My intended audience will be my grandparents on my mother’s side, since they are Japanese and seemed pretty interested in Chinese culture, but they can’t travel to China due to the Covid pandemic. For my grandma, she likes to look at photos of flowers, hence I have to take pictures of flowers along my trip. My grandpa is interested in Chinese cultures, hence i will be taking photos of monuments and things that can represent Chinese cultures.
Sep 12
A Story in 5 Shots
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5-shots sequence
1. Extreme Close-up (ECU)
Extreme Close-up is a shot that frames one or two specific subject(s). Usually, the shot has a deeper depth of view so that audience can fully focus on the one or two subject(s).
(Schinder’s List)
2. Close-up (CU)
Close-up is a shot that frames a character to portrait his/her emotion or focuses on an object to deliver information. Close-up shot contains a range of different shot size such as from a character’s shoulder to head, or detailed words on a news paper.
(Titanic)
3. Medium Shot (MS)
Medium Shot captures a subjects movements, actions, and its surrounding all in one shot. When capturing a character’s body language and emotions, medium shot’s shot size is usually from knee to head.
(Scent of a Woman)
4. Point of View – OTS (Over the shoulder)
Point of View shot is a scene that captures the action of character looking at something, and gives information on what the character is observing. Usually, the scene is shot from the character’s shoulder.
(The Legend of 1900)
5. Interesting shot
An interesting shot has no rules, and it’s define to be a shot that’s unique.
(The Matrix)
Feb 23
Over the holiday, I finished the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. The book is realistic yet dreadful, the plots are dramatic, and therefore I am planning to write my literary essay based on this book. Its author, Elie Wiesel, had directly experienced life in the concentration camp, which means the author’s belief is sharp and clear.
The book Night has more significant impacts on me than The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, and these are the two books I have read so far over the course.
Feb 23
The Circular Economy Introduction
Posted in CASE Community Design grade 9 Social Study Tagged Circular Economy
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- The idea of making linear to a circular economy resonates myself. A circular economy is, as its title suggests, a cycle of building a healthy environment. Unlike a linear economy, a circular economy have no starting point. Every stage in the circular economy closely cooperate to each other, and the system will stay perfected as long as each stage is perfected.
- Today’s lesson extended my understanding of designing a product. The circular economy system brings a wider thoughts and perspectives into our design so that we think not only about our target audience, but the world we live in together. It might seems to be a big topic, which it definitely is; but with all the solutions we figure out it will, at the end, make a big difference.
- I would like to think CASE as not only about bringing interest to the beneficiaries, but to select a wider range of beneficiaries and consider their needs. It’s a way of thinking on how all things we make are meant to be benefit to the future.
Jan 26
Michael Sakai’s MCC Product Project – Portfolio
Posted in CASE Community Design grade 9 Social Study Tagged Design, Social Study, Uganda
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Nov 13
The book New York Trilogy is exciting. The book specifically described how people behave in the crowded city – New York. I’m currently at 120 pages, but I had given up reading it. The reasons are the following: The plot and storyline in this book move slowly. I’m currently halfway done with the book as in pages but still stuck right initially, as in the storyline. The description in dialogue and setting is more than too much, which made the book wordy. Some of the unnecessary, inappropriate languages and illustrations in the book also made me feel uncomfortable while reading. I am planning to throw this book away and get a new book. I made my decision, and my new book is going to be Night by Elie Wiesel. I am looking forward to reading it.
New York Trilogy is a bit rubbish.
Oct 20
The book The New York Trilogy by Paul Austrad revealed a sad story of Quinn. It is an exciting book with a variety of ideas of sentence and body structures. A few dramatic moments appeared in this book. I’m very impressed by the swift progress by far and interested in the plots that will occur next.
I want to ask the text more in-depth about the “relationship” between Quinn and his pen name, William Wilson. Paul Austrad described Quinn and William Wilson as two different people though they were the same. I’m inquisitive on why exactly did the author write it as two characters.
Quinn wanted to escape from reality in the book and achieved it by walking in New York City. It made me realized that the time being wasted will disappear forever. I realized that there are numerous things we can do instead of just wasting it.
I think the story in the future is going to be switching between Quinn’s and William Wilson’s life in New York.
Overall The New York Trilogy is a fantastic book. It is not an extremely difficult book, and I would like to continue reading.
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