This is our final poster~combining all the concept that we have done for the sketches. Concept
CameraWhat do you saw when u sees a camera logo. A picture/photograph? what is a picture? Picture are moments captured in time, moments which some might only happen once in a life time. A picture might also give a different point of view towards a certain situation.
Eye The term different point of view occurs because each and everyone of us has different pair of eyes. Each of us will see things differently even though we are looking at the same object. Book
Book represents freedom, knowledge and education. In our creative of multimedia line, freedom of expression allows designer to express their ideas in a creative way regardless logic and theories' pile of books normally symbolized a nerd or a geek. but in our poster it symbolized freedom of knowledge expression. Birds
Birds are able to soar high above the sky. They can go as high as they can go and as far as their light wings are capable. we creative multimedia student tend to see our self as birds and push our self into exceeding our own expectation.
Pictures
Picture is another form of art. Its the most strong medium in art. It can be abstract, fine art, portrait, etc. Its a subjective form of art and considered as the most common form of art. Picture can be another way of conveying one's creative idea.
Concept-Sneakers and water wave By-Weikang Ideation- Sneaker(random words)
Concept-Tree By-Shekchien Ideation- Tree By-Shekchien Concept-eyes with camera by Jetming Concept-Brain/feather by David Concept- Bird By David Concept- Bird and book by-David
The first thing that comes to our mind when we talk about the “creative multimedia” is the FCMers because we are the one who always interact with the creative multimedia, either using them to present our work or looking for inspiration. The term of “creative” can be defined as a new idea, new concept or the new associations of existing idea or concept while the term“multimedia” is a medium that have the combination of multiple content forms, usually includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, and interactivity content forms. Basically the “creative multimedia” is just a tool that we used to present our idea and concept, or a stage that allow us to spread out the idea. The creative multimedia is driven by the creative thinking, the processes by which the imaginary sense perceptions arise and manipulated. The creative thinking is what the FCMers have to master and adapt in order to create something really different from the existing one.
The creative thinking is about the uniqueness and specialty. How can you tell whether a person have the creative thinking or not? First of all, “Judge a book by its cover”, we can tell by judging their appearance because the ways you wear always reflect the behavior and characteristic of who you are. The people who think creatively usually dare to be different and enjoy on doing so. They like to try on different kinds of wearing styles, mix and match their clothes until they looks so fashion and stylish and changing their hairstyles or color every month. Besides that, these people are always the trend starter, they do not look fashion in stereotype, for example boy cannot wear pink color shirt. In the other hand, for those who do not think creatively, the term of fashion in their mind is just troublesome and unnecessary. Instead of spending time on attire or dolling up themselves, they prefer comfortable. They wear whatever without thinking so much as long as it’s comfortable. In the end, they look dull and not outstanding at all.
We can also differentiate the creative thinking person from their living lifestyle. The traditional life style, work during the day and rest during the night does not work on those creative thinking person. Instead of living such a boring life they rather go for a crazy one. The nightlife is a basic condition. For instance, the FCM students prefer to work at late night because the ideation comes easily during the night hence they can work more efficiently during the night. Furthermore, there are some different between creative thinking person or not in the interest aspect. The creative thinking peoples usually prefer visual kind of stuff. They watch anime or movie instead of reading a long heavy novel. The creative thinking person also more tend to outdoor activities because they are more active compare to non creative thinking person. They like to explore the world, curious on everything, adventure, travel and experience everything by their own but definitely not staying home and reading an encyclopedia. The social life of people with creative thinking is much more interesting compare to others. They like to make friends everywhere, hanging out with friends, gather for some event. For example, the idea come out from a brainstorming of a group of people are surely better than the idea from a single person.
The advantages of having a creative thinking is easily come out with some new idea, work on that and you will get profit. The creative thinking is also a good way for problem solving. You don’t have to think until your head crack and come out with a complicated and unsuitable solution but the creative thinking can let you have a simple yet precisely solution. On the other hand, the creative thinking also can bring you some negative effects. The very first and serious problem is the Bipolar disorder. According to the Wikipedia, Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders such as mania, milder and hypomania. There is significant evidence to suggest that many people with creative talents have suffered from some form of bipolar disorder, for example the well known artist, Vincent Van Gogh. For your information, the people who involved in art have higher chance to face this disease. Besides that, the public mostly those who are stereotype minded think the people with creative thinking are abnormal. It’s due to the different way we solving problem or the different way we talk.
In the conclusion, we believe that the creative thinking is really important for all of us to develop. You need not to be involved in art. The creative thinking can be apply on everything and it’s better to get start since we are young because the children’s mind are not influence by the bunch of rules, laws and restriction which will limited the growth of creativity. Although there are some negative effect that you might face, but the chances are not high and you can avoid that easily with the correct way of express your emotion.
Our Final Assignment for Malaysian Studies is thematic project - Creative Multimedia, the logical mind map(Image1) that we have done show all the stereotype idea that related to the main topic, creative multimedia. For example, the majoring, the software and so on. Image1
After that, we think about the idea for our specific topic, creative thinking. This time, we try to think differently and avoid all the stereotype's idea. We come out something like living lifestyle and negative affects. Image2
It's that time of year again! And it's time for one of my very favorite creative thinking strategies:
Think Like A Fool
Carrying the strategy of"looking at things differently"to extremes brings us tothe realm of the fool, the being for whom everyday ways of understanding have little meaning.
It's the fool's job toextol the trivial,trifle with the exalted, andparody the common perceptionof a situation. In doing so, the fool makes us conscious of the habits we take for granted and rarely question. A good fool needs to be partactorand partpoet, partphilosopherand partpsychologist.
And throughout history, the fool has been consulted by Egyptian pharaohs and Babylonian kings, Chinese emperors, Greeks tyrants, and Hopi Indian chiefs.
The fool willreverse our standard assumptions. He'll say, "If a man is sitting on a horse facing the rear, why do we assume that it is the man who is backwards, and not the horse?"
The foolnotices things that other people overlook. He might ask, "Why do people who pour cream into their coffee do so after the coffee is already in the cup, rather than pouring the cream in first and saving themselves the trouble of stirring?"
The fool can also beirreverent. He'll pose riddles such as,
"What does a rich man put in his pocket that the poor man throws away?" When he answers, "Snot," he forces us to re-examine the sanctity of our everyday rituals.
The fool can becryptic. He'll say the best way to see something is with your ears. Initially, this may seem weird, but after you've thought about it, you might agree that listening to a story conjures up more images than watching television.
The fool can beabsurd. Having lost his donkey, a fool got down on his knees and began thanking God. A passerby saw him and asked, "Your donkey is missing; why are you thanking God?" The fool replied, "I'm thanking Him for seeing to it that I wasn't riding him at the time. Otherwise, I would be missing as well."
The fool willtake the contrary positionin most conversations. Whereas many people would agree that, "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well," The fool might say,
"You don't have to do things well! Indeed, it's okay to do them poorly; otherwise you'll never let yourself be a beginner at a new activity."
The great benefit of the fool's antics and observations is that theystimulate our thinking. They jolt us in the same way that a splash of cold water awakens us when we are drowsy.
Question: Where has "thinking like a fool" helped you look at a problem in a helpful way?
We have to create a scary images or object that will instill fear among people through out the ages. The random word will be a "kitten". The association that i chosen is the claw,fur,tail, and scream. *click to see clearer*
This week, we talk about the Random Word and Image Association. Basically, the random word is the extension of juxtaposition, a more easier way that help you to get the idea. The random word works as a catalyst which motivate your idea, then you come out a new idea which the random word is not included.
The random word always work with a problem or situation, relate your problem to any random word that come to your mind or everywhere else, then try to think about the random word you chosen and elaborate it. Finally relate back to your problem. It's a good design if the problem is solved in a simplest and efficient way.
Here are the examples that we have done in the class. Problem-how to make a person stop smoking in 6months time? Random words-traffic light Association-(1)metal-make it tough to smoke -(2)dirty-create a "yucky" effect to the cigarette -(3)sign-create a weird and scary sign
Every time we try very hard on finding the creativity, think outside the box until our head crack, and yet the creativity does not happen. So, where the creativity hide?
Watch this video by Amy Tan. You will soon find your creativity.
Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of "Man&Woman" by using the picture above. -Woman just like the mortar & pestle, don't judge them by appearance but the "content" inside.
Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of "Love" by using the picture above. -Love is like chili, started may not be acceptable; for a long will be used to; too many also need to be calm.
Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of "Life" by using the picture above. -Life is like a candle light, NO TURNING BACK. Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of "Life/Love" by using the picture above.
-Trust me, Love is BLIND! Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of "Life/Love" by using the picture above.
This week, Mr. Radzi give us some exercise about juxtaposition, just to let us completely understand what juxtaposition is about. This was the first class that ended at 6pm, simply because the exercise given are interesting and interactive. I think most of us are quite enjoying. Anyway, i hope the rest of the classes can be like this, at least not boring notes, but some interactive exercise can actually help us on the understanding.
Here are the exercise that we have done during the class.
First, we are given 2 groups of words, and then choose 3 numbers that you like, the number that i chosen- 13, 18, 91 according to the groups of words and the numbers beside them, 13=flower, wind 18=flower, wood 91=fly, water
then, use those words that u chosen, form a sentence and sketch it out.
After that, combine the words you chosen to become a totally new word. For example, Flowerwood, Flywater and sketch it out.
The last exercise was, HOW MERGERS GO WRONG? we are requested to merge 2 kinds of animals together, hence, they must not survive. I used elephant and hen's feet, trying to make the elephant unbalance, of course, this is not the answer.
The answer is............................................................................
*Analogy, a cognitive process of transferring information from the particular subject to another. -making things familiar -use thing which has not any apparent connection to the object in order to explain something -use familiar to explain complex(non-familiar) -Logical Analogy(Use similarities to connect back, submarine and whale for examples) -Affective Analogy(Emotional resemblance, pig and lazy for examples) -Metaphor(2 similarity) -Simile(Allows 2 ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, keywords (like,as)
*Oxymoron, an expression with contradictory words, for examples wise fool, legal murder.
Can you think of any advertisement which use juxtaposition? -HSBC-The worlds local bank
‘Ramm ND, a Russian designer, with a touch of genius, designed these aesthetically pleasing work of art from our normal can drink packaging. Ramm has changed in what is considered an everyday object to something very very special.’quoted from Dsgn world.
Ya, i have to agree with Dsgn world. Ramm ND not only change the boring branded can drink packaging to something new creatively but also bring the graphic design into another perspective. I really fall for the design of the can drinks. Here are some pictures to share.
Marc Johns creates whimsical drawings filled with dry wit and humour. Whether it’s a man with branches growing out of his head that need pruning, or a pipe that’s trying to quit smoking, his characters are simply, sparsely drawn, yet speak volumes with just a few strokes of the pen.
Ya, i simply like his drawing. Simple yet creative and meaningful.
Movie-Juxtaposition Literary The Legion Angel/Devil(zombie) can be seen in this movie. Zombieland Hero/Rascal can be seen in this movie Sherlock Holmes Intelligent/Silly
A new word was introduced this week, juxtaposition. Juxtaposition, placing two variable together in order to get the comparison, contrast between them.
Juxtaposition : Juxtaposition literary and Random juxtaposition
Juxtaposition literary, two variable which are oppose to each other. Random juxtaposition, a skill intended to stimulate creativity between 2 random variable.
The 'Lost' Season 1 was played in the lecture, the juxtaposition literary occur. For examples: Life/Death, Lucky/Unlucky, Success/Failure
"The way to get good and creative ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away."
-by Linus Pauling-
This is the creative quote to share with you all this week, i choose this quote because it's more suitable for this week's lecture. So, we can use the logical mind map to get as many ideas as we can, and then throw away the bad ones. Then only we can come out a creative mind map, and inside the mind map, choose the best one as your creative and good idea.
This week, Mr Radzi gave the lecture about stereotype, logical and creative mind-map. The topic a bit same with the week before chinese new year, just to help us recall back what we have learned and also help us get away the chienese new year and holiday mood. :)
The stereotype is the very first impression on something in your mind. Mr Radzi gave the explanation by playing game. He first wrote the answer on 2 paper and then ask the question to see whether they are same or not. The stereotype on anything in our mind can kill our creativity. We should avoid stereotype because they are not special and unit, they have been used for thousands time. BUT, we must know the stereotype well so that we can avoid.
Mr Radzi have show us many examples of creative and logical mind map. In order to come out a very creative mind map, you have to use some elements. For examples, the color, graphic images, arrow, font size, etc. The logical mind map is basically for gathering the information about the subject you want to study. Any information that collected are usually very basic and tend to stereotype.
For me, the stereotype is just like the logical mind map, it's for you to gather the information and research. In order to come out something very creative, you must not choose anything from the logical mind map. BUT we still need it for references. You have to think something else beside what you have gather on logical mind map, and this is the so called creative mind map. Anything different from the logical mind map(stereotype) you think about, can consider as creative mind map.
The weekly task is choose 3 keywords from the mortar&pestle mind map which Mr Radzi provided, and think about another 3 keywords which can let you link the mortar and pestle together.
The keywords that i have choose are money $$, smoke and fashion.
For the first keywords-money--i think of beggar
the beggar can use the pestle hit himself until bleeding and then use the mortar to beg for money.
The second keywords-smoke--smoking
imagine a cigarete which will not finish! The pestle will be the magic cigarete in huge size and can't finish, on the other hand, the mortar will be the ash tray.
The last keywords-fashion--trendy
You can be very fashion even though you having flu! The mortar mask will give you a pretty cool style and the pestle tie which make you perfect!
Yeah, i do agree with Ray Bradbury that thinking can kill creativity, sometime.
Do not limit yourself with too much of worry, theory and logic. Your creativity will not unleash under such environment. Open your mind, get rid of rules, and feel the creativity !
