mainly Puven. There are just little bit of challenges in dealing with technology because we already have our expert, Puven. The most frustrating part in editing our video is when putting the subtitle. It is really hard for us until we spend more than three days for it. Our video turn out to be what we have expected, we satisfied with the video and we feel it could not have been better than this. I enjoy myself during the video production but honestly it is not relevant to what we study. I have learned that confidence is very important in our daily life. And my suggestion is this video assignment should be introduced to the juniors. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTanggavelan a/l Govindan
01-201103-00200
Before the production
ReplyDeleteWhen I was first told about this assignment, I was thinking, it’s going to be fun but in the same time I scared I can’t finish this assignment on time. Yes, I do prefer this assignment than the previous assignment that we did last semester because it seemed more interesting and challenging. Well, we discussed right after lecturer assigned this task while on the way back to hostel. Disagreements did happen during the discussion but we learn to listen, learn to accept others idea and made final decision. The things that I like about the concept of our video is it tells us what is life, which mostly focus on teenage life, it’s a life that we all experienced, and it’s a stage that u can make a great start. This video recalled me about what I have done in my teenage life, we laugh, we cried, we get punished we have fun and still the best memories in life. In this video, we also emphasized about importance of friendship.
During the video shooting
We took about one month to finish the shooting process. It’s quite long because we need to assort with every members time that involve in this production, we have to find a suitable time which everyone are available to take part in this shooting process. Not every single thing will go smoothly ever. so due to ineffective communication between our group members and the additional actors that lead them to a wrong location and we need to postpone that shooting to another week. Shooting outside at night is not easy, we found it hard to get a clear video because of lack of light, and finally we used cell phone’s light to overcome this problem. Everyone contributed our ideas in getting the perfect shot, we voiced out our own opinion and choose the best among us and of course lilian, as a awesome director contributed a lots of great ideas that were very useful in this video. Every member in this group is very cooperative, and did what we should did. We worked together, discussed together and of course have fun together. Everyone in this group willing to give commitment, sacrifice and being helpful to this production and try our best to produce a good video. For example, we managed to borrow the pinaform, kek ning willing to borrow us her dress, lilian managed to borrow the tripod stand from her dad, wen le have better acting skills than before, sze min did remind us about things that we usually will forget and I managed to get my camera from hometown in time.
During the editing
All of us involved in the editing part, we took turn to edit this video. Sometimes, we also sat down and discuss which effects should we apply on certain part. We used window movie maker software to edit our video. The most frustrating part when editing was we never realize that after apply the effects, the subtitles will actually move backward, which means that we need to relocate all the subtitles the second time for the whole video.
After all the hardwork
Yes,I am sastify with the video because this is the very first time I been exposed to video production,it turned out pretty good as what I was expect. I enjoyed very much in this production thou sometimes it let me feel tired and fed up.It is relevant to my study because I am able to learn new skills in editing.This assignment let me exposed to acting, I learned how to work in team,to torelate and be confidence to voice out when having ideas and thought. Yes,it should introduce to juniors and maybe miss joe should introduce them others software that relevant to the video production.
Teh Jing Ying
01-201103-00130
Before the production:
ReplyDeleteWhat!!! Video ah!!! Mmm what character I will get ah... I liked the idea because we done it before for out IT subject. I really afraid about this video whether can make it or not but finally we did it. Mmm i think, we discussed about this 3 weeks before the deadline. Yup, disagreements happened during discussions because different ideas and opinions from everybody but I just agreed with them. I liked the concept of our video because the genre of our movie is love <3.
During the video shooting:
We took 2 weeks to complete the shooting of the video. Actually, it quite long also to finished this movie because everybody was keep on laughing and laughing until cannot control our own self. I was laughing mainly because of shamni but she told that i'm the one who making jokes, mmm i think because of my character which was not suits for me. After we started to shooting, we did not have any misunderstanding, so the session was going smooth. I'm the director for this movie " THE RING OF RINE @ CATRINE" but actually i was acting like other members only. Everybody contribute their ideas and take the responsibility, so because of that the shots are perfect and from starting itself, the teamwork has been praticed.
During the editing process:
I did not take part in editing the video because Thurga who volunteer herself to do all this editing work. Anyway i'm very disappointed when she did not show me the video until where she was edited. Mmm that time i'm like going to cry ready because did not get a chance to see, to give comment or opinion about this video. I saw the full video on the presentation day. All the editing part was her idea and i did not get a chance to experience about the editing.
After all the hard work:
The video turn out like what I expected because i just want everybody to enjoy when watching this movie and that was happened on the presentation day and i was noticed that when everybody was laughing. I satisfied with our video because all put our best effort to this video and if got another chance in future means will do much better than this. I enjoyed very much during this assignment because this our last chance to do together. In my point of view,this was a bit relevant to my studies because taught me how to be more confident in myself include my studies cause English language is more important in this world and must do not feel scare to talk in front of everybody. I have learned mainly 1 thing from this video, that is teamwork which is more important in studies, life and so on.
Yes, i will suggest this assignment to be introduced to my juniors because if u try this experience once ready after that video i'm sure that they all will respect and value each other. I do not have anything to suggest because Ms. Joe perfectly arranged this assignment. Anyway i'm taking this opportunity to say that I'm rely sorry Miss if anything wrongly i did and please forgive me... Ms. Joe thank you very much <3...
By,
*SHANMUGAPPIRIYA A/P SUKUMARAN*
(01-201103-00182)
Before the production
ReplyDeleteOk I know this is very late but then again, here it is!The first thing I felt when Ms.Jo told about this assignment was nothing but just plain EXCITEMENT. A movie ? Woahhh!Now this is going to be great! Thats when I started telling my group members that our movie MUST be a different one and most importantly, a meaningful one. Now the hardest part was, we wanted a unique story but we just couldnt think of any, maybe that was the only challenging part. The discussion for the movie was a very unintentional one. There we were, me and Miss Suganya sitting at a 'mamak' stall having our tea and suddenly the idea of having a few stories coming together just popped into our heads and then we started giving in our opinions and there you go, not even 30 minutes and we already had the complete storyline. The next thing, we told the other members and they loved it! No disagreement, nothing and that was the coolest part. One thing I liked about the concept of the video was, it focuses completely on women and the hardships they face.
During the video shooting
Here comes the interesting part, the part all five of us have been waiting for, shooting the video! We enjoyed every moment of shooting this video. It was more like a learning process - I learned alot, of course.I learned that shooting a good video was not easy and at the same time, I learned about those around me. We called up a few people on research purpose to know more about drug abuse and etc. Now the only reason we didn't seek for help from other group members instead we decided to get outsiders such as friends and family to act in the video is simply because we didnt want to trouble them, it's not easy getting everyone to meet at a place at a fixed time. But the best thing about getting help from others was, they did not hesitate to help us. But overall the shooting went on smoothly because my group members were very easy-going and at the same time, they just made it easier. There's just too much to say about my experience during the shooting but then I'll just stop it here :)
During the editing process
Okay during the editing process, we had to wait for the weekend to do the editing. I had to collect ideas from my group members, and then head back home and do the editing with my brother's help. So during the weekdays, there were NO EDITING AT ALL. That was one of the challenge and putting the right background music for certain scenes was not an easy task either.
After all the hard work
Okay so the video was COMPLETE. As usual, just like the last two presentations, when we were completely prepared for presentation, that's when it'll get postphoned but I believe there's a reason why everything happens. So the five of us; Suganya, Zandra Lavanya, Tharshini, Kiranjeet watched the complete video together for the first time few days before presenting it to the class. It was more like a real movie preview though. We watched the movie and we were like "WOWWW". I mean, it was a different feeling. It was OUR movie. I loved every moment of the production and I honestly feel that this should be introduced to the juniors as well, make it compulsary for the upcoming batches. Based on my personal opinion, the only way to bring improvement to this video assignment depends on how passionate the student is about the whole thing. Last but not least, the only thing that we, all five of us feared was whether the audience will get the meaning behind every scenes, whether Miss Jo will be happy with it or not. And based on the comments we got after presenting it to the whole class, I can say, she loved the movie and I hope everyone did. All praise to God.
Gayathri Rajamanikam
01-201103-00042
Continued from previous post.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I would like to put my hands together and apologize to Miss Jo and my fellow classmates if I have not been a very good student or friend. I would also like to take this chance to thank my group members for all the cooperation and support they contributed during the whole process of producing this video. My sincere thanks to Miss Jo for having so much of confidence in us and giving the chance to shoot a video. Honestly, you are the best lecturer anyone can get. The way you made us feel, the way you see what other lecturers can't see in us, the way you elevated our self esteem with your words. You were more like a best friend. We have our flaws and we screwed up alot during the two semesters but you chose to ignore that and still made each and everyone of us feel like a star, a unique one.
Before The Production:
ReplyDeleteNew batch,new type of people and new lecturer.Excited but afraid as well.That was what i felt towards the idea of this assignment at first.I liked the concept of this assignment because i have experienced doing video as i had worked together with my previous semester friends on video production but for different subject. It turned out well.At the same time, i face difficulties to find members as i newly entered this batch after recovering from my surgery and i hardly know any of them.Finally i found the members of my own.We discussed about our video story line during our leisure times.As a director i did surf the net to get some ideas and information on this video.Every member in my group were given opportunity to voice out their opinion and ideas on this video.As usual,each member came up with different story but eventually all my members agreed with the topic now and then[love].Disagreements does occur but finally every member of the group agreed with the concept.I particularly liked the concept of interview that was slotted in with the public's opinion on the comparisons on love before and now.
During the video shooting:
Honestly,this was the part i really face much difficulties throughout the whole process of the video.Since, it was really hard to gather my group members at the same time.But with the help of my members who turned up i managed to shoot the video in a week and completed it with the editing in the following week.The shooting process was smooth and the only problem i am sure every group had faced is no one can control their laughter during the whole process of shooting.Well,that's the problem faced me and my team members face too.Sadly, teamwork was not practiced in my group as some members refused to show up and we had some arguments during the process.But, i thank god we still managed to complete it regardless of the obstacles that we have faced.
During the editing process:
Yes, i did took part in the editing process.We faced problems on merging scenes in the video but till the end it was having some problems technically. I apologize for the inconvenience.
After all the hard work:
The video did turned out well and i was satisfied with the whole presentation.But at the same time i think it would be better if i could merge in more scenes to show more comparisons.Not only me but i am very sure everyone had so much of fun during this video production. I boost up my confidence level plus i learn how to communicate with people around me.Through this assignment, i know teamwork is very important in a group and it results in our presentation.Honestly,my group lack of teamwork due to some unwanted issues.A definite Yes! this video should be introduced to the juniors as well to other course students.I am pretty sure every student enjoys doing video assignments rather than paper works.Lastly, I would like to say a big thank you from bottom of my heart to Miss Jo our most awesome-est lecturer.Although, i had only known you for just few months i really had fun joining your classes. You make the class lively and cheerful as always.I was happy having a fun journey with this batch of students and lecturers.Furthermore, I also congratulate everyone on the successful video presentations which was mind blowing and was worth watching.I will cherish each moment of being together with this bunch of happy people. Thanks once again and i apologize if any of my actions or words have hurt anyone intentionally or unintentionally.Let's live a happy life! God Bless!
VIMALA PRISCEILLA ANUGRHAM
01-201004-00590
“Awesome..! Finally in our last semester, we are going to carry out a video assignment - something that I wanted since before” and that was my reaction when we were assigned to do it. We never had the courage to discuss group works early as we are always kind of relaxed. Then one fine day, when Gaya, Kiran and me were having our tea at a restaurant and that was when we started our storyline. It took more or less about 15 minutes for us to prepare and the story was then told to Zandra and Tharshini. Surprisingly, there were no amendments made and the original story has been brought till the end. I liked our concept where the story was based on women’s life- real stories which could narrate the pain which brought success in their life.
ReplyDeleteWe took only one week to complete our shooting and our main reason would be tolerance and team work besides our main actresses (Zandra Lavanya, Kiranjeet Kaur Gill and Tharshini Thayalan) who are willing to obey all the instructions without any hassle. We never came across any trouble during the shooting and the only challenge that we had to overcome was the lighting – we used Kiran’s car light for one of the scene. Gayathri Rajamanikam, was a wonderful director who did not hesitate to accept any of our ideas as she wanted our video to be the medley of all our mind voices. I would say that teamwork would be the only best word to describe our group.
Thanks to KYK incorporated (Gaya’s brother) who helped us in editing process and I am pretty sure that he never faced any trouble as he was an expert in editing.
Based on the duration we took to complete our video – 2 weeks, I am happy with the video we had produced because we manage to deliver a strong message to everyone we knew about things happening in our life which has not been a bird’s eyeview to many people out there. I enjoyed a lot during the shooting as it was the only time Zandra was allowed to put up in our hostel by her mom and we get to know each other even better. Besides teamwork and being tolerative, I have learnt to be easy-going an a confident person. Our juniors should be introduced to this assignment and grab their chances to have lots of fun before ending their 3rd semester-it would bring a lot of unforgettable memory to them. If they are going to do this assignment, I would suggest them to start their work early to get a better result.
Thanks to Ms. Jo for the secret recipe cake, it was very delicious. If not because of you we would not have this much of joy. :)
Suganya Arjuna @ Arjunan (01-201103-00240)
When Miss. Joe suggest us to do this video assignment, I was shocked and afraid of the assignment. Because I never been experiences of this video assignment. Actually, this is first time I heard about video assignment. Then, I was thinking that by this assignment, I can learn something new and useful to my life. Actually, this is a good idea Miss. Joe. Because, I think most of them never been experience in video assignment. So, they might be happy to proceed it. We discuss about the concept after one week because we still did’nt have any ideas for the assignment. Actually, we was thinking for the genre of the video that we plan to do. During the discussion on the video, there are no disagreements happen between us. We all comfortable for all the suggestion made by my group members and we also contribute ideas. Then we started to prepare for the props.I liked my video concept because it is a adventure movie. Besides that, it was a good opportunity for me to express my skills and talent with my wonderful friends. Then, i was waiting for all of my group members acting . we spend two weeks to complete the shooting of this video. Our’s video shooting was drag for two weeks because the location for shooting is forests. So, we need to walk eveyday to the location for each scene. Majority the scenes was taken from the forests location. The video shooting session was smooth because all my group members are showed their full contribution and interest. The major problem that we faced is Karthik phone, where always low battery, when Manvir’s and mine scene. But, we still managed to do it. Besides that, the scene which shoot by other than karthik’s phone was low quality. The second challenge is, Karthik, Manvir, Govin was not feeling well at the same time, so, we need to postponed the shooting for three days consequently. Then, each couple should come out with the clues and location for their adventure scene. I find it hard because I’m not familliar with adventure kind of thoughts, because I always watching fantacy movies. When Nisha told me to do the ancient book, i was so excited to do. After that only I realised that it is very hard to do. Then, janice also help me to do the book. We never faced difficult with costumes because we always wear the same costume for the shooting. The director manage to handle us in the correct way and we always followed the director’s instruction. The director always responsible to their work and she wants us to do the best. Here we pratice how to work in team, aspecially with the guys. Besides that, we able to tolerate with each other in all the situation.I never involve in the editing part because Manvir and Karthik take over the responsibilities. They are good and more experienced in the editing.And also we correcting some parts that need to improve.I never deal with the editing part, so, no comment.My video doesn’t fully turn out to be like what i expected. Actually i expect more in this video production. I’m partially satisfied in this video production but happy to work with my group member. I had a feelings that, we need two improve the video quality next time.I’m hundred percent enjoyed the video production with my wonderful group members, i had fun with them. It rely helpful in our studies because it teach us new experiences. Experiences will guide us to proceed our good healthy life. This video production taeched us to maintain good relationship between each other, our friends efforts and don’t judge people by their appearance . I suggest that, this video assignment should be introduced to our juniors. Let them to feel the joyness of this video. I suggest that, increase the duration for the video, that could bring improvement to this video assignment.
ReplyDeleteKALAIARASI D/O RAJOO
(01-201103-00201)
Before the production:
ReplyDeleteI was a little bit shock and at the same time I was very excited because this is my first time doing assignment by shooting a video. I like the idea that we get to do an assignment which is different from last semester. Honestly, at the beginning, I has a little bit scared that I cannot done it well but finally we all did a good job for it.
When Miss Jo assigned the task of video assignment, my group members straight away start to discuss about what style of the video we need to do. Before that, Miss Jo wants our video genre is about the study life or college life. Thus, my group member, Keck Ming, suggested that we can take the hint of the movie “You Are the Apple of My Eyes” as our references. This is because of all of my group members (Lillian, Keck Ming, Went Le, Jing Ying) includes me, all of us had watch this movie before, this was easy for us to discuss about our video. We just changed it to a funny way and did some summaries for the story.
During the shooting:
We take almost one month to finish up the shooting process. This is because we seek the help of others (diploma in nursing’s students, our Foundation juniors, group members’ friends and also our own classmates) to help us to shoot our video. Because of not everyone will free at the weekends, some of them will back home and some of them were busy in something else, so most of our video was shooting at the weekdays expect for the last scenes of our video ---wedding part. For these scenes, we cannot just simply do on weekdays at college or hostel. We have to find a nice place and suitable for the wedding. Thus, we choose Lake Garden Kuala Lumpur as our wedding sites. Unfortunately, because of the miscommunications, our supporting actors were gone to wrong place. This was sacrificed our time to just wait for them. Although there might had some conflict between us when shooting, I wanted to THANKS all of you for those who was helped in our video shooting process. Thank you.
During editing process:
For the editing part, all of us were involved in the editing process of our movie. We divided all the part of scenes equally so that all of us can have a chance how to play with ‘ Window Movie Maker ‘ and the subtitle of words. The challenges that we faced when editing the video is putting the subtitle because the spoken of words must match to the subtitle we put...
After all the hard work:
I satisfied with the video and it was turn out like what we all expected. After watch again and again our video, if can reshoot, I think I can done my part more better than it video. I was enjoyed myself during the video makes. From this assignment, there was many things that I learned from it. I learned how to use the Window Movie Maker to edit the video, teamwork among group member when doing the group work.
I agree that the video assignment should be introduced to ours junior. This is because it is a creative assignment and you all can be enjoyed and have a fun from it.
Khor Sze Min
01-201103-00238
First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Jo for giving us a wonderful opportunity to do this video assignment. It was great experience while we were doing this project. Well, this is how the video shooting processes went on. Sorry for the late blogging Ms. Jo
ReplyDeleteBefore the production:
When the moment Ms. Jo said about this video shooting for the final presentation, most of them showed up the disagreement faces and noise since they prefer much on presenting via slides and talking in front of the class. As for our group, it was actually an excitement because the five of us have been doing sketches for the past two semesters’ English presentation. So, since it was a movie, obviously all of us were in extra excitement as we could again bring the best for the class. We always wanted to be different from others so we really thought of doing a movie which will deliver right messages to the audience. Around week 7, Ms. Jo was like “Guys, have you all prepare your videos?”, and that is when my group members start to realize that we only had another three weeks to hand it our project. And the best part of all before the shooting was, the storyline was created just within half an hour and it was during our dinner in a “mamak” stall. Thanks to our wonderful director, Ms Gayathri Rajamanikam and amazing assistant director, Ms Suganya Arjunan who came up with few interesting stories and manage to combine all of them. When both of them told me and the other two members, without hesitating, we agreed with the storyline and character because we know we have chosen a different story form others. The storyline is all about what women nowadays undergo hardships to achieve goals in life and definitely it was based on true stories.
During the video shooting:
Well, what I could say for this part is our period of video shooting was superb cool. This was because we really had fun during the shooting where we did not really give stress to ourselves while shooting. We were actually being cool while shooting because we knew that if at all, we are going to rush and do it, obviously we are going to screw it up. So, what we did was, stayed relax and did it little by little. We just took about less than three smooth weeks to complete our video. Next, is about the cooperation. I am pretty sure that both our director and assistant director were enjoying while shooting because all of us gave our full cooperation during shooting where it helped us to save time without repeating the scenes except for some where we really had no idea about what to do next. Greatest thing about the video during shooting was there were no scripts written at all for any scenes. Each and every dialogue was spontaneous. The best part of the shooting was on the last day where we did shooting at 6 in the morning and then waited for the sun to rise so that we could finish up the climax scene of the movie. We waited patiently for the sun to rise and did not want to miss it because it was the last day of the week before our presentation week and we knew that if at all we are going to miss it, then it is going to be a disaster where we will not be able to finish up our climax scene. Thanks to god, we manage to do it on time without wasting even a second. During this video shooting, we also learned that it is not easy to shoot a movie. Lots of patience and courage needed to actually produce a movie. This was because you can never shoot a movie without challenges which might be externally or internally. As for us, we did not have any challenges internally as my group members are the supportive ones but we did have a little here and there external challenge as we could not make up our mind when we went exploring and found many different places for few scenes. There are lots more to talk about but I guess this is enough for now.
Continuation from the above,
ReplyDeleteDuring the editing process:
As for this part, I got nothing to talk much because I was no involved in this editing process. Our director and her brother did the editing which made all of us to praise the editing. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms Gayathri Rajamanikam and Mr Kridharan Rajamanikam for the superb editing and of course, The KYK Inc.
After all the hard work:
Finally, with the grace of god, the video was complete. We did not rush to present the video to our class members as we know the later, the better it will be as this is what were happening for the last two semesters’ presentation. The more lately we present our presentation, the better it will be for the five of us. Usually, when a movie is completed, all the squad of the movie will have a preview of their movie before releasing it to the audience. Well, as for our movie, we too had the preview of our very own movie in a classroom with only the five of us. We were actually proud of ourselves because the movie was really superb than what we expected with the editing and background music and not forgetting the ending of the movie. Nothing can beat the feeling of satisfaction that we gained from our successful movie and also after hearing those lovely comments from Ms. Jo who got the storyline perfectly and the meaning behind it. That is when we were really felt happy as all our hard works had been paid off with Ms. Jo thoughts on our movie. Thus, in my opinion, I guess this video presentation should be given to the juniors as wells. Last but not least, I would like to thank Ms. Jo once again for giving u this opportunity and of course all my group members, Gayathri Rajamanikam, Suganya Arjunan, Zandra Lavanya and also Kiranjeet Kaur Gill for putting in your efforts into this movie and producing an awesome movie. Thanks to the other mibor charactors who helped us to finish the video, Kalaiarasan Athinathan, Sriinya, Arunagiredass Jayacevanagendra and not forgetting the little one, Khierrha Suresh. We have done our best. Without you guys, it would have not completed in such a short period. So, thanks a lot and of course you guys did a great job. As usual, G-Thazkis did the best they could. I love you guys a lot :)
Bangles – the tale of three souls.
Tharshini Thayalan
01-201103-00255
Sorry miss, I had to do separately because is was very long and sorry for the delay miss :)
DeleteBefore the production:
ReplyDeleteI was not shocked when the lecturer told to do a video for the assignment as i was not in the class that day. I only received a phone call from Velan when i was driving to college telling that we have to do a video for the english assignment. When i reached college, i was known that Puven is the director with Velan and me as main cast in the story. The first story that we discussed is about the gang fight in the college as i and Velan as the gang leaders. The concept was too wide and we finished two schedules in one month gap. Then we was known that other groups all were doing some big things for their movies and we decided to change our script to be more narrow and exciting. So, first i decided to take the friendship to be the main plot in our film and told about it to the director and velan who is my co actor. We decided to finish most of the film in my hometown Linggi where i can get all basic needs for the film easily. Our main aim is to make the best film and to be enjoyed by the audience as well.
During the video shooting:
We start our first schedule in Linggi as planned before. Puven and Velan travelled more then 100km in bike and reached my house at 1am and we discussed the storyline until morning. I took the director and velan and showed them some interesting locations in my place and they were satisfied with it. Without sleeping the whole day we started our first shoot. All went fine and we finished our first schedule successfully. The second schedule we did was after a month gap where after we finished all the other college scenes. This was the most interesting. We did shooting at hospital and school where it is not easy to get permission there. But we did managed to get permission from the authorities to make shooting there. I also felt happy to see my hometown friends who respect my invites to act in my film and did exactly whatever i and the director told them to do during the shooting. One scene that i still cannot forget is the climax scene. This is where the director puven fell into the sea from the bridge end and lost his phone there. It was the scene where i and velan suppose to jump into the sea and die. We did it successfully but with some tragedies. Velan lost his spec in the sea. I had a cut in my chin and had to put three stitches there. I spent a hard time for two weeks and even cannot eat my food well. But one thing that keep me going on is that we had finished our film and hoping it to be a huge hit in class.
During the editing process:
All the main parts of the editing was done by the director puven. I did some help to edit the behind scenes and to help in choosing the songs for the background. Velan also helped in the subtitles and background music part. To be fair we only completed our whole movie editing just five minutes before our presentation in the class. We present the video with full of tension as well.
After all the hardwork:
We were really happy to see that our film got a huge response from the audience. The film also been the talk of the town in my hometown as i showed it to all my friends families and relatives. Lastly i want to say a special thanks to the lecturer,students and my fellow friends for making this film a huge hit. We also proud to receive the three awards(best actor,best director and best film award) for our film. Thanks for the students for voting to our film. Without your supports all this film cannot be this much success. I am not sure whether this assignment is relevant in our studies but this was the only thing i enjoyed most in my whole foundation course in Masterskill. This also made me to think to choose a right career for me in the future as my main interest is in cinema line even before joining this college. This video assignment should be given to the juniors so that they also can feel how we felt. Lastly, always remember 'being human is not easy'...
JAYAKUMAR
01-201103-00254
1)BEFORE THE PRODUCTION
ReplyDeleteWhen I was first told about this video assignment,I was excited because we will have an opportunity to act and it was totaly a different idea rather than doing written assignment.We was kind of relax about discussing the concept of our video.We discussed our story while having tea at a restaurant and we did not put our ideas on a piece of paper,it was all on our mind.All of us liked the concept of our story which was based on women’s life that we did not have any disagreements.I liked the concept of our story because it gives an important message to all the womens out there and it is based on true stories.
2)DURING THE VIDEO SHOOTING
We took a very short time(1 week) to complete the shooting of the video because all of our group members was patient and the main reason is because of our team work.We never came across any trouble during the shooting because all us was able to listen to our director's instructions(Gayathri Rajamanikam)The only challenge that we had to overcome was the lighting,we had to use my car light for one of the scene because it was too dark.In short I would like to say that without teamwork our group would not be able to produce a wonderful movie.
3)DURING THE EDITING PROCESS
I was not involved in editing the video because KYK incorporated(Gayathiri’s brother)was the one who helped us in the editing process and I am sure he did not face any problem because he was an expert in editing.Thank you KYK incorporated.
4)AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK
Our video turn out to be more better than what we have expected.I am very happy with the video because we had produced a video that delivered a strong message to everyone and it is a story that is happening in reality out there.I enjoyed during the video production especially with my team mates(Gayathiri Rajamanikam,Suganya Arjunan,Zandra Lavanya and Tharshini Thayalan).I have learnt a lot from this assignment in terms of teamwork and confidence because without teamwork it would be difficult to produce a productive video.In my opinion our juniors should be introduced to this assignment so that they could have fun doing this assignment like what we had.Lastly, I would like to thank Ms. Jo for the secret recipe cake and her guidence for this 2 semesters meant a lot :)
NAME:Kiranjeet Kaur Gill
ID NUMBER:01-201103-00041
Before the production:
ReplyDeleteThe reaction when I was first told about the video assignment was like ‘Woah! It sounds so interesting, I never tried this before!’ I like this idea of making video very much, for me, it’s good to have new challenges in order to improve ourselves as we’re moving towards our journey in foundation. Initially, I’m sure each one of us including myself were afraid of this kind of assignment and started doubting ourselves that whether we have the ability to complete this task.
However, after we’ve decided to accept this challenge, I and my group members didn’t have an actual discussion straight after we had been assigned the task, but we do have kept discussing about the ideas spontaneously while we were taking lunch, walking back to hostel, etc… After we realized that we are running out of time but we insisted to produce a good video, so we started brainstorming everything about one week after we had been assigned the task
For sure, there were disagreements during discussions on the video. As a leader, I would listen and accept the opinions that group members have given if the idea wasn’t really bad.
The part where I liked particularly in my video was the secondary school life that everyone had gone through and where the true friendship and puppy love story begin. I do have friends I used to play around with and those crazy moments that have been through in the past as reflected in my video. The part that makes me feel touched was after we lost something in our life, God will surely send you another thing that you suppose to treasure for the next journey in your life, and one of it is true friends.
During the video shooting:
We took about one and a half months for video shooting. We planned to finish the shooting within the time we have expected, but our progression of shooting is forced to be dragged due to something unexpected had happened. The reason was my grandfather passed way suddenly and I have no choice to go back on the weekend which exactly on the day we planned to completes our last shooting.
The video shooting session wasn’t very smooth sometimes as we might end up waiting for the rain to stop when we are shooting the outdoor scenes. The main challenge we faced was we have to match up the time with our main actor, a nursing student for shooting. The next would be dealing with Window Movie Maker as every one of us never used this software before.
In the making of this video, I was the director who always respects and appreciate every opinion that my group members gave. Everyone has contributed their own idea during the process, which didn’t make me feel insecure when I’m totally out of idea. Overall, teamwork has perfectly practiced in my group itself and I appreciate what they have contributed to this video (staying up just to insert subtitles and make sure it matches the timing perfectly, etc.. )
During the editing process:
Every one of us involved in the editing process in order to avoid confliction and make sure all of us achieves mutual understanding among ourselves.
Admittedly, we faced challenges in dealing with technology as we never had been exposed to it. The most frustrating part was, as we thought the subtitles and sound effects were precisely inserted in particular points, however everything is ruined after we insert new sound effects or new scenes between it :S
After all the hard work:
Luckily, our video had been turned out better than we have expected! It’s because we didn’t expect we could make most of the audiences nearly to tear including myself while watching towards the behind part of the video. Of course, there were some imperfections in our video but since we’re not expertise in this field, I would say I feel satisfied with my first ever made video.
I believe my group members and I enjoyed pretty much during the video production It’s good to experience things that are totally cannot learn from the written words in the textbook. After all, I’ve learnt how real friends treat and console you when you are in a kind of troublesome situation.
Yup! This video assignment should definitely introduce to our juniors! Although it’s kinda tiring and exhausting but it does bond the friendship stronger with the new friends that they’ve met since first enter this university. Nothing much should be improved for this video assignment, it’s better to let them handle all the things by themselves meanwhile learning from the mistakes.
ReplyDeleteLastly, don’t ever feel regret asking us to do this assignment, Ms Jo! We indeed enjoyed a lot and this would be our sweetest memory for all of us even after we’ve grown up and we could show this to our children someday to let them know how crazy we were in the past! <3
Name: Lilian Wong
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