Memory lecture1 16-Nov-09
The last theme for this module is memory. My seminar tutor Steve took the lecture and shared some experimental moving images and video with us.
I love the intro for this blog with so many iridescent titles.They looks wonderful match with deft music.It’s a big surprise when you move your mouse on the product. I want to know how to make a product like that. This blog is professional and splendid. These experimental videos gave me a special impress.A usual scene indicates unusual charm in his camera. It is worthy for me to learn how to do it.
we watched a few films from the Tank TV website. Among them,I was impressed by a clip about dropping timber.There were some different shaped pieces of timber dropped onto the floor.This process was repeated many times with diferent speed so we could clearly see every radian that they was flying into the sky and listen every sounds of collides.They were common but sweetish. I think I can use this slow motion into my artifact. It’s a fantastic way to create spectacle and slow rhythm.
My top 10 memory:
1. My grandma’s leaving
In my childhood, my parents are all very busy with their business. My grandma looked after me until my 12 years old. She is really one of the most important people for me. I call her grandma though we do not have kinship. She is the nursemaid invited by my parents when I was born. She is demure and kind. She helps me to realize world. When I was 10 years old, my grandma left me to back to her hometown to stay with her relatives. I still remember the day I sent her to the train satiation. I kissed her face and said goodbye to her. I watched her train’s leaving and I could not stop my tears. Suddenly, I could not control myself. I ran and try to catch the train. Of course, I failed at last. It also becomes my key point memory.
2. Cooking for my parents
The first time I cooked for my parents when I was 4 or 5 years old. I was so young and I might not know what was cooking’s meaning. I just want to make my parents feeling happy. I am so small so that I must to stand on a stool. My grandma stood behind me and told me how to do. I tried my best and completed two dishes: stir-fried vegetables and braised fish. I never forget my mother’s smile when she knew my products. My father gave me a hug with a delighted face. I am good at cooking now but I always think about my first cooking. I was so naïve at that time. However, I was wholehearted wish that others feel happy.
3. Sick
I always get sick when I was a little girl. The nurse and doctor in the hospital which located near my home knew me and some of them made friends with me. Sick become one of key part in my childhood but I still remember a very strange sick. I caught a cold at that time and my temperature reached 39.8 centigrade when I was sleeping in the night. My mother and grandma sent me to the hospital as soon as possible. Doctors used salt to help me bring down my fever but I felt more and more heat after 30 minutes. The nurse helped me to re-measure my temperature and she was so surprised to find my temperature reached 41.5 centigrade. The doctor changed the drug immediately then my temperature bought down successful. It was really scared my parents and me. The special feeling which like a burning leave in my memory forever.
4. A birthday with my best friend
It’s a forgettable birthday. My best friend called panda. She’s birthday is in the January. In accordance with common sense, January is the season of snow. However, my hometown located in the warm south of china. People in my hometown have few chances to see snow in every winter. Panda held her birthday in the KFC. It’s very fashionable and enviable to hold a birthday party in the KFC among children at that time. Panda and I played very well with her parents and other children in the KFC. We sang songs, played games and got some wonderful gifts and wishes from the staff from KFC. Everything made us feel happy. Suddenly, I found something outside the window. It was snow! We shouted loudly and reached out to get snowflake. The central heating in the KFC made us so warm. We shared an ice cream and watched beautiful snowflake. The sense was so cool!
5. A horror movie
I love film very much but I really hate horror film. The dislike from the fist horror movie I see in my life. It happened when I was only 4or5 years old. In an evening, I watched TV with my father. He changed the channel and finally choice the movie channel. It was a horror movie about vampire. Everything in that film was charnel and bloodcurdling. I was scared and nearly forgot how to breathe. I could not move and speak. The only thing I could do was watching the film. My father bought me to sleep after the first part of the film. He estimated that I did not understand but in fact I was cleverer than he thought. I opened my eyes whole night and successful hide it to my parents. I do not like others worry about me from my childhood to now. I could fall in sleeping until afternoon in the next day. From that time, I really do not like to watch any horror movies.
6. Picking up money
When I was in the elementary school, my tutor used a red star which made of paper as a gift and prove for encouraging children. I was a good student and got too many red stars but one of them has special meaning for me. There was a wonderful morning; I left home to buy breakfast for my parents and grandma. There were so many people waiting in the queue to buy delicious breakfast. An aunt stood before me, she was familiar with the master and kept talking and laugh with him. She got her breakfast and left quickly. After I bought my breakfast, I found there was something hiding under the corner of the cash register. I picked it up and found it was money. I looked around but none displayed losing money. I decided to wait for the owner of lost property. The aunt I saw before in the 10 minutes later. She looked carefully for everywhere especially for these corners. I returned the money to her and she looked so happy. She praised me and asked my name. I did not know why but I told her. I forgot this thing quickly and never told to others. Three days later, my father asked me if I ever picked someone’s money and returned to her. I felt surprise and said yes to him. He laughed and gave me a newspaper. I f shook when I found my name and story on the newspaper. In order to praise me, the kind aunt told the story to newspaper and then the newspaper published it! How surprise and happy I was! My teacher told the news to my classmate and praised me with a big red star. I put it into my gift box with the newspaper until now.
7. Learning swimming
I learnt swimming by myself when I was12 years old. I had three days to live with my aunt and her sister’s family in that summer vacation. There was a popular swimming poor near their home and all of them were good at swimming. The daughter of aunt’s sister named Lily even told me she could be my best drillmaster. I spent two nights in the swimming poor but my swimming skills were not enhanced. In the last night, I tried my best but also failed. The swimming closing time was coming and I began to feel a bit disappointment. The adult comforted me and gave me a swim ring to play water with myself. I swam with the swim ring and looked at others’ beautiful swimming gestures. Nobody found I swam from wading pool to deep poor included myself. I suddenly treaded out the bottom floor then drowning. Fortunately, Lily’s father discovered me and saved me immediately. The funny thing was that since then I suddenly learned how to swim. I wear goggles and swam very well in the wading pool. I closed to the water and got freedom from it. All people who know me felt surprise. The only thing that was not good enough was I do not know how to gasp for air
8. My essay collected by a book
After one month I became a senior school, I got a call from my friend from junior school. She told me one of my essays collected by a book concern and would be published with other people’s essays. I stood in amazement and repeatedly asked my friend. She let me to ask my teacher who recommended my essay but her phone switched off. I waited and waited with a nervous mood but nothing happened. I felt disappointed and recognized it as a joke. I received a letter from a book concern one month later. There was a formal notification that my essay was collected with a bonus. The book concern encouraged me to write more fantastic essays and hope me to wait for the final book. It was my first wage. Furthermore, it also brought me confidence to be a person who works for art and literature.
9. My cousin’s wedding cocktail party
My cousin named jenny is a pretty girl. She got married three years ago. I attended her wedding and as one of major distinguished guests stay with her. She was really beautiful in her wedding veil like a fairy in the fairy tale. Her husband looked smart and handsome. Their wedding cocktail party is very special like a sitcom. Firstly, they used PPT and clip to show their love progress and told each other their innermost thoughts and feelings. Secondly, they acted as prince and princess. Finally, people proposed toasts and gave the new couple their best wishes. The sweet atmosphere really impressed me a lot. They looked wonderful together and everyone could see how deeply they were in love. I hope my cousin could keep their blessedness forever.
10. A 12hours trip by fight
The longest trip I had by fight was this time I left home to England. I did not fall asleep during 12 hours. I could not give the reason for this. After I made decision to go aboard, I was so busy every day. I should prepare for too many things even I do not have enough time to think about my feeling for leaving, purpose for future and how to achieve these aims. When I was really going for this trip, I got the time to think about everything I mentioned before. Most of other people were sleeping so the atmosphere was silent. I looked these strange faces and had funs to guess their career and purpose. I watched three films though the small TV on the lazyback and had a cup of tea. It was an important time for me to think, relax and realize myself better.
Memory 2 23-Nov-09
Experimental non-narrative film is really a new film style for me. It was a bit difficult for me to understand.Luckly ,tutor provide us some key points to us so we for our primary research.
You cannot simply rely on your existing knowledge when approaching work in Media Studies. Although you will have some understanding of the area being explored, it is not enough to enable you to examine the area in depth.
In my opinion, researching memory is the way that your re-discover to the world.
Making the effort ot encounter the world is worth it, you will find more out and it will challenge and refigure your own prejudices. Research should tell you new things, unexpected things, things that test your own views.(Middleton 2009)
Nobody can make sure their memories are correct and accurate even people that you share these memories with remember them in different ways. There is a small game can be displayed aforementioned character of personal memory.
This clip is talking about a game for remembering dance. You can see there are really a big difference between the original dance and finally dance. Memory may cheat people so that it will be more interested to research memory to find hidden fact.
I always have the view that history is a kind of memory transmission. People consummate history though collecting and analysising differnt memories.
References
Middleton, N. (2009) Memory 2 [online] available from <http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/rdyear3mp/> [Accessed: December 2009]
