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A. The Reverse Vending Machine_Emily Cui_Inmi Lee B. Conception and Design Concept & Research Existing interactive projects aim to provide audiences with positive feedback and a pleasant experience. Instead of following general principles of designing an interactive project, we decided to build an abnormal one that disconfirms expectations … Continue reading Final Project Documentation_The Reverse Vending Machine
A. Theatre of Shadows_Emily Cui_Inmi Lee B. Context and Significance Our midterm project drew inspiration from Chinese traditional shadow play, which is an an ancient form of storytelling in which folk characters cut out of leather are held between a source of light and a translucent screen, and controlled by wooden sticks attached to their … Continue reading Midterm Project Documentation_Theatre of Shadows
Concept & Story Circles have long been perceived as an intuitive metaphor in Chinese culture, representing completeness, perfection, moderation, so on and so forth. We aim to visualize this particular shape through various objects, demonstrating its extensibility and conveying its spirits. The entire story consists of three stages. The first part can be understood as … Continue reading Visual Metaphor Documentation
I. Project Title: 「圆」 II. Team Members: Shelia, Emily III. Concept | Storyline: 1). What is the piece (article, poem, story) for the narrative voice over? Or who are you going to interview? The script for narration will be written according to the theme that we intend to convey. 2). What’s the story about? Circles … Continue reading Visual Metaphor Proposal
Reverse Storyboard_Emily ← click here to review An excerpt of the film— Leon: The Professional
Concept The memory I intended to capture was the experience of scuba-diving in Indonesia. As I dived into the water, where gravity seems to lose its grip and time slows down, the entire marine realm unfolded before me, revealing crystal-clear aqua blue water and shimmering schools of fish.The silence of this submerged world was punctuated … Continue reading Memory Soundscape Documentation
obstruction1: no single edit may be longer than 12 frames (answers, Cuba, no set) obstruction2: a miserable place, don’t show it (failed to do so), Jorgen Leth is the man, the meal obstruction3: complete freedom (make a film with no rules from Lars Von Trier), or back to Bombay obstruction4: cartoon obstruction5: Lars Von Trier … Continue reading The Five Obstructions (2004) by Jorgen Leth & Lars von Trier
According to Steyerl, “Unbroken belief” refers to the fact that it is self-evident for documentaries to reflect the reality. In other words, there is an objective criteria to judge whether a composition is authentic. However, Steyerl claimed that in the age of digital reproduction, increasingly abstract and out-of focus documentary images emerge, inflaming certain emotions without demonstrating … Continue reading The Uncertainty of Documentation Reading Response
The piece of memory I chose took place in Bali Island, Indonesia, where I went scuba-diving. As I dived into the water, where gravity seems to lose its grip and time slows down, the entire marine realm unfolds before me, revealing crystal-clear aqua blue water and shimmering schools of fish.The silence of this submerged world … Continue reading Pick Your Memory
Emily Cui_The Uncontaminated Concept Wandering on the intricate streets of Beijing, I made an unintentional turn and found myself in a narrow and extended hutong. I thereby made up my mind to look into the uncontaminated. Hu tongs and courtyards are neighborhoods where local residents in the city center of Beijing used to live. Yet … Continue reading Photo Diptych Documentation