The obstruction for this theme is open:
Do something very different something that you haven’t tried before. This could be moving image, stills, audio, drawing, animation.
Also on your blog think of ten things that have been significant in your life. What makes these significant moments memorable?
Idea and progress: At first, I want to do a memory artifact combine with animation and real life. I want to create an artifact filled with warm memory and lovely characters. I hope everyone who looks this clip will have a smile on his or her face. It is really a big ambition and need more time to plan and achieve. I spent lots of time on doing this but I failed. My existing skills cannot afford me to complete my artifact in my imaginary pattern and I do not want to give up so I have to change my idea. My new artifact must be simple to shoot because I spent lots of time to do my imaginary artifact. I also want it have interested point and pretty imagine.
One day, I went to a supermarket to buy something. I observed many Christmas gifts packaged so beautiful. Why not chose Christmas as new theme? To remember one first Christmas is also a very meaningful thing for me. I looked around and attracted by these Christmas slogans on the shop windows. They have different shapes and could be ready-made titles. I also choose some Christmas representations to make my scene more enrich and illustrative like a Christmas tree. All my scenes were shot in the night. These shining colorful lights bring a charming beauty of these Christmas representations. One of my classmate’s artifacts brings me the idea about moving feet. His camera faces to the ground all the time. It provides me a new visual angle to display people’s action especially for people’s moving. I adjust the speed of moving to match the music to create special rhythm sensation. I think it is more interested.
Feedback: Thanks for Steve’s feedback. It point out many pity for my products. I obsessed by these wonderful Christmas slogans and gifts but it also make me lose a key theory. The whole film just gives people a feeling about Christmas is everyone. Although I shoot many sweet things I do not tell people what’s my attitude to these things. What do I think about this memory? Do I feel happy or not? I just simple record them but do not deep them. Moving feet is really a pretty point but feet cannot show people’s emotion.
Steve told me all these things I chose about popular Christmas. He shared ideas about one of his Christmas artifact. He contrasted traditional Christmas with popular Christmas and suggested me to realize the true meaning of Christmas. I think it is a good way to deep the meaning for my artifact but I think I need to do a plan because I do not my artifact seems too long.
These slogans are beautiful but it also a tool used by the owner of shop for attracting customer to buy their Christmas products. It is a part of Christmas business. To remember Christmas I can have more choices, for example, Christmas songs or traditional Christmas food.
Of course, I think my artifact has some shinning points. The moving feet is very simple but I combine it with the music make it finger-popping. I use many effects to add artistic beauty and produce a gorgeous Christmas style.
