Friday, November 30, 2007
Why Photography Is Not Art
"Photography & Representation"
by Roger Scruton
Let's chew it and share it!
Looking forward to see all the saliva! ♫
[P/S: Million thanks to moolembu Faiz.]
Val - kinda in the mood of
BIG DURIAN
Thanks to Amir Muhammad! it is FREE OF CHARGE!! ;-)
Most of our lecturers will participate and Mr. Azhar, Head of F&A, will host the event.
Date: 6th December
Time: 4:30 PM
Venue: E-theater
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
KLIFF (I copy n paste)
1. Chew Tze Tzang
2. Ooi Shin
3. Tan Qiu Rong
4. Ng Say Khai
5. Hussam Hashim Al-Sayed
6. Carlyn Lee Jia Lin
7. Tan Li Ying
8. H'ng Siew Wee
9. Kong Yoon Chen
10. Alireza Khatami
11. Muhammad Faiz Bin Abu Bakar
12. Gary Chin Wai Kit
13. Wey Shu Wan
14. Lau Choon Ming
15. Tan Wee Luen
You will have to be at Cineleisure at 9am tomorrow morning to register yourself and get your passes, and free gifts :) Then you can attend any of the events you want (don't have to go to all, only the ones that interest you).
Here's a complete list of all the events taking place:
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November 29, 2007
Symposium – Post-Production & Visual Effects : Waving the Magic Wand Keynote - Mike Ellis, Motion Picture Association of America : IP Protection.
Speakers :
-Hans Rijpkema, Rhythm & Hues : Unweaving the Pixel
-Hardesh Singh, Soundworks Prod : Digital Music & Sound-Post
-Production for dummies: What you ought to know before your post Production.
Venue : Cathay Cineplexes, Cineleisure Damansara
Time : 9.30am to 12.30pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
Symposium – Ah, the Story, the Story!
Keynote : Dato' Rahim Razali: The Art of Storytelling
Speakers :
-Majid Majidi, Iran: "Colour of Paradise': The Human morality in Cinema
-Nick Deo Campo, Mowelfund Film Institute, Manila: Looking for the cinematic in film
Venue : Cathay Cineplexes, Cineleisure Damansara
Time : 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
Event : Grand Premiere "Hollywood Night" - 'Enchanted'
Venue : Cathay, Cineleisure, Damansara
Time : 8.00pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
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November 30, 2007
Symposium – Film Funding : Show Me The Money
Keynote : Kamil Othman, MDeC: Content Development Grant (TBC)
Speakers :
David Sheldon : Where to get the money
En Md Diah, SMEBank :We have the money.
Venue : Cathay Cineplexes, Cineleisure Damansara
Time : 9.30am to 12.30pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
Symposium – Film Distribution : Bringing In The Money
Keynote : Ram Panjabi: The Indonesian Market
Speakers :
-Christian Gaines, American Film Institute
-En. Ahmad Puad Onah (GBSB-TBC)
Venue : Cathay Cineplexes, Cineleisure Damansara
Time : 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
Event : Grand Premiere "Asian Night" – Long Road To Heaven
Venue : Cathay, Cineleisure, Damansara
Time : 8.00pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
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December 1, 2007
Symposium – Co-Production : Coming Together
Keynote : Mahyidin Mustakim: Locations Malaysia
Speakers :
-Terry Thoren, Thoren Entertainment
-Ira Deutchman, Emerging Pictures
Venue : Cathay Cineplexes, Cineleisure Damansara
Time : 9.30am to 12.30pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
Symposium – 3D Motion Pictures : 21st Century Phenomena
Keynote : Mr C.K Ong, Cathay : Beyond Cinema
Speakers
-Hans Rijpkema, Rhythm & Hues : From Cutting Edge to Cookie Cutter
-Bret Parker, PIXAR
-Terry Thoren, Rocket Fish Studios.
Venue : Cathay Cineplexes, Cineleisure Damansara
Time : 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
Event : Grand Premiere "Malaysian Night" – Anak Halal
Venue : Cathay, Cineleisure, Damansara
Time : 8.00pm
Dress Code : Smart Casual
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Please make sure you are on time to register.
- J
Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
I know a sad little fairy...
which will carry you
perpetuating you
to the dawn of eternal growths and blossoming
in this chant I sighed you sighed
in this chant
I grafted you to the tree to the water to the fire.
Life is perhaps
a long street through which a woman holding
a basket passes every day
Life is perhaps
a rope with which a man hangs himself from a branch
life is perhaps a child returning home from school.
Life is perhaps lighting up a cigarette
in the narcotic repose between two love-makings
or the absent gaze of a passerby
who takes off his hat to another passerby
with a meaningless smile and a good morning .
Life is perhaps that enclosed moment
when my gaze destroys itself in the pupil of your eyes
and it is in the feeling
which I will put into the Moon's impression
and the Night's perception.
In a room as big as loneliness
my heart
which is as big as love
looks at the simple pretexts of its happiness
at the beautiful decay of flowers in the vase
at the sapling you planted in our garden
and the song of canaries
which sing to the size of a window.
Ah
this is my lot
this is my lot
my lot is
a sky which is taken away at the drop of a curtain
my lot is going down a flight of disused stairs
a regain something amid putrefaction and nostalgia
my lot is a sad promenade in the garden of memories
and dying in the grief of a voice which tells me
I love
your hands.
I will plant my hands in the garden
I will grow I know I know I know
and swallows will lay eggs
in the hollow of my ink-stained hands.
I shall wear
a pair of twin cherries as ear-rings
and I shall put dahlia petals on my finger-nails
there is an alley
where the boys who were in love with me
still loiter with the same unkempt hair
thin necks and bony legs
and think of the innocent smiles of a little girl
who was blown away by the wind one night.
There is an alley
which my heart has stolen
from the streets of my childhood.
The journey of a form along the line of time
inseminating the line of time with the form
a form conscious of an image
coming back from a feast in a mirror
And it is in this way
that someone dies
and someone lives on.
No fisherman shall ever find a pearl in a small brook
which empties into a pool.
I know a sad little fairy
who lives in an ocean
and ever so softly
plays her heart into a magic flute
a sad little fairy
who dies with one kiss each night
and is reborn with one kiss each dawn.
By: Forugh Farrokhzad
The Kingdom
How r u doin?
I suggest you to watch the kingdom
It's awesome
great!
everybody was silent at the end of the movie (I'm serious)
finally I watched something good among these "shoot em up" range of " I dun know what to call"
if I was the writer I would kill one of the Americans for more inspiration! I liked Martin when he killed Leonardo at Departed! anyways....... Good luck...have fun
Friday, November 23, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
WOW... MMU gonna have pasar malam huh??
Date: 27 - 28 Nov 2007
Time: 5 - 10 pm
Venue: Car park opposite to FOE building
* price of per stall is negotiable
* no. of stalls is limited
* terms and conditions applied
Catch this golden chance quickly! Any enquiry or booking please kindly refer to:
Eric - 0172395290 smartguy9986@yahoo.com
Lee Siew Hong - 0167902534 himikolee@yahoo.com
Siow Sze - 0127375995 sw_sze@yahoo.com
Summore references for VFX
Guinness Tipping Point
Aside from looking at how things are planned out, look at the props used. ^_^
Cheers.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Character Rigging
There is a very useful character rigging tutorial by Lynda.com:
"Maya 8.5 Character Rigging".
I don't have access to Bittorent. If you guys do, please try to download it. It will be a great help to CA people. You can take a look at the content of the video at this link.
I am willing to trade this tutorial to any video tutorial you are looking for! I have a great collection you can choose, like 11 DVDs about DYNAMIC and 4 titles about After Effects!
Looking to hear from you,
Ali-1
Friday, November 16, 2007
MG : Malam Gemerlapan Aidilfitri montage
Photography lovers ATTENTION
Hi guys,
If you like photography there is a competition in the digital camera magazine I entered some of my work I mostly have nature shots so I missed on a lot but 3 other categories are still open if you have some photographs submit them and see what happens.
I entered some please take a look and vote if you can. I would also appreciate any comment you have you can just post it right there next to the photo. They are not the best but I tried.
Hope you guys enter and win!
post your URL in the comment area here so we all can see your work and vote.VFX : Just to clear things up
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VISUAL EFFECTS PROJECT BRIEF
This semester you will be involved in a photorealism project which will require you to create a 20 second video clip based on the theme 'Domino effect'. Each student is required to take a still image of a location of his/her choice, and create a believable cause and effect scenario using Rigid Body Dynamics.
Focus is given to the understanding and accuracy of the dynamic work, accurate modelling, realistic texturing and rendering techniques.
The main emphasis of this project is to demonstrate critical analysis on lighting and improve your observation skills. You are also required to include this in a Scrap book:
• A thorough analysis (written and illustrated) on selected image
• Project’s snapshots (in different stages), project’s development, experiments (photographs) and studies from other's work & references
Final video resolution should be at least 640x480 and compressed using Quicktime, WMV (Windows Media) or Divx (AVI) ONLY.
I hope this post will give you more imagination on what you're supposed to do. Here are some of the FAQs during Thursday's class. Credits to Jijoe.
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1. Pictures? Videos?
Yes, you can choose either one. For those who wants to use video, make sure the camera is locked. In other words, no cam movements.
2. No camera movements. But can I zoom in to focus on certain situation?
Jason brought this question up. Yes, you can zoom in, or pan, as long as the picture quality is good (your picture is big). The only downside of using these movements is that you're going to have to render the 3D objects at a really high resolution. Zooming and panning will also will make your final video looks fake because it's a flat picture, no parallax.
3. At least 5 chain reaction consequences. Can I do more?
As long as it fits the 20 seconds, yes.
4. Can I manually animate these consequences?
Nope. All dynamic events must be animated through dynamics.
5. What starts these chain of events? Accident? Triggered? (like the Rube Goldberg chain reaction machine)
The "trigger" for the chain of events could be anything, even if it looks like it's been set up (for example, a ball flying into the room through a window, or an earthquake tremor being the catalyst for the first object). The subsequent events must all be consequences from the first event.
6. Render resolution. 640x480 or PAL?
Minimum render is 640x480. You're even welcome to render it in HD! ^_^
7. For Tuesday's crit. What and how am I going to present? I'm not sure of my final pictures/videos/ideas yet, can I bring multiple pictures/videos/ideas?
Tuesday's crit is all about ideas and planning; so you can bring multiple ideas/photos, provided that you explain clearly what is going to happen in the scene (through drawings on the photo itself/a sequence of images/thumbnails/whatever/etc/etc). The point is to clearly demonstrate that you know what they're doing, and not make it up as the semester goes along. You can present your idea, as an image slideshow/video/flashfile/powerpoint... it's entirely up to you.
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P/S:
Faiz, your idea at the construction site is still pretty much lose, angle and planning-wise. You can still stay with your idea and probably scale it down, maybe INSIDE the construction site or somewhere just outside the building, not a long shot of it. But do come up with some more ideas and we could work things out from there.
Jason, your zooming in issue is pretty much answered ^_^
You guys would probably want to discuss among each other so that you won't have a same scene/ideas. Of course we don't want three guys with a same scene.
You guys have today, weekends, Monday and early Tuesday to prepare for this. Any doubts, you know what to do. You have four different people to ask ^_^
Cheerio
SECOND CALL FOR SOME HELP
I am trying to arrange some Malaysian movie screening. So far three famous Malaysian director has accept to give a talk and screen one of their movies. The faculty is very collaborative and they have allowed us to use E-theater.
Amir Muhammad, well-known writer and film maker will screen Big Durian on Dec 6th. I need some help for further arrangement. if you are interested to give me a hand you are more than welcome. Specially some one who has a car!! Amir Muhammad is a little bit sick and can't drive (But still he will come) I need someone to go to KL and pick him up. Any help in this matter would be great.
Hope to hear from you
Ali-1
Domino-what?
I'm still looking for some good reference for VFX people but here are some cool stuff for you guys to watch.
Honda Cog advertisement Ali showed yesterday which was not fully downloaded
Honda Cog : The making of... (apparently, it's real. Is it?)
Rube Goldberg (wiki it) like Chain Reaction 3D animation (with added drama and cinematography). This might be the closest reference to what you're doing.
Le Building
Real-life references
Open discussion. Any other good stuff? Post it over.
Cheerio.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Rigid body and Dynamics Class
Ive been told by Mr Azman that Jijoe will be teaching us the rigid body and dynamics on week 4, but he will try to push it to week 3 if possible.
For those who are opting to ask questions about VFX and other stuffs;
Mr Azman has opened his Ym for all you guys to add and answer questions regarding maya.
Y! : magia_ex@yahoo.com
CALL FOR SOME HELP
I am trying to arrange some Malaysian movie screening. So far three famous Malaysian director has accept to give a talk and screen one of their movies. The faculty is very collaborative and they have allowed us to use E-theater.
Amir Muhammad, well-known writer and film maker will screen Big Durian on Dec 6th. I need some help for further arrangement. if you are interested to give me a hand you are more than welcome. Specially some one who has a car!! Amir Muhammad is a little bit sick and can't drive (But still he will come) I need someone to go to KL and pick him up. Any help in this matter would be great.
Hope to hear from you
Ali-1
You may visit:
Amir Muhammad's Blog
Interview With Amir Muhammad On the Ban Of The Last Communist
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The Purest Fact On Earth
Bet many of you have seen this before, and nah our blog should not resist cute stuff like this man! Enjoy the cute show from Bunny and look back at what we have been doing...
New school semester:
At the first week:
At the second week:
Before the mid-term test:
During the mid-term test:
After the mid-term test:
Before the final exam:
Once know the final exam schedule:
7 days before final exam:
6 days before final exam:
5 days before final exam:
4 days before final exam:
3 days before final exam:
2 days before final exam:
1 day before final exam:
A night before final exam:
1 hour before final exam:
During the final exam:
Once walk out from the exam hall:
After the final exam, during the holiday:
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Alright let's just admit it. So what? "Asalkan ada gaya sudah" :D
Hugs,
Purest Fact from Pure Valerian :D
Portrait:
GOOD NEWS!
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Hi Ali,
I will be looking into this asap this week or early next.
Please in the future, send such matters to me as well.
Cheers,
Harold Thwaites (019-666-9743)
Associate Professor, and Dean
Faculty of Creative Multimedia
Chair - Center for VR & Immersive Technology
Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Shins - Australia
They don't deserve to be tied in places they don't wanna be. They should be free!!!
Monday, November 12, 2007
COMPUTER MODELING AND ANIMATION!!
cheers
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Alireza Khatami
Student ID: 1041111597
Gamma Year, Bachelors in Multimedia (Film and Animation)
017-205 37 36
a.r.khatami@gmail.com
Mr. Azhar b. Ahmad @ Salleh
Head of Film & Animation
Faculty of Creative Multimedia
Multimedia University
Subject: Course Overlapping
Dear Mr. Azhar,
Hereby I wanted to inform you that the COMPUTER MODELLING & ANIMATION (MC201) has overlapping syllabus with DIGITAL ANIMATION that we have passed in Beta year.
Computer Modeling & Animation is thought by the same lecturer as Digital Animation Madam Juhanita bt. Jiman. And she is covering the same course outline as we have learned in previous
subject. Even assignment for both courses are the same with a minor change. One assignment is the same assignment that F&A student has done in Animation Process last semester. After long discussion with Madam Juhanita, it was concluded to talk to you about these issues.
However we are already in second week and 1/4 of the semester is over it would be so kind of you to take this matter into consideration as fast as possible. I would like an opportunity to discuss this issue further.
Sincerely yours
Alireza
Hello FASS!!! First post...hehe.
Well, a lil bit of intro, my name is Afyv or real name Wan Afif. I'm the shy guy in the class who always sit in the corner (heh, really?). My main interest in this field is Visual Effects and Image Editing/Manipulation. Altho for this latest sem...i have more tendencies towards CA. Dunno why...i just wanna try sumthin new and more challenging. Hehe. And also, while being a very strict Maxer, i will also *try to* attemp my CA assignment in Maya. Yeah, i guess thats challenging enough for me. I hope i can do well. I dun want to be lazy anymore this sem.
T_____T
Anyway, nice meeting with u guys. Here's a bit of something i did recently to share with u guys.
(Image Link)
Cheers!
Friday, November 9, 2007
Cute Animation
On another note, I also found a cool VFX show reel. Sorry ya no MG stuff :P
jas0n out~
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Life's lesson #1 - Don't be a tool.
You don't want to be a "tool" for the rest of your life, I hope.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
VFX Students
U can find more in youtube yourself. this 2 are one of them only.. not the good one or the best one.. but ideation of them not bad i feel.. XD
just wanna share wat i have for it.
Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7llwLPGc74
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt2Bb32zfXM&NR=1
Different Images
COMPUTER MODELING AND ANIMATION!!
I am not gonna talk to Mr. Azhar, head of FA department. It's your turn now to stand up for your rights. It's a private university and you are paying for every minutes you are sitting in the class. You can make this university a better place to study. But of course I will be available for any kind of help and support anytime you call me.
Best Regards
Ali-1
Are You Beautiful?
...When images of human faces are averaged together to form a composite image, they become progressively closer to the "ideal" image and are perceived as more attractive. This was first noticed in 1883, when Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, overlayed photographic composite images of the faces of vegetarians and criminals to see if there was a typical facial appearance for each. When doing this, he noticed that the composite images were more attractive compared to any of the individual images. Researchers have replicated the result under more controlled conditions and found that the computer generated, mathematical average of a series of faces is rated more favorably than individual faces.[8]
Another feature of beautiful women that has been explored by researchers is a waist-to-hip ratio of approximately 0.70 for women. The concept of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) was developed by psychologist Devendra Singh of the University of Texas at Austin. Physiologists have shown that this ratio accurately indicates most women's fertility. Traditionally, in premodern ages when food was more scarce, overweight people were judged more attractive than slender.
...
Inner beauty is a concept used to describe the positive aspects of something that is not physically observable.
While most species use physical traits and pheromones to attract mates, humans claim to rely on the inner beauty of their choices. Qualities including kindness, sensitivity, tenderness or compassion, creativity and intelligence have been said to be desirable since antiquity. However new research comparing what humans claim to find attractive to their actual mating habits underlines the superficiality of "inner beauty," underlining the fact that the human animal relies on physical traits and pheromones just like every other animal to find a mate. That said, whether "inner beauty" does or does not measurably affect humans' mating habits, some traits classified as "inner beauty" do give an evolutionary survival advantage to either the individual or mating couple or group or all three.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics
Monday, November 5, 2007
Production of "Punggok Rondukan Bulan"
Friday, November 2, 2007
Familiar face
And looks like he's up to some kinda cool project this time.
Shouldn't we go support him or what?? ;)
Even if it left only 2 days : |
(And if you people manage to see this post before the event is over)
Sorry for noticing this late :(