Lecture Assignment (Again)

This time round we need to come up with abstractions to express meanings of words. Using simple lines and strokes, Timothy and I decided come up with some:


Got this idea from the Egypt's Pharaoh and the era. The symbolism of Power.







Personally I think there needs to have some common understanding between the illustrator and its target group. This is crucial in conveying the intended message across.

U C what I C

This is one of my favourite assignment of all, maybe it's because I get to use my camera.

I had various concepts:

1) A person saw a pickpocket taking a businessman's wallet, went up to him, pickpocket pleaded and gave him the wallet before running away, the person then smiles and kept the wallet because he himself is a pickpocket too.

2) 2 childhood friends who havent been seeing each other since very young have been exchanging letters and decided to meet up, but the guy found the wrong girl and is embarassed, until he got found by the right one.

There were so many other random ideas I had, it was so difficult to make a decision. I ended up choosing the 2nd one since it was near Vday then.

Developmental Process

I took various shots at various angles, in total there were 12 scenes, of which, i cut down to 8 scenes.

scene 1: The day has arrived

Scene 2: Recalling the childhood times

- different scenes taken-

Scene 3: Taking the item of recognition

Scene 4: Entering the restaurant

- focus in the centre- - zoomed in-



Scene 5: Finding the girl

- applying the rule of third, with the male protagonist on the 1st third, and the girl on 3rd third-

- over the shoulder scene-

Scene 6: The "right" girl

Scene 7: Mistaken

Scene 8: Disappointed

- top down to convey the disappointment-


Scene 9: Building up to climax

- hands ocupying the third (golden rule)-

Scene 10: The right one

- Centre of attention, occupying the space with empty spaces around-

And after a lot of decision-making, this is the final story plot:


















Critics said:
~ The mails (1st scene) could be more obvious by using the air mails (red white blue) so that it's clearer to depict the penpal relationship.
~ Having a twist might actually be better, for instance, instead of finding the girl, the male protagonist ended up meeting an old lady and realise he has been exchanging letters with an old lady all these while.

I actually like that idea, hope I can find actors and actresses for it though. =/