Saturday, July 23, 2011
Mindmap & Background Research: Visual Gathering
Mindmap & Background Research: Field Research
This is the interview of Mr. Lee. I record our conversation using sound recorder. The conversation is in mandarin and hokkien languages. So I transcribe it in English as shown below:
The sound recorder run out of battery after 34 minutes of recording. I continue to interview him by writing down the important points that Mr.Lee talked on the papers:
All the above is the research information I got when I interviewed with Mr.Lee. The information above is quite messy and some of it is repeated. Some of the information I got is not related to my topic, so I had reorganize all the raw data information above by typing them in the microsoft word.
Below is the organized research information:
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About Mr.Lee
Lee Beng Chuan
83 Years Old, born in 1928
Traditional Handmade Joss Stick Maker
Born in Penang
Making joss stick and selling outside of his house
Had been interview by a lot of magazines, newspaper and even showed up in Discovery Channel.
His Story:
His story started when he was studying in Han Chiang Primary School. When studying half way, Japan came to our country. He had to stop studied because of the war. At the age of 12, he and his mother had to constantly seek shelter from danger. After the war ended, because of financial problem, he can’t proceed his study. So he decided to start a small business. He saw people in the temple making joss stick, this catch his attention and he is interested in it. But no people willing to teach him how to make joss stick, so he observe and learn everything all by himself. He is his own master, he experiment himself on making joss stick. Through many trial and errors, he finally master the skill. His joss stick is different than the factory made joss stick, his ingredients consist of mainly sandalwoods powder. This is why his joss stick will give out a fragrant smell when burned. His joss stick is more expensive instead because of his ingredients, and also because of his joss stick is handmade. Making joss stick can’t make a living for him, as most of the people will choose to buy the factory made joss stick. And he can’t compete with the factory mass production. At his age of 81, he is requested by Teochew Association to make a 12 foot tall dragon joss stick. The joss stick is use for the celebration for the Han Chiang Teochew Ancestral Temple (which functioned as Han Chiang School before the war) during Chinese New Year. He accepts the offer since he knows this might be his last dragon joss stick. He feels very happy as he don’t know he will have the chance to contribute to his old school. But due to his old age, he know that he will face some difficulties when making this dragon joss stick. 12 foot height is too high and dangerous for and old man likes him. So he seeks for help from a joss stick factory in Penang. The boss of the factory asks one of his top workers to assist him in making the dragon joss stick. Both of them start to make the joss stick pillar. The joss stick pillar requires 3 layers since it has to be thick and strong. After making the pillar, Mr. Lee has to make the dragon sculpture on it. He took out his dragon sculpture he made when he is young, he observe them and reimprove them. At last, the dragon joss stick had success and in time for the festival. He is satisfy and very happy because he know that this will be the last dragon joss stick in his life. Until today, Mr. Lee still making joss stick outside of his house. He enjoys talking about his story, showing of his traditional crafting skill to the visitor. He said he will keep on making joss stick until the end of his life
About His Joss Stick
- Consists mainly of sandalwoods powder.
- High quality ingredients.
- Thicker diameter
- Different length, 6 inches, 12 inches, 20 inches.
- Give a very nice fragrant smell when burned.
- 100% handmade
- Different from factory made which only contain sawdust.
The Process of Making
1. Mix the sandalwoods powder and teja powder together.
2. Add some water and start to knead it.
3. Knead until it becomes dough.
4. Take a lump of the dough and put in on a bamboo stick.
5. Hand takes a little bit of water and start sculpting the joss stick.
6. Pull and sculpt by using the palm, not the fingers.
7. While the other hand constantly rotates the bamboo stick so that it will be even thickness.
8. After each joss stick is completed, let them stand in a tray.
9. Roll the joss stick one by one so that the surface will be even.
10. The joss sticks are then baked under the sun for 2-3 days.
Address of Mr Lee Shop House
No. 1 Lorong Muda
(Off Steward Lane)
Penang
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Mindmap & Background Research: Precedent Studies
Below is some of the Interactive Information Design Website:
http://explorer.monticello.org/
This website is about Monticello. Users can interact with the website to understand the about Monticello.
This website is about Monticello. Users can interact with the website to understand the about Monticello.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/
This website is about the history of British. Users can interact with the timeline below and check out what had happened in the history.
This website is about the history of British. Users can interact with the timeline below and check out what had happened in the history.
http://www.army.mil/gettysburg/flash.html
This website is about the battle of gettysburg. Users can know the information about the war, about the people who involve through the interaction with the website
http://www.wefeelfine.org/wefeelfine_pc.html
This website is about people posting their feelings. Each of the feelings is represent by a circle with different colors. User can read about other people who post about their feelings by clicking at the circles. A lot of interesting interaction happened when users click at the screen.
This website is about people posting their feelings. Each of the feelings is represent by a circle with different colors. User can read about other people who post about their feelings by clicking at the circles. A lot of interesting interaction happened when users click at the screen.
http://agencynet.com/
This website is about a company. But it is not just a plain company website. It is a very nice n strong concept website. The preloading screen is interesting too. User can interact with it and will not feel bored. The website is using the concept of a working office, user can click through the 1st and 2nd floor. We can click on the workers to explore the website.
This website is about a company. But it is not just a plain company website. It is a very nice n strong concept website. The preloading screen is interesting too. User can interact with it and will not feel bored. The website is using the concept of a working office, user can click through the 1st and 2nd floor. We can click on the workers to explore the website.
This website is promoting eco-friendly. The website is an eco zoo. Users can explore the zoo "built-in" in the website and understand about animals and how to be eco-friendly. The interactions is fun and the design concept as well.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Proposal and Concept Pitch
Concepts: The Message and Metaphor
The concept of the application is old movie concept. The application will have the design like those old movie, which is in black & white color or sepia color tone with scratches and dusts. I will make the application sort of like a projection of those old movie clips. Instead of just reading the information on the application, the audience will be like watching an old movie. The reason I choose to use this "old movie" concept is because old movie is a metaphor of classic, I try to bring out the nostalgia and classic feelings. Through this kind of feeling, audience could feel the important of the living heritage and appreciate the skill of Mr. Lee. The concept is to let the audience treasure, cherish and value this traditional crafting skill of Mr. Lee. Of course the audience could or might understand the other message beyond these, it is all depends on the audience's experience
Target Audience
Young Adults age from 18 to 30 years old
Tourists of Penang
Reason:
Tourists of Penang
Reason:
- To let young adults know and understand this kind of traditional crafting skills.
- Young adults nowadays do not really appreciate all those traditions.
- Create the awareness to let them know that those tradition will be lost soon.
- Reasonable age for them to understand the important of Living Heritage. (not too young or too old)
- Reasonable age for them to understand the important of Living Heritage. (not too young or too old)
- Most of the tourists in Penang consists of this age according to my observation.
Gantt Chart
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Media Art Project: Penang "Culture and Heritage"
Our task is to design and develop an Interactive Information Design Application based on either 3 of the topics, which are:
1. Living Heritage
2. Culture and Lifestyle
1. Living Heritage
2. Culture and Lifestyle
3. Heritage Building, Architecture and Environment
I had decided to choose Living Heritage as my topic for this project. So during the Penang trip, I had met a traditional joss stick maker, Lee Beng Chuan. Mr. Lee is a Living Heritage who able to produce his own unique handmade joss stick. He is deemed to be the last traditional joss stick maker in Malaysia. ( Details of background research will be shown in the other post.)
So my Interactive Information Design Application topic is Living Heritage which focus on Mr.Lee, the last handmade joss stick maker.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Final Montage
Montage Title: Stop Poverty
Artist Statement:
This montage is based on the topic of poverty. The main message for this montage is to let the audience know what the problems face by the poverty victims and hence raise the audience awareness towards stopping poverty issue .The video start with something looks like a circle, and then different kinds of images appear in the circle. This make the audience feel curious about what is that circle thing and maybe they will curious about what is this montage trying to said. With this, the audience will continue to watch the montage since they want to know the answer. All these questions solve at almost the end of the montage. I showed all the basic needs of human in the eyes of a poverty kids, this is to show what those poverty victims hope for and what they dream of. The whole video is shaky include the background to represent the unstable emotion of those poverty victims.
Artist Statement:
This montage is based on the topic of poverty. The main message for this montage is to let the audience know what the problems face by the poverty victims and hence raise the audience awareness towards stopping poverty issue .The video start with something looks like a circle, and then different kinds of images appear in the circle. This make the audience feel curious about what is that circle thing and maybe they will curious about what is this montage trying to said. With this, the audience will continue to watch the montage since they want to know the answer. All these questions solve at almost the end of the montage. I showed all the basic needs of human in the eyes of a poverty kids, this is to show what those poverty victims hope for and what they dream of. The whole video is shaky include the background to represent the unstable emotion of those poverty victims.
Montage Progress
Before I proceed to adobe flash, I used photoshop to draw some images that I need to use in the flash montage...
Idea Development: Storyboard
Since we had done all the research in previous mini project. The lecturer request us to start the flash montage. This is my storyboard.
Assignment 2: Flash Montage
The task is to create a flash montage based on the topic of our previous mini project.
My previous topic is about poverty.
Our research:
Our group blog url:
http://group8mini.blogspot.com/
My previous topic is about poverty.
Our research:
Shum E Wyn (focus on the effects of poverty) - http://mmdmp.blogspot.com/
Siow Lip Wen (focus on the causes of poverty) - http://www.mmd2011.blogspot.com/
Tan Kong Cheng (focus on the solutions of poverty) - http://mediaartminipro.blogspot.com/
Tan Kong Cheng (focus on the solutions of poverty) - http://mediaartminipro.blogspot.com/
Our group blog url:
http://group8mini.blogspot.com/
Tutorial 1: Gestalt Principle
Task:
- Go to go to http://gettyimages.com/
- Find six images that represent each or a combination of the gestalt principles of design
My Answer:
Law of proximity - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103332502/OJO-Images
Law of similarity -http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108094272/Stone
Law of Prägnanz (figure-ground) - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107483612/Stone
Law of symmetry - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103904266
Law of closure - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/104821202/OJO-Images
Law of continuation - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103203810/Photodisc
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/110118720/The-Image-Bank
- Go to go to http://gettyimages.com/
- Find six images that represent each or a combination of the gestalt principles of design
My Answer:
Law of proximity - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103332502/OJO-Images
Law of similarity -http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/108094272/Stone
Law of Prägnanz (figure-ground) - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/107483612/Stone
Law of symmetry - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103904266
Law of closure - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/104821202/OJO-Images
Law of continuation - http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103203810/Photodisc
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/110118720/The-Image-Bank
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