Day 7

29 April 2009 Wednesday I managed to present today!Yay and I'm really glad that people laughed at my story because that's the kind of reactions I wanted from my audience. Haha. My classmates laughed when I showed Atun to them. It was nice to hear people laughing at my story. Alan just told me to add one more line of conversation. He wants Makri to tell Atun that she's worse than a monkey that's all. Oh yeah and he also wants me to play around with expressions for my characters and work on my background. I really can't draw backgrund very well that's why my background is going to be very simple because the main thing is my characters and the story. I still have to find voice actor. Haha. Oh man so many to do. Okay i'm gonna stop now.

Day 6

28 April 2009 Tuesday Aaaaa presentation is tomorrow! Okay it's either tomorrow or Thursday but Alan's gonna randomly pick people to present. I better prepare man. Well I kinda hope I present tomorrow. Get it over and done with it and I can start production! I finally designed my characters! There's an additional character too. Makri's friend. I named him Sutrisno. He has to have a name. Here are my characters Makri Atun Makri's friend : Sutrisno I finally finished my storyboard as well. It's 6 pages....I hope is not too many. Well my scenes are simple there's alot of actions that's why it's long. Anyway here it is! Yes that's it! Oh and I also edited the conversation. It's all in the storyboard. I'M FINALLY DONE!!!I'M SO TIREDDDDDD!!!!Hope everything goes well during presentation.

Day 5

27th April 2009 Monday

Today was consultation day. Alan consulted us group by group. We were suppose to show our learning contract to him. I volunteered to show my learning contract to him and my group mates. There were 2 or 3 questions that I did not answered it correctly such as the secondary aim and the age range for my target audience. Alan also suggested that my story needs to have a base meaning there should be a reason why Makri (the man) thought Atun (his neighbor) was a monkey and shot her. He said that maybe it was because Makri's fruit has always been eaten by monkeys that's why he wants to teach those monkeys a lesson. Which also means that there should be more dialogue in my animation.Besides that, Alan thought that Atun should somehow look like a thief or a monkey. And I find that it was a great idea. Therefore I had to change some of my answers for the questionares. Here are the questions which I changed: 1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)? Mostly teens and young adults between the age of 18-22. The show will be in Malay language therefore first target will be for the Malays. However, people from other regions or cities will be able to enjoy the show as well as there will be subtitles. The people who watch are mostly who appreciate stories which has silly and funny endings. 4. List the important events of the story. Makri owns a big sapodilla tree in his garden and is proud of it. However, he never got the chance to eat the fruits as it is always stolen by the wild monkeys in the village. He realised that he’s the only villagers with this problem. As a result, Makri couldn’t take it anymore and decided to do something about it. One night, Makri came home and heard rustling outside his house. He saw a moving silhouette which looked like a monkey in his house and started to feel angry and excited at the same time as this will be his chance to finally teach those monkeys a lesson. Makri quietly took his gun, aim at the tree outside and fired his gun. He heard a scream and a loud thud, ran out to see what he has shot. Guess what? It was his neighbor, Atun. Turns out that she was the one who has been stealing his fruits. 6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits? Makri (The man) is in his late 30s. He work as a farmer in the field. He is gullible, careless and loves his sapodilla tree very much. These traits will be established by his appearance. Atun (The unlucky woman) is in her early 20s. She looks abit like a monkey and by her appearance, people can tell that she is a proffessional tree climber. Atun lives just next to Makri and also loves to steal his sapodilla fruits. Her traits will be established by her appearance. 10. Does your story need dialog? (write out the dialog) Yes. (Beginning, chasing away the monkeys.) Makri:Shhoooo!! Pegi! Pegi!!Haishhh!!! (Shoo!! Get lost! Get lost! Haishhh!!) (Talking to his neigbor) Makri: Do you have monkey problems?---> (I'm still not sure about this part) Neighbor: (Looked at him as though he’s weird) (Before Makri fired his gun) Makri: Mati je monyet burok! (Die you ugly monkey!) (When Atun get shot) Atun: Oh mamaaaaaaaa!!! ( Mommmyyyyyy!!!) Makri: (Knowing that he succeeded shooting his monkey) Horeeee!! (Yay!!) (When Makri saw that he shot Atun) Makri: Ya Auloh! Aku pikir kau monhey!Maaf Maaf! (Oh my god! I thought you were a monkey! I’m sorry! Sorry!) Well that's all for now. Tri said she'll help me with the translation. Hoho

Weekend

We didn't do much on Friday. I came to class late at about 1pm as I was suppose to attend some government talk.It was voluntary and I happened to volunteered. The talk was quite dry, well there was some quite interesting. It was also useful because the speaker told us about preparing ourselves in the working world. Like what job interviewers look for when we are being interviewed. He also mentioned that we should not let technology take over us. Anyway,during class, Alan told us that there will be consultation on Monday and Tuesday. I'm group 3 so my consultation is on Monday which means I don't have to come for class on Tuesday which means I have to prepare my presentation for either Wednesday or Thursday. I am still doing my learning contract now. I have to do alot of research also on how those kampong in KL look like. I hope my story can make the audience laugh. So that's about it. The weekend pass so quickly :(

Day 3

23 April 2009 Thursday Alan decided that all of us should make a blog. Therefore I have posted my first supposed journal enrty. He also said that we need to post other stuff that he will informed us in the future. Now, I am supposed to post the questionares which Alan gave us. So here it is. My chosen Story: Man shoots neighbour who he thought was a monkey Mar 16 2009 By Carla Callaghan A man in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia shot his neighbour after mistaking the woman for a monkey. Police said the man came home to find something rustling in his trees. And when the man fired shots at his tree, he realised he had shot his neighbour who had been picking sapodilla fruit. The unlucky woman was hospitalised with a wound to her stomach. http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/03/16/man-shoots-neighbour-who-he-thought-was-a-monkey-51525-23157723/ ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1. Who are you telling the story for (primary audience)? Mostly teens and young adults between the age of 15-30. The show will be in Malay language therefore first target will be for the Malays. However, people from other regions or cities will be able to enjoy the show as well as there will be subtitles. The people who watch are mostly who appreciate stories which has silly and funny endings. 2. What reaction do you want? I want my audience to feel tense and curious in the beginning because they do not know what is going to happen next. However, when it comes to the ending, they should be surprised by what they saw and at the same time finding it odd and funny. 3. Is the narrative omniscient (all seeing) or restrictive (viewed from a single perspective)? (If the narrative is restrictive, whose viewpoint are you using?) It will be restrictive. I will be showing from the man’s point of view. 4. List the important events of the story. Firstly the man came home and heard rustling noise outside his house. He saw moving silhouette which looked like a monkey in his house and started to get suspicious and afraid that the monkey is trying to steal fruits from the tree in his garden, He quietly took his gun aim at the tree outside and fired his gun. He heard a scream and a loud thud, ran out to see what he had shot. And guess what? It was his neighbour. He then rushed her to the hospital. 5. Which aspects of the setting of the story are important (time of day… location… period of history…) and how do you intend to establish these important elements? The place will set in Kuala Lumpur, near the kampong area in the man’s house and his garden. It will be during the night at about 8pm-10pm. There will be text written on the screen before the show start showing the location and time. Also, there will be an establishing shot of the kampong area where Makri lived. 6. What traits of the characters in your story are important and how do you intend to establish these traits? Makri (The man) is in his late 20s. He work as a farmer in the field. He is careless and a little bit paranoid. Loves his garden very much. These traits will be establiched by how he looked and dress. Atun ( The woman) is in her early 20a. She is the unlucky housewife who has nothing to do. She lives just next to Makri. She likes to climb tree during her free time and her favourite fruit is sapodilla fruit. Her traits will look very feminine in contrast to her skill in climbing trees. She looks like she can't climb tree but she can. 7. In what order are the important events (step 4 above) covered? Is it a strictly linear sequence of events in time, or does the story contain any flashbacks or other interruptions to the sequence of events? Story will be linear at first however after the credits, there will be a flashback of why the woman’s silhouette looks like a monkey. 8. How does the story flow, does the pace change? Does it contain a surprise? Consider your answers to 1 and 2 above when making your response. Pace does not change. There will be element of surprise. 9. How will you use sound to help all your responses to 5-8 above? The rustling sound from the tree is important as that was the thing that made Makri startled. The music when Makri was suspicious will be dark and mellow. The loud ‘Bang!’ from the gun will be important. Atun’s scream and loud thud is also essential in this story. Footsteps sound will be put in to show that Makri ran out of the house to see the ‘monkey’ he had shot. A comedic music will be played when he saw that it was Atun who he shot. The screen will fade to black and an ambulance siren will be heard. 10. Does your story need dialog? (write out the dialog) Yes. (Before Makri fired his gun) Makri: Matek sono monyet! (Die you monkey!!) (When Atun got shot) Atun: Oh mamaaaaaaaaa! (Mommyyyyyyyy!!!) Makri:(Knowing that he succeeded shooting his target) Horeee!!(Yay!) (When Makri saw that he shot Atun) Makri: Ya Auloh! Aku ingat kau moneyt! Maaf! Maaf! (Oh my god!I thought you’re a monkey! I’m sorry! I'm sorry!)

Day 2

22 April 2009 Wednesday Today was the second day of Project 3 and just like what I have predicted, it was going to be something like FYP. Well I guess the good thing is we will know the gist of FYP. So this is like a preparation-slash-training. Also, the time line for the animation is 3 minutes maximum. So should be easier (but still tough) than FYP since we only have 2 months. Alan just informed us today that each of us are suppose to either keep a journal or a blog. Yesterday, Alan formed us into groups of 5. Sadly enough, we didn’t get to choose our group members. I was quite fine with mine because the this is individual work. My group consists of Angie, Candice, Ting Yu and Natalya. Alan then told us to find 3 or 4 weird stories which will be the story for our final animation product. The slightly good thing about this project is that we don’t need to think of a whole fresh story. Thinking of a fresh new original story, to me, is pretty tough. So, I guess having to read weird stories and picking one of them was pretty entertaining. I didn’t know that weird stuff has been going on in this world. Well, I know there are weird stuff going on but not this weird! We were suppose to present in our groups first telling them which one we picked and we suggesting what kind of style will be nice and all. I really like Ting Yu’s story the part where a hippopotamus accidentally ate a dwarf during a circus performance because the dwarf landed in its mouth after jumping on a trampoline. I can’t wait for her final animation. My favorite one from Candice was the one when 2 robbers tried to rob a place and one of them shouted “Nobody move!” and when his partner moved, he shot his partner. Angie’s one was also funny. This man kept whistling the tune of “Adam’s family.” Irritating his neighbors, they called the police and he was jailed for 20 weeks. Stupid! Natalya didn’t come so I don’t know what’s her story. For me, I picked the one where a man accidentally shot his neighbor thinking that she’s a monkey. I really love that! After that, all of us suppose to remember all of our member’s stories and then we will present as a group and Alan will asked us what’s our group members stories. After hearing all my classmates presenting their stories, it was hilarious what stupid thing human can do. Some of the stories are not weird but sweet and scary. Scare and yet funny at the same time. For example, the story whereby a woman hung herself on a tress outside her house but nobody saved her because it was during Halloween therefore they thought that she was a prop. I mean, it was suppose to be frightening and sad but the whole thing was somehow funny. Andreas’s one was disgusting and disturbing with the whole liquid assets. Can’t wait for his animation. There were some with sexual contents such as Vivien’s one. A man and woman died because they were having sex on a rooftop and the rooftop fell. Hahaha! Must be really embarrassing! There were other nice and stranger ones but if I go on, this journal will never end. Next, Alan explained to us about the learning contract which I’m still quite confuse about it. Thankfully, he’s going to explain further to us another day. Before class ended, he asked us to fill in the questions he gave us yesterday to help us work on our animation better.

Day 1

21 April 2009 Tuesday Oh wow holiday just ended and now we have mjor project 3. Oh well. I'm still in holiday mood. I went to Bali for 3 days with my friends during the holiday and it was awesome. I just wished we could have stayed longer. I really miss the fun and freedom I had. So now is back to work again! Joy! Today Alan randomly grouped us into group of 5. My group consists of Angie, Natalya, Candice and Ting Yu. Thank God this project isn't group work therefore I had no problems with the group. However, just for today, we are suppose to do a group exercise. My group leader is Angie and we are suppose to draw lots and worked on the story we picked. Our story was about this man who was attacked by a stranger. the stranger blindfolded and tied him up and removed his shoes and socks then tickling it. The man kept laughing and after the both of them had a bried conversation, the attacker untied him and ran away leaving the man's wallet and possesion still intact. Pretty strange stuff. So what we're suppose to do was to fill answer some questions which Alan gave us. We were then to present it in a powerpoint format. I feel that the questions helped us to think more about the story like how is our chracterd and what kind of story we want to create. My group decided to create an element of surprise at the end. It will start dark and creepy at first because the man was walking home alone in a dark alley. We decide to make our character half drunk because he just came back from a party. Music will be eerie until the attacker came and started tying the man up. We thought that the attacker were those people who are bored or being dared by friends to do stupid stuff. After the presentation, Alan told us to look for 4 weird stories for homework. That stories will be for our project 3 animation piece.