What has worked? & What has pleased you?
In this term, I produced three artifacts about Memory, Power, and Spectacle, which can find on my main page. I know I have to do some reaserch about these three themes, and choose the useful aspects to help my own projects. Sometimes, the idea is just come out without any reasons, so the reaserch part is poor in my work.
Although the spectacle of Christmas is not finished as a published artifact, I really enjoy this progress when I was doing it. To be honest, I am not satisfied whit these 3 atifacts I have made, but I hope I can do more about the project of Christmas. As a record of the first year in Britain, spending the new year not with my family, but friends, it will be a special archive for me.
What work has influenced you? How?
For me, I think the artifact of power has influenced me. Initially, I just think about the curiosityof people, and what make them look cold, even unfriendly sometimes. It is a strong idea in my opinion, but I felt a little helpless when I was going to repsent this idea. Almost one month ago, I saw two old ladies fell down on the ground in Birmingham, only 2 or 3 people run to them to give a helping hand, and most of people who passed by, just turned around to see what happened, did not stop to help the old ladies. I was really shocked that moment, even I have seen it several times in China. I just wonder, if that person who falls down is your relatives, or your parents, what you will do? And what will you wish the people do who pass by? I only know it may be an important idea, but I am not sure about how to repsent it in a better form.
What has gone wrong? what have you leanrt?
I have edited some different short films in different types, but I am not good at filming. Before I filmed my first artifact, I have imagined every frame it would be, but when I really started to film it, I found it was difficult for me to sellect the right image in different angles, which I think I can get the frame I want. Although the final one is ok, I learnt a lot during I try to film by myself . I think I will do better, and have a feeling about the frame I can see through the lens.
What things have you made? What have you experimented with?
My projects which I did in China, and the 1st artifact all used the Pro Premiere to edit, I like making video, but I want to make something new, I only know a little about the Photoshop, so I try to use it to edit some photos, and make me familiar with its tools and effects.
What new things will you try? What are you going to develop?
At first, I want to represent the idea of power through the animation, but I don not know how to use the software to create a work. Because this artifact, I desire to learn how to make the animation during Christmas Holiday. Additionally, I will make myself to uesd to do the reaserch about all my ideas, because it is very necessary to record the things and ideas in my daliy life.
