This week, we are require to do a kinetic typography assignment. This time, we were split into a group of five. My group leader decided to do a combination of speeches from the first Prime Minister to the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia. We collect different kinds of video and combine the audio to make it a 3 minute video. That was the maximum time that we are given by the lecturer. These are the videos (there are videos that are just ideas where we can do in our kinetic typography) that we do research on.
First up are the videos on ideas where we generate our ideas from.
1. A short animation on kinetic typography.
2. A nice video on different people talking. This is where we get the idea of using an old treasure map styled paper to be put as the background.
3. A video about us not to be racist. No offend to anyone though.
Next are the videos on patriotism speeches (again some of the videos are not speech but biography about the past Prime Ministers of Malaysia)...
This is about our second Prime Minister of Malaysia.
A song with lyrics on screen about 'Malaysia Boleh'.
This is one of the main video that we were looking for, especially the part where Tunku Abdul Razak was having his speech up to the part where he shouted "Merdeka, merdeka, merdeka...". We only took the part where he said 'merdeka' for three times only.
This is also another video we took to put it in our kinetic typography. We even took the part where Tun Dr. Mahathir was having his speech.
There are some other research we found that maybe could be useful for our research.
There are even some other research that we find quite interesting...
Those are researches that we found. It might not be necessary for us to put all that into our own video.
I had a lot to change on my previous draft that I decide to do something simple. As I know, my lecturer allow us to do something cute and simple (since I had saw what my friend did before). I think it would do something like that. Since I'm now studying in a higher level of education. Things aren't going to be as easy as it sound. Besides, my third semester is a short semester. So, I have a lot of things to do for this semester. Being fatigue is the first thing that happens to me. So, now this is my final work...
TADAA...!! My poster is finally done! I hope it's not that childish. There are steps here in doing this poster. All you need is an adobe illustrator program.
Step 1-
Use the rectangle tool to open up an A4 sized background. Since the colour of unity in the Malaysia flag is blue, so, I used blue colour to as the background colour. To make a gradient colour on the blue colour, open the gradient on the right side. There, it will show a gradient colour meter adjustment. Open the colour books by clicking the option on the swatch. After that, open a new layer and drag in the chosen image.
Step 2-
For the three main races in Malaysia, as usual, I'll open every layer for their head, body (with their clothes on) and shadows in different layers. I chose the colour for their skin tone and also the colour of their clothes. I trace their shadows and just change the opacity to make it look lighter. Note : - for the colours, I use the colour books from the swatch option.
Step 3-
The final part is the typography. I used the Vinate BT font. By doing that, I change the colours of the font.
These pictures above is what I used to draft out my first poster, but it didn't come out the way I wanted. So, I need to change to another one. My idea is mainly on the unity of different culture. My idea is actually to show different skin colour people holding hands sa you can see from the above. This is to show that we can support each other through every circumstance. Besides that, the picture below show children of different culture and races being together. To me, patriotism is us being together in a multiracial country. Besides, the colour blue is the colour of unity in the Malaysia flag.
My very first assignment was on a static poster that my lecturer told us to do. These are a few research that I have found:-
Since I was told to do a research, all of these pictures to me is mostly based on Unity. As Malaysian, living in a multiracial country, we need to have unity to stand strong and be proud of what we have here. Besides that, in my opinion, patriotism also can be define as sacrifice for our country, love and be loyal to our country and finally, giving our support for our country.
This is one of the songs during the Malaysia independence day as part of my research. There are much more research that I can do, but due to time limit that I have with other assignments, these are the ones I think is part of the research I find it useful.
This is my first time opening my own blog. I used to have one blog that requires a group blog. Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
A person who likes doing her own things most of the time. Of course I'll even do my assignments that I'm given the responsibility on. I like to read and draw especially. I even like to create my own stories if I can. I'm now studying in Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, taking creative multimedia course
Well, that's about it. What I hope this blog can do, is to help those who are also taking the same course as I am. Enjoy a tour in my blog! =)
