So hot! Hotpot karaoke
12 May 2009 Leave a Comment
This is a group work done in the interactivity class. The idea of the work is to sing karaoke while at the same time having hotpot. There is a computer monitor which act as the bowl. By using pure data for programming, when player first open up the lid, then we can see that the food is floating on the screen. Besides, there are a spoon, a pair of chopsticks and a hand-made ”PDA” as the device to control or play the game. The spoon is attached to a microphone for people to sing karaoke. If louder voice is detected, then the food would float upper and bigger. After a while, the food maybe overcooked. Then players need to use chopsticks to pick up the food. There are wires placing on the tip of the chopsticks, so when players do the action of picking up things, the two tips of wire touch each other and then all the food would be gone. The PDA is used to order new food. There are magnet inside the PDA. When we use a fake PDA pen which is made by magnet to touch the surface of the PDA, two magnets would be attracted and it can then call the program to add the food in the pot. In total, there are four choices of food.
Ocean Music Lantern – Mediated Perception
12 May 2009 Leave a Comment
This work is a music lantern, which is the combination of traditional music box and a Chinese optical toy. I tried to combine these two obsolete models into one as I want to create an obsolete audio and visual toy. I appreciate much of the Chinese style of horse running lantern so I would like to adopt this visual aids in my work. However, by personal choice I choose the ocean creatures as the running object. I create a black box as the music box and there is a translucent side as the screen. While the music box is turned on, the sea creatures like the fish, the octopus will goes around in the box and you can watch it from the screen. The translucent screen creates an effect of watching a small 3-D movie inside the box.
Project CG! Task Work
12 May 2009 Leave a Comment
I made a set of purfume catalogue for the project CG! task 1:
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For project task 2, I have created a blog to promote hair products.
For the blog link, click here.
Short novel…(creative writing)
12 May 2009 Leave a Comment
弓蒼之下，一片死寂。
「天文台於晚上十一時十五分發出雷暴警告，預料兩小時內本港部分地區會有局部地區性狂風雷暴。」
銀灰色鐵閘裡面的世界與外面一樣，氣壓低得連蚊子飛進來也會被逼死，一切都在屏息以待，免不了的一場唇槍舌劍即將爆發……綠白相間的格仔地板把自天花墮落微弱而無力的光線反照到每個角落；搖搖欲墜的電風扇好像隨時都會從天而降，展示它的舞姿，卻嚇壞了一屋的人；平常習慣了叮叮噹噹緩和氣氛的收銀機，此刻忽然也沉默起來；慘白而排得井然有序的方枱圓櫈也讓整個沉靜抑制的氛圍從中間擴散至四周…微微生銹的鐵閘前，魚缸內的風水小魚扮演著無知的小角色，依然故我優遊自在的游著，在缸內玩著你追我躲的遊戲。是看得太多化了，還是根本毫不在意，覺得事不關己連襯熱鬧也沒興趣？恐怕只有牠們自己才曉得。
終於，「我想，我們應該有個了斷…」
說話的是火腿通粉。平凡得很，但幾乎每天也會在你我的身邊出現。捲了捲他那筆直而幼細的火腿絲，他緩慢但亦堅定的繼續說下去。「…當小孩子一邊吃著開心樂園餐，一邊告訴麥當奴是他們的歷史文化和傳統時，難道你又甘心嗎？這到底是個怎樣的城市？是不中不西，又中又西，還是毫無自己特色，只講包裝和供求的地方？我受夠了！在這個地方，我根本找不到自我。」在他說得口沫橫飛，越說越激動時，手上原本是呈半圓的通粉隨即被他分為兩截。沿著通粉粒滴下透明的，不知是汗、是淚還是他的口水…
「老實講，我又唔覺得咁有咩唔好。」這次出場的是叉雞飯，由於價廉味美，他在茶餐廳界佔著舉足輕重的位置。「自我可以當飯食咩？特色可以填飽個肚咩？計我話最重要都係得人心。好似我咁夾兩啖飯加兩舊雞又一餐，平靚正，咁講究質量係咪唔使開飯丫？三餐無憂咪算囉，諗咁多嘢做乜……」滔滔不絕、重覆又重覆的他發表偉論足足有十五分鐘之久，像維園呀伯一直抱怨，並希望尋求其他碟頭飯的認同和聲援。不過似乎大家實在聽厭了他一大堆沒內容的那些有的沒的，最後由窩蛋牛肉飯用強硬手段把高喊「言論自由、民主萬歲」的他拖離現場…
芝士焗肉醬意粉眨了眨她溫柔的雙眼，「Well…」她整一整理她緋紅的胭脂和芝士碎粉，「中西合璧也算是一種特色吧，right？」她頓了頓，只見身旁獻殷勤的羅宋湯、凍奶茶和奶醬多猛點頭。「畢竟這城市在中西合璧的統治下發展好一段日子了，我們也都是在這個環境下長大的。從小習慣了兩文三語，每天看到的人種包羅萬有，也不覺得有甚麼問題。Why not？不過，真要說是特色的話，奶茶和菠籮油倒是迷倒不少老中青的表表者呢！」凍奶茶聽到傾慕的肉醬意粉這樣稱讚他，不禁眉飛色舞起來，拉著意粉到旁邊倆人卿卿我我調情去了。
「我只是覺得，我們可以試著尋找屬於我們的特色和賣點嘛…」一個又一個的辯駁，使得原本理直氣壯，有理想有目標的火腿意粉開始退縮了。他開始想，當初提出這個問題是不是一個錯誤。但…難道尋找自我價值，甚至是這個地方的價值也是錯的嗎？
福建炒飯去了行街，揚州炒飯於是代他發言。「也許這地方的特色就是夾雜了太多的特色，像我這樣“炒埋一碟”，要飯有飯、要蝦仁有蝦仁、要叉燒有叉燒，雖然是少了條菜，不過各樣配合起來也挺好吃的啊！我們可以嘗試共融相處，不一定硬是要創造一種特色出來吧！這樣不也是破壞了城市本來的特色和面貌嗎？」揚州炒飯這番說話搏得大家的好感，連一向視他為最大的競爭對手的西炒飯此刻也不禁鼓起掌來，在一旁觀察著的西冷扒也從黑椒汁中冒起一個個的泡泡以示支持。
至於更多的人，他們都是抱著來看戲湊熱鬧的觀望心態，對於這個話題倒是沒甚麼想要發表…糖醋魚與行街的福建炒飯在互send sms，浸淫在酸酸甜甜的初戀中，就算你和她說世界末日她也懶得理你；古法清蒸石班在趁機敷面睡美容覺，她明天還要以最佳的姿態示人，跟粟米班塊爭一日之長短呢，怎可以為這些芝麻綠豆的小事害她沒有精神？反正她也是被油菜硬拉來的；秘制涼瓜炒涼瓜苦著臉在盤算在躊躇：到底幾時放阿里巴巴好，恆指升得這樣快，萬一突然急瀉應該怎麼辦，下下幾百萬上落不看牢一點很容易“渣都無”…他自認自己是滿身銅臭的生意人，對於這樣有文化意識的論題，他實在是無心又無力。「不如計下可以賺多幾個零仲好…」；凍鴛鴦少奶在忙個不停，一邊跟熱檸樂和鮮奶滾水蛋在聊八卦，三個女人一個墟，一邊又忙著叫雜果賓治、沙律和炸雞翼不要亂跑。自從齋啡跟她離婚與干燒伊麵同居後，她就要母兼父職的照顧三隻“化骨龍”，連自己的私人時間和私己錢都通通奉獻出來養家了，自我嘛？大概早就不知被拋到哪裡了。鮮奶滾水蛋跟男友打得火熱，正到了準備談婚論嫁的階段，卻不知原來身旁的熱檸樂是這段感情的第三者…似乎跟肥皂劇的劇情一樣爛，可世事往往就是這樣。
正當火腿通粉準備宣佈結束這場變得毫無意義的爭論時，說時遲那時快，頑皮的炸雞翼一把推向雜果賓治，雜果賓治跌倒了，弄得滿地都是冰塊；剛好火腿通粉踏中冰塊，從上像坐雪撬般直滑到地，砰的一聲碗破了，湯流不止…現場變得一片混亂…炸雞翼嚇得當場呆了；一堆人圍上去看火腿通粉死了沒有，對著通粉指手劃腳的，卻沒有人醒覺要報警；肉醬意粉在尖叫，吵醒了睡得正甜的古法清蒸石班，凍奶茶立即摀住她的嘴；沙律嚇得哭了，凍鴛鴦少奶仍然忙著一邊安慰她，一邊又忙著扶起雜果賓治察看他的傷勢，還不忘責備貪玩玩出禍的炸雞翼，他連忙怕得結巴地說以後也不敢了；福建炒飯及時回來看到這場景，拉著糖醋魚去找茶餐廳老闆和警察…
收拾不了的殘局…會否也是城市的命運？
This is one of my best pieces of writing. Actually I usually write poems but seldom write long essays or novels. However, during the last few lessons of Creative Writing class, the teacher asks us to break through our usual writing style and try something new and nice. Therefore I try to write a short story about culture of Hong Kong. Moreover, I try to make the story funny and crazy, which is very different from what I usually write. The setting of the story is in a Hong Kong style restaurant, and the characters are all food and drinks that we can usually find in the restaurant. I try to describe the scenes in great details about the scenario and the actions of the characters. I give each food a special characteristic according to which cuisine do they belong (like芝士焗肉醬意粉 represents a western lady), what kind of people usually eat them(chicken wings and fruit punch represent children as children like to eat these very much) , the method of cooking them (古法清蒸石班is doing the facial), etc. These also make the story become more look like people we can see in daily life. The more important thing is that when they meet a question like “Do Hong Kong really have its own culture?”, since they have different characteristics, they have different opinions towards the question. This can also make the readers think whether Hong Kong really have its own culture more seriously. However, most of the people only care about their own matters but not these kinds of social issues. They would just keep doing their own stuffs until the matter affects their lives. I write in a way of exaggerated comedy to write the ending for two reasons. First, the situation is like when the dominos fall down one by one, we can find the kind of tension between. Second, even for me I do not really know what the true answer for Hong Kong’s culture is. Therefore I only set up an ending without concluding the discussion and leave some room for the readers to think about it.
Poem…(Creative Writing)
12 May 2009 Leave a Comment
一面純白的牆
有個女孩倚在牆邊 慢慢 無力的坐了下來
她的身旁 牆上
開始長出了籐蔓
籐蔓上有玫瑰 玫瑰有刺
女孩在哭泣
在玫瑰開得最燦爛時
女孩把頭伏在手臂上
不能再承受任何壓力 崩潰了
她所感受到的
只有心碎破落的結他聲 和眼前的一片模糊
瞬間 牆上的玫瑰枯萎了
牆變成了一抹鮮紅 再變黑
女孩消失了 只剩下一朵仍未凋謝的玫瑰
遺落在地上
一道光從上面映照下來落在玫瑰上
柔和的鋼琴聲悠悠傳出
雨從天上灑落
一個男孩撐著藍色的傘路過
走了兩步 停下 再走了兩步 回過頭
把被雨打得濕透的玫瑰拾走了…
男孩是個懂得憐憫的男孩
他細心的把玫瑰重新種在花盆內
每天澆水 施肥 曬太陽 給予玫瑰最悉心的照料
其實男孩從來不知道這樣做是否就能救活玫瑰
他只想眼前的玫瑰能重新振作 幸福成長
即使付出再多
只要玫瑰有一絲存活的希望 他就願意去試
即使
付出再多
玫瑰被男孩感動了 她愛上了男孩
不過 她能為男孩做的 只有不住的唱起一首又一首關於愛的歌
柔柔的唱 輕輕的唱 像第一次遇見男孩時的琴聲
她知道 男孩的心能聽見
然而 這不是童話
玫瑰不是唯一的玫瑰 男孩卻是唯一的男孩
因此 每天男孩都會遇上被摧殘的玫瑰 斷了翅膀的風箏
孤伶伶飄落的雪花 不知被遺忘在何處的鑰匙
但男孩總不會遺忘 那怕是最微小的一個
男孩堅持 因為他覺得值得
就如堅固的白牆 男孩也會捍衛自己的愛情
這是為愛犧牲 也是犧牲的愛。
Typography
11 May 2009 Leave a Comment
in Typography
I have done several works which is related to typography, including graphic, poster and animation.
(Click the thumnails to enlarge the pictures)
Words from a loveletter:
Typography poster for a charity organization:
This is a poster making for an Africa charity organization called Watoto. The organization takes care of children who lost their parents from death due to Aids. Instead of using a sad face of the child in the poster, we can see a big smile from his face, as just like what caption said: “They smile because of our love.” The face of the child are composed with characters “s”, “m”, “i”, “l” and “e”, which represents smile on his face. As the organization is in Africa, the poster also adopts African style. It is mainly in brown color with a grunge background. Moreover, the typefaces used are also in wild and raw style. One is like fingerprints and the other one is like the style of aborigines.
My second typography animation (Music Video):
This is the second kinetic typography animation I made. It is a 50s long music-based animation. The song I used for this video is “Make Some Noise” by Krystal Meyers. It talks about young adults like us should voice out our opinions and make some noise for the society. I like the song very much as I like the concept behind this song and the lyrics are meaningful, too. I used different graphics and typefaces to compose the scenes in the video, but I still try to stick to the pop vector graphic style as I think it is the best choice to represent teenagers. The whole video is very colorful like my usual style of composing graphics.
Also, I tried to create the atmosphere of the graphics or typefaces which suits with the meaning of the lyrics. For example, I use a more scientific feeling and wide length typefaces to write the word “future”, instead of adopting the same grunge typefaces with the other lyrics. Besides, I create corresponding animation for the words which matches their meanings. There is a line “Don’t tell me we should turn it down” in the lyrics, and I have added the animation to make the words “turn it down” become really turning down. It creates interesting impacts. Although it is quite difficult to composite the animation using AfterEffects, I enjoy making the video and make the words move.
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