In both documentaries of “Screenagers” by Delaney Ruston, “Tokyo Techno Tribes” by Richard Turner and “Don’t dream it” by Captain zip video trip, the authors are talking about the problems between youth and virtual world, discuss about how to let youths realize we cannot Immerse themselves in the virtual world.

Similarly, the authors are both talking about the problems between youth and virtual world use filmmaking techniques. Documentaries of “Screenagers” by Delaney Ruston,  it use lots of OTS, mid shot and close up to tell many stories from different family. It focus on describing various inter-personal problems caused by virtuality. “Tokyo Techno Tribes” by Richard Turner use Dutch, variation, zoom pan and title, high angle to describe the scene. The documentary focus is on the unreal life of the busy and crowded Tokyo, which dazzles the audience and feel real world and the virtual world are not balanced. “Don’t dream it” by Captain zip video trip, it use lots of mid shot, close up, track and pan to recording the lives of young people in London at the time. Let audiences feel like they are spectator watching those youth’s life from a distance.

In conclusion, documentaries of “Screenagers” by Delaney Ruston, “Tokyo Techno Tribes” by Richard Turner and “Don’t dream it” by Captain zip video trip, they are both record the problems between young people and virtual, but But they used different angles to show their views to the audience.

·What was successful and why?

I think the beginning and the end parts was successful one of the most important reasons is those are my favorite parts. In the beginning the black and white frame change to colorful frame with the title appear it is what I learned from a young animator and the method of title appear is a reference from a animator who is author of “The Legend of Luo Xiaohei”. The method of end part that is my first attempt in animation. I try to use a same object, big close-up and close-up to express a connection.

·What you improved and how?

If use outcome to compare with primary research and secondary research, I add more street view in my outcome that I am not satisfied before. I made a brand new character which is more easier to do action and more prominent in my animation. Although I really like the first one that character setting I completed before. But it so hard to use it in my animation, it is too complicated and difficult to design action for it. Therefor I choose to use the new one. In the future I will try a complicate to challenge myself.

·Reflection

 I should add more hand-drawing street view in my primary research, at this time I only draw a few drafts for street view. Then, I shouldn’t often think about what should I put in my sketchbook. That kind of thinking limits me, so I usually feel confuse where to start at beginning. To made more color reference or other reference will improve the frame a lot.

·How this has informed your idea development?

 I add more street view in my outcome. Because of my reference, I find some really good colors for my animation and I learned lots of knowledge about animation from practitioners. Such as, how to made a successful character setting, how to express action and mood and so on.

·What did I learn?

 I learned what is collage, how to reflect my own work in week 1. In week 2, I learned what is primary and secondary research and how to draw a story board. In the next few weeks, I learned what is zine, how to do a zine and how to booking a workshop in LCC. I also learned how to do a interesting title, what is “SWOT”analysis, and some new ideas about page design.

·What did I enjoy and why?

I really enjoy to reflect my own work. Because reflect on my own work will help me to realize where I can improve which makes me progress faster. I also enjoy join Intaglio workshop, because its’ production method is interesting and Intaglio’s work is really amazing.

·Which workshop do you plan to use in future and why?

I plan to use Intaglio workshop in the future, because the teacher told me work on intaglio can be colored many times and its’ colors will keep bright. This is what I also want to express in my next project.

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Inspiration & Reference

https://b23.tv/58M5tX

https://b23.tv/VUuJqH

https://b23.tv/cO5AGL

An obsolete version

https://youtu.be/qWGdNg5ZJUk

The film “Flipped” talks about an interesting war between boys and girls in the 1960s in an American town in their adolescence. At the beginning, a brisk bell sound brought the audience into the atmosphere of the film. The main tone of color of the film is warm-pink, followed by two close-ups.One is a little girl looking at something intently, and the other one is a puzzled expression of a little boy sitting outside in a car. The film first like to tell the story to the audience from the perspective of the little boy. In the second half of the film, it tells audience another story from the perspective of a little girl. The film uses two protagonists perspectives to show the audience how the same story can be understand differently indifferent perspective. So that the audience can understand the story better and know their growth from this film. Close-up shots can make people feel the delicate emotions and changes of the two protagonists. In conclusion, the theme of the film is the feelings of adolescent young people, but in fact it is focus on their growth.

Lots of people understand the word environment only as a overall environment in the world  such as ecological environment. But in my point of view, a small environment is more important such as living environment mentioned in “minimalism”. Both of ecological and living environment may change our life without us being noticed. Children have common point with who they have been brought up is an evidence. Therefore the living environment can affect people’s physical and mental health, and also the health of ecological environment.

   To start with, the living environment will affect people’s physical and mental health. As YAMASHITA HIDEKO said in “Danshiri”, “When the living environment is filled with unnecessary items, it is like a lot of unnecessary thoughts in the heart. They will become a kind of stress and affect the mental health of the residents.” People always think they will use their unwanted items one day or items are still useful and brand new. In fact they will hardly or never use the unwanted items again. This is a kind of anxiety future has bought to people. However, we do not need to prepare so muchstuff for a completely unknown situation to make us feel safe in daily life. Moreover to keep many items tidy need a lot of time and energy, most of people would choose to leave a mess of unwanted items. A lot of bacteria and dust can be stored in unwanted items which will have a negative effect on people’s health day by day. Also, a punch of mess may influence people’s emotion. People can feel upset and impatient in a mess. Thus, living environment can have an influence on both physical and mental health.

Furthermore, the living environment will affect the health of the ecological environment. Buying many items that make you feel uncomfortable and unnecessary will encourage businesses to produce more of these items. Business care more about data then why people buy things companies sell. Buying unnecessary product is a way to encourage company to produce more unnecessary product. This may lead to a waste of resources and over-development of the natural resources. Ecological environment balance may be broke caused by buying unnecessary product.

In conclusion, living environment can effect people’s physics and mental health, ecological environment can be effected by people’s behaviour.

· On Tuesday, I drew some draft and a collage about “Location ”.

·On Friday, we used Google Maps to take screenshots for “Location” project and then I used these pictures to create a storyboard.

· Actually, this is the first time I use screenshots as reference to draw something. But the reference of screenshots is not as good as photos that I taken, cause of Google Map has limited angle, it doesn’t have the light and details of different time periods.

· Animation:《Super Generic》（超级普通）By:卢笛 ( Di Lu) Produced at: Ringling College of Art and Design https://vimeo.com/415570097

Reflection for Oct 23

• I have learnt that sketchbooks can be optional and that my drawings don’t need to be perfect !

• It is important to include draft in my sketchbook.

• The drawing exercises were important and necessary.

• The most successful drawing is Line drawing because I try to add some detail.

• The least successful drawing is two materials because It looks too simple.

Answer for Oct 20

 ·How do you feel about your first week at LCC on the Level 3 course so far?

I feel good, although I was a little bit nervous at the beginning.

· What concerns or questions do you have? How can you overcome them or find answers to your questions?

I have no problem now.

· What have you enjoyed or found interesting so far?

Probably everyone was nervous in the first class, I am not alone.

·List three short term and three long term objectives for your time at LCC, and how you plan to achieve them.

Short term 

·Finish homework on time

·Record a interesting film, short film or animation in my blog that I have watched in this week. 

·Everyday read English book 15 minutes for improve my English.

Long term 

·Enter the undergraduate of UAL

·Participate in as many activities as possible

·IELTS 6.0

Make a clear plan witch include: countdown for DDL, list of what needs to do be done every day and some alarm are used to remind me what time to do. Try to don’t miss any chance.

·Animation: Shelter by 明茂（Ming Mao）https://b23.tv/l6c8V2

·How dearly does each idea communicate？

At the beginning, I want use some photo which I taken, the style or color of Japanese Ukiyo and some game elements in my animation. Then I design them into each plot of the story. For example, I draw many clouds in the style of Ukiyo-e and I use these clouds to block the building which I taken.

·How feasible is each idea to create in the time you have with the resources you have available?

Not every idea is feasible cause of my ability is limited and some ideas really need lots of people work together or need a long time to complete.

·What do you need to do, or learn in order to translate the idea in to a successful outcome?

I need learn a lots to solve the challenge. For example, How to let the characters in the animation express their feeling with action and how to design a successful animated character. So I find lots of reference, watch many successful animation or short film and constantly change my previous design, I know it will take me a lot of time, but it really improves my work.