Creative Studies- Shorten Distance doesn't matter

Creative Multimedia

Creative multimedia is the vehicle in which it emerge technologies to drive home the concept of multimedia communications in art, design, entertainment, education, and business. From the education level, the Faculty of Creative Multimedia (FCM) integrates academic study with extensive creative digital technology production work and it been divided into five different majors that is Film and Animation, Media Innovation, Interface Design, Digital Media and Virtual Reality.

In the modern age, it is strongly driven by knowledge and information, 'content is king' upon which 'form' a heavily relies to preserve its significance. The programs are designed to provide strong skills that are necessary to fulfill the insatiable global needs for information, entertainment and telecommunication in the context of creative design and thinking, computing skills and business fundamentals.The University's international reputation as a leader in creative multimedia studies ensures that their graduates are in great demand with prospective employers, and it takes up many leading roles in the multimedia world. There are many different types of job opportunities that await our graduates in various industries.

Therefore from the mind map itself, it clearly shows the connections between Creative Multimedia with the five important majors that is Film and Animation, Digital Media, Media Innovation, Interface Design, and Virtual Reality. In Film and Animation, the techniques where footages are produced by creative images directly on film stocks. Media Innovation is more on the concept design and advertisements. Interface Design is the designs of the latest gadgets and equipments such as computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, softwareapplications, and websites which focus on user's experience and interaction. Virtual Reality is used to describe a wide variety of applications that is commonly associated with immersive, highly visual, and 3D environments. Digital media is focused more on genera tic arts, installation, interactive websites, audio design, and usually act as an electronic media that works on digital codes.

Therefore, IPhone 4 is the best example of device on how loves connects to Creative Multimedia students and bring their relationships even closer. IPhone 4 is the latest multimedia communication device with advanced technologies that are able to do more than a normal communication devices can do. These are the common functions that are available in IPhone 4:

1. It has a secondary camera that is located in front of the device. It allows users to capture pictures and at the same time starts a video call to the other recipient. It also can have video conferencing with more than 3 people so it make things easier without taking the time to meet up with each other

2. This device has build in Wireless Internet (WiFi) that allows user to go online wherever they want instantly. Users can check their emails immediately and browse through the internet as its interface is exactly like browsing using a computer.

3. The device has a 5 megapixel camera to snap high quality pictures and it can record a full High Definition video. These pictures can be sent using MMS service.

4. The messaging service (SMS) interface is much different than a normal phone. It is like conversation bubble between both recipients. It gives a feel like the other recipient is just in front of the other.

In the associated mind map, it shows how IPhone 4 connects both relationships into a better n closer relationship. The relationship consists of 4 types that is friends, families, loved ones and work partners.

IPhone 4 has the ability to shorten the distances between both parties. As for students, they can use the software of IPhone 4 to communicate with their coursemates and at the same time get more information on their studies related work. For example, when a student wants to discuss about their assignments with his/her friends, he/she uses the video call function to communicate without meet up with at a specific place. Besides, he/she can browse the internet instantly to get more information or knowledge without using a laptop or desktop PC. In the working industry, whenever a boss of a company wants to have a meeting with other bosses from all over the world, he/she will use IPhone 4 to start a video call conferencing to conduct a meeting even though there separated far apart. As for the workers who want to promote their product to the clients, they will use the IPhone 4 as a tool to demonstrate their works to their client even the client not in front of him/her. When a couple who are on their honeymoon far away from their home country, IPhone 4 helps them to snap memorable pictures and videos as their memories and shares it with either their parents or friends. Therefore, IPhone 4 can shorten the distances of two or more users even though they are far apart from each other.

On the other hand, IPhone 4 brings an illusion that makes the person that is far away from the user is right in front of him/her even though it’s actually not there. For families such as children who are not beside their parents, whenever they have a video call with them, it is like the user is at home with his/her parents. As for companies, when a conference meeting is carried on between few other companies from other countries, it gives a feel like a real meeting is conducted with everyone is right around them. Furthermore, when the users want to have a tea chat with their friends, he/she will use video call to chat with them and it has a feel of a group of friends sitting down at the same table and chat.

IPhone 4 also brings all celebrations from places far away from the user. For example, whenever he/she can’t make it back to their hometown, their family or loved ones will celebrate together with the user even though both of them are far apart. When a birthday is the day before and they are to have a surprise birthday wish therefore the user will use the IPhone 4 to give a surprise wish by having a video call with the birthday boy or girl.

In the video production, it clearly shows that when a student wants to start his/her journey overseas to continue his/her study, IPhone 4 really helps him/her to shorten his/her distance between his/her family, friends and even course mates. In the video, when the user is at the other side of the country, he/she feels uncomfortable with the environment and IPhone 4 helps him/her to connect with their loved ones especially families during the Chinese New Year celebration. During the reunion dinner, the user uses the IPhone 4 to start video call with his/her family and have the dinner together. This gives the user the feeling of having dinner in front of them. Besides, when the user wants to have a old school friends gathering, he/she will just have a video conferencing with his/her old friends like they are really having a gathering together.

In conclusion, IPhone 4 has the ability to connect the user with people around without having front to front conversation and it also can shorten the distances between both sides so whenever they are separated, it gives them a feeling like they are not far away from each other and bringsboth relationship closer and closer.

Mind Map 1 Mind Map 2

Mind Map 3

The Scary Cat

This week, our lecturer gave us a homework to create an image about a scary cat. Actually i do not like cat since i was young , so i using those element and what i understand about cat to create this scary cat image.

The sharp eyes and the untidy hair for cat it just look like scary and evil if we use those element carefully,and make the mouth open and show out the sharp teeth also can bring the feeling too.

I think most of people see a fierce cat before , so i use those element again to enhance the feeling.

Lesson 6: The Analogy of Juxtaposition

We are continue about the juxtaposition this week,but we learn another thing about juxtaposition which is about metaphor.

Metaphor is a figure of speech which consists of two different things that are linked by some similarity. The comparison that shows it is obvious are not consider as metaphors. Therefore, there are metaphors occur when the two different ideas are being connected to imaginative ways and agreed to be dissimilar at first.




The Concept Of Life
light or fire, it can be very bright, sometime it will become very small , but at the end , it will be end.
Life is Just like light or fire , sometime it can be high and full of sucess,sometime can be low ane keep failing, but until the end , everything will be pass and you will die ....



The Concept About Love
Love is just like coffee , it make you unstoppable for the caffeine dependency, it drive your crazy ,althougt it is unhealthy , but you still willing to go for that , for dying ..



The Concept About Happiness
Happiness is just like the time , you need to manage it carefully and wisely,or else ... you will lost your time slowly , just like your happiness .

Creative Product Manua

Every Product also have a user manual to tell the user how to use and control those product nicely , but in real world , do u see this kind of product manual before ? for some of the people it is not user friendly , but why we do not think in other way ? it is creative, and can bring the smile to you anywhere ...

The User manual of a Vegetable and Fruit Grind Machine

The user manual for a electrical cooking device

The user manual for a multipurpose controller

The user manual for an oven

The user manual for a electrical calculator

The user manual for a coffee cooking machine

The user manual for a humidifier

The user manual for a portable DVD Player

The user manual for a audio bass box

What do you think after see this ? Are those thing bring the fun and smile to you ? do u think it is creative ? for me , of course ! it is another style for user manual , a creative designed user manual as well.Some of the people think that it is not user friendly , maybe it is , but anywhere , the creative element inside those user manual just cannot be deny.

Lesson 5:Juxtaposition 1

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing two variable,side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison,or two objects or texts that oppose one another. Juxtaposition may refer to:

1) Juxtaposition in literacy which is synonymous with contrast that is two objects
or texts that oppose one another.
In linguistics and semantics, contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments and it
often marked by markers such as 'but' or 'however'. The majority of the studies done on
contrast and contrastive relations in semantics has focused on characterizing. Semantics
also concentrated on identifying what distinguished clauses joined by 'and' and 'but'. In
discourse theory and computational discourse, contrast is a major discourse relation with
relationship like explanation or narration and work that has concentrated on trying to identify
contrast. Therefore in literature and film, juxtaposition is the arrangement of two opposing
ideas, characters, objects, etc. either side-by-side or in similar narratives for effects. The
techniques are used to further in develop the storyline or characters. Then it is applied
variously to opposing emotions, abstract concepts, character traits or images.


There are some example about the Juxtaposition:

This Is an example about Juxtaposition,It show that a luxury condominium at left side
and the poverty living area at right side , when this 2 thing combine together , it make sense that the the distant between poverty and richness are so much nowadays

That is another picture that show another juxtaposition , we can see a dog sleeping in a temple , and behind the dog is a god status in the temple , it just look like a dog ? It is a strong meaning and impact to all of ours mind ...... although nowadays all people are support to protect and take care to animal , but how about this ... it just show the cruel of the real world....

That is another example of it , strong and meaningful ,an nuclear boom picture , but we just put and beautiful Landscape picture on it , and the tree shape is just match with the nuclear boom ,it just giving a strong sense about the important of environment and the negative effect about war can bring to us.

The Creativity & Art Behide A Straw

Straw ........... what do you think on it ?

Is it only use when you wanna to drink something ?
of course a lot of people will think like that , but for some artist who are creative , a straw are not just straw , straw also can use for a lot of purposes,A straw also can be a part of your creativity ,and art-form too. it can be a beautiful furnishings, a meaningful art-form and a lot of other thing too , if you are grow up in a village, maybe you will understand straw still can using in a lot of ways.

A dragon make from straw

Two Rats on a yellow corn

Two Snake made from golden color straw

Three cute pig make by straw,too

A Parrot which make from colorful straw

A Dragon which make from straw,it is just cute and nice

A Bug make from purple color straw and green color to present the leaf

It is just a amazing advertisement design, the Straw face drink the tea by straw

So What do you think ? is that amazing & fantastic ? for me ,of course , that is just amazing beyond word at all , although is just a simple thing , but can use it in a lot of way to represent a totally different thing ..

The Art & Creativity Within A Book

For Everything , book and paper is just important ,because that is a lot of thing need to be write and record down by paper & pen , so those information which wrote down can be given to ours next generation . Beside that , what do you think about a book look like ? a Square like thing with no design at all ? or something got some graphic design on it ? if you think like that then you are limiting your creativity inside the box , box also can be a good artwork and other form & design .

What do you think ? are you see think kind of book around you ? or do u ever think about it ?
for most of the people , books are just books , they are nothing else ... but for this , it required creativity of the people who are first to think about it .. books are not just for record something down , it also a form of art & creativity too...