Last Day

Today was the last day of year one as well as the final screening of MOI P1. I think that everyone did a very good job although there were a lot of hiccups here and there. But we finally ended it!! A round of applause to everyone!! And now, to enjoy our well deserved rest!!

I thought that overall we did better than the year twos last year. Perhaps we had learnt from their mistakes as what Siew Cheng had said. It means that we're getting better as MOI peeps!! GOOD JOB!!

-Cai yun

Day 31

Today was the submission for MOI P1. Luckily we managed to do everything on time and handed in on 2.55pm!!!! At last!! It's over!!!

STEER ROCKS!!!

-James, Kin Leung and Cai yun

Day 30

Today was the last day of working on the video on P1.
haha yes its finally done --- my largest production yet

Hi everyone today was crazily fun , we got to see our work in its completion , doing the final effects and sound and all, we cr8ed a video that wasn't as we intended the mood to be due to the songs and bloopers but nevertheless the message of promoting moi was there with all the effects and stuff, we too half a day to render and did funny things in class, overall i think my group mates and i worked well, eventho there are some flaws we had . I wish all who will be viewing our video on friday to look out for this A grade work........lol!

-Caiyun, Kin Leung, James

Day 29

We had to do filming today so we could only meet up in the afternoon. We were only left with the audio but that only takes a little time. Counting down to thursday.

-Kin Leong

Day 28

We met up at the 3D art room to do our final video. It was mostly done but we're doing some fine tuning to it. 3 more days to go.

-Caiyun

Saturday

We went to school to continue with our video. I have finished most of the credits and left with only our parts to fill in. The others are doing well too. Luckily the deadline is pushed back, I can work on my H&C and then help out with the final P1.

Actually, i am scared of the screening at friday. But i don't know why i am scared. I think it's more of nervous. hope it turns out well.

-Cai yun

Friday

We met up to do more editing in school. The video is turning out well!! We just need to refine them a little and edit the audio and we're there. The deadline is on Thursday. It was one day later than the original one. This gives us more time to do our work. But i think we can finish before that.

-James

Day 27

We met up early to re-shoot the scenes that we thought were not good. CY shot hers first. Although there were quite a number of NGs, we managed to finished it within quite a short time. Next was James's turn. We found a new area to shoot his scene. It was a much more artistic shot than before. We double checked everything and went to render out the videos. It's going to take some time to edit everything. So we decided to stay back in school the whole day from today onwards till saturday. Hopefully we can get most of it done by then.

The final submission was changed to thursday. One more day to ensure that everything is done. I think we can finish everything on time.

-Kin Leung

Day 26

Today we did our own work separately. After discussing about what to do for the next few days yesterday, we got everything planned out. Changed some few things here and there, re-shooting some scenes tomorrow in the morning. One more week to go!! Hope that there won't be any problems. On the other hand, problems are inevitable, so i'm hoping that the problems won't be something too big to handle. This two months fly by so quickly. It already nearing the end and the holidays are coming!! I'm looking forward to see our final video!!

Saw some of my other friends' work. Starting to get even more stressed up. So much to do but so little time. Hopefully i can get pass these couple of weeks without any problems. Looking forward to shooting tomorrow!! JIA YOU EVERYONE!!

-Caiyun

Day 25

Today was our Interim 2.
We were kiasu and had a powerpoint ready but we decided that we didn't need it and didn't use it in the end. We presented our video which was around 70%-80%. It receieve quite alot of feedbacks from amanda about some inconsistency and flaws of our video. After the presentation we knew that we had alot more work to do such as reshooting some scenes again due to the audio. indeed it was a hard lesson learnt.

James

Day 24

As we meet after Video fundamentals class in the morning, we intended to shoot C.Y.'s scene, we moved to the amphitheatre and discovered that the sun was too hot and the sunlight was directly above us, not wanting to waste any time further we decided to move to the school library instead. This was a useful improvision as we could get what we need , and we could get a clearer audio. We had a few NGs here and there as usual like the previous videos but we got the shots we wanted. Then we went to the 3D lab and worked on the videos in after effects, i managed to recall and discover new effects which were quite handy and helped to spiced up our video. overall we had all our shots done except for some of the other effects which could be done only in the green screen.

-James

Day 23

It was suppose to be filming my scene today but it got postponed because i have a presentation. So we decided to film in school in front of a white wall. It's suppose to be our opening and closing shots. It was quite fun to do it because we had to do some crazy actions. We thought of some other actions on the spot and shot them too. It was fun playing with the spry cans although we didn't really spray the paint on the wall. HAHA!! We filmed some more bloopers before heading off to the lab to render the shots out.

-Caiyun

Day 22

Today CY didn't have any lessons hence we meet up at the usual timing to shoot James's scene. At first, we wanted him to be at the stadium, but the sun was shinning to brightly and we decided to wait till the sun was not so bright anymore before we continue to shoot. In the meantime, I went to charge up the camera. We explored around the place and found out that we could film inside the sports hall. However, there was this uncle who was washing the floor and it disrupted our filming. So, we had no choice but to wait for him to finish cleaning. We made some short clips while waiting. In the end, we found another spot to shoot James's scene, it has all the primary colours in it! We shot the film till 4 plus. It was fun overall.

-Kin Leung

Day 21

Our group wanted to do filming today however, before we even met up, it started to rain!! Bad timing!! So we postponed the filming session till tomorrow!! Hopefully the weather is good. Kin and James did some of the editing of the video we took on saturday. I had to rush off to do my H&C. Since there will be no lessons tomorrow, I'll be spending more time on P1. This means that i have to finish my group presentation for H&C by tonight!! Good luck to me!! Hope my other team members are doing well too.
We will be asking permission to film in some other places rather than the amphitheater. Hope we could get excess to the place by tomorrow!!

-Caiyun

Saturday

Today was a very fun day for group Steer, Altho we didnt finish shooting as we planned to , we got more fun out of it than we expected, we managed to get kin leongs part done and an additional adventure to record sound effects, we venture into the forest got a few stinks and dirt but got a good laugh outta it. More or less we knew that we aren't behind time as our planning had already been done. we ended off at king leong's house to take a look at what every we shot, we were more or less satisfied and left his house with sore cheeks and stomach pain due to the amount of laughter we had. I love our Group!

-James

Day 20

Our group met up for a short while today at Tampines Mall. This is because our timetable clashes. James and kin both have lessons from 9-12 while i have lessons from 3-6. It's hard to meet up like that. Hence we could only meet up at night.
We discussed about what we're presenting in the video. We also changed some of the ideas as all of us had chosen Drawing Essentials as our favourite module. Thus we decided to compile all our work together and present it together. We changed quite a number of things in the 3 hours that we discussed which was a good thing as our ideas are improving the video as a whole.
Kin is getting the camera from one of my friends so we could shoot it tomorrow! We did some test shots. It turned out good actually. Due to the different schedules, we could only shoot most during the weekends, however, kin is shooting his tomorrow and testing out using after effects! Hope it turns out all well. Can't wait to shoot my scene!!

-Caiyun

Day 19

I brought my digital camera so that we can do a draft. We want to test out the HP effects we are going to put in. Each of us did a small part of our script and had our own hand gestures tried out.
We went back to the lab and tried with After Effects. We found out there were some things we need to take note of, such as slowing down to allow sufficient time for our names to appear etc.. I also felt that my hand gestures felt a bit weird, as in the way i pull out my works and flip through them. It didnt flow as smoothly as james's or cy's. I'm trying to think of another way.. For cy, her hands need to go back to the same position after stretching the work out.
I think we will do the base of the HP effects such as only the movement of the words and stuff for now, and leave improving the looks and refining till after the presentation on 17th. i hope to get a camera tomorrow

-Kin

Day 18

Today, we did our interim 1 Presentation , even tho the day before this was very tiring as we met up to do our storyboard, proposal , moodboard and Powerpoint presentation we managed to
present our ideas and Final idea. Amanda our lecturer commented that our Idea was " do-able " as compared with some other groups who were more adventurous. Even tho
there were alot loop holes in our presentation we were satisfied with the effort that we put in got that comment from her. I personally see that our group had good team-dynamics and structure
and a fair share of talents. As fast as our presentation we were done we discuss about modifications that could be done to our final idea, while C.Y. had to go for her H&C. I forsee that alot had
to be done in time to come especially for our Special Effects.

James =)

Sunday

We spent today finishing up all our works. James and Kin came to my house around 2 plus. We split the work and immediately get down to it.
We had quite a number of things that were left undone hence we were CHIO-ING all the way. But we finally finished the moodbard and storyboard before 8pm!! All that left was to finish up the script and powerpoint.
We realised that we haven't typed in the description for the storyboard and thanks to kin, we managed to finish it up.
We rehearsed once at my house and they left my house.
I hope the presentation will go well tomorrow!

-Caiyun