Screening: “Mission to Earth”

Hi everyone,

After seeing "Mission to Earth", I have got some opinion of it. 

The digital cinema is popular nowadays. So what is the different between digital cinema and the traditional filmmaking? First of all, is the technology used in the movie. We can see that there are about 3 screen we can see in the same time on the screen. The composition of the screen, there is a background, and then three or more small screen are appear surrounding the main screen. This is impossible in the traditional filmmaking, because the traditional filmmaking is just can show one screen at the same time, but digital can change it to the new way. Also, we can see those small screen is now an image which appear in the real world. Those are CG or animation. Making the non-real things on the screen is also impossible in the traditional filmmaking.

In addition, what is the benefit of using these new technology? In my opinion, this can help the director or the fiml maker have more different ways to present their idea as there are more ways such as animation that they can use in their movie to present their idea. Use the composition of "Mission to Earth" as an example, add some other graphic beside the main screen, this can help the film making to present their ideas in a more clear and direct way, prevented the audience having the wrong interpret of their movie. Also, the new technology forced more creativity of movie. Movie now not just the things that exist in the real world, we can create and make many things which is not exist in the real world. That is the most different between digital and traditional filmmaking. 

This movie gave me a feeling like seeing a website, Youtube. We can see that there are many small screen on the background. Youtube also got a screen on the background to play the clips. That's why I have this feeling. Also, both Youtube and the movie are playing the digital movie clips, not using the traditional machine to play the film. Compare with traditional filmmaking, digital movie is digitalized. Not only the quality, but also the length of the movie and the mobility is improved due to the new technology. These are my opinion of the digital and the traditional filmmaking.

Wai

29-09-2010

Photoshop Work

Hi everyone,

This is my work of editing a photo via Photoshop.

I edited this photo with a pop art style.

Original Photo

Edited Photo

Wai

29-09-2010

Proprietary or Open Source ?

Hi everyone,

After reading a few information about the differences between proprietary and open source, I prefer proprietary more than open source.

The reason is, first, about the accuracy of the information. In wikipedia, there are many authorlized people can add, rewrite or delete those information. However, we cant know that those authorlized people well-educated or not. They may be a scholor, but also can be just a teenagers. On the other hand, we also dont know the information they added is a source from research or just a gossip they have heard about. Therefore, if the accuracy of the information is not sure, then the quality of those information should be affected.

About the proprietary, in my opinion, the quality of the information is more important than any other things when we are doing our research or finding sources. That's why I prefer proprietary more. Proprietary is wrote by the authorlized writer which is chose by the publisher of that proprietary. They should be a scholor or a master of that category. This kind of source is more trustworthy than open source. Although proprietary need cost or other authorlize, I think the quality of the source is the most important things when we are doing our research.

Wai
08-09-2010

Modern Times

Hi everyone,

After seeing Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, I want to share some of my opinion of this clips to all of you.

First of all, in the clips, it shows that the benefits of using the new techonologies. For examples, the products can produce very fast with a similar quality. Also, the boss can know the status of the producing line and give the order to the workers directly and faster than before. On the other hand, machine help the people live in a more simple way. Just like the feeding machine, it help people to eat, make people just sitting on the chair and no need to do anything but people can eat.

However, Modern Times is going to show the disadvantage of machine rather than show its benefits. In the clip, we can see all the workers is working in a same way, they cant do any other things. They seems very boring. Also, their body is affected by these kind of repeated work process. In the clip, we can see Charlie is doing the same action while he is after his work. They doing the same things with same action, they have no freedom to choose, they should do this, because this is their jobs.

Nowadays, internet and computer seems like controled our daily life. However I dont think so. The reason is we can choose. Using computer and internet is not our work, we can rest anytime when we feel tired. There also some people think that, using computer and internet can made us relax after our whole day stressed working. Therefore, using new technologies properly will never gave any bad effect to you.

Wai
08-09-2010

Introduction to Vie-YA

Hi everyone,

My name is Wai. Lingnan University Year 2 student, major in Visual Studies.
So, what is the meaning of Vie-Ya ? Actually... it is just a non-meaningful word.
I use Vie-Ya to represent my own space, my Utopia. That's it.

Today is the first day of my Year 2 uni. life.
Hope that this will be a memorible and enjoyable experience.

Wai
01-09-2010