Ⅰ. Project Title: To dream Ⅱ. Team Members: Yijing Ling; Vicky Chen Ⅲ. Concept | Storyline: 1). Who are you going to interview? Or What is the piece (article, poem, story) for the narrative voice over? 我是一个喜欢一直向前跑着的人 有一种感觉 我的宿命就是要我抓住些什么 路过的风没有和我告别 世界上那么多人 我们应该也不会再见面 或许这就是我们缘分的长短 各自以籍籍无名过路人的身份 奔波在各自的不归路 . 我们应该越来越近了吧 是只身一人 一年又一年 是藏在玩笑外壳下的伟大梦想 是蓄谋已久终将实现的未来 是一边哭泣一边热爱 是旁人对我百般解读 却不能构成万分之一 的我 我一边奔跑一边落空 想要停下脚步 却发现要攀过更多的山 他们都不喜欢我的锋利 但这倒刺只是我对抗世界的天赋 不要询问 去奔赴 2). What’s the story about? It is about a person is sitting on a chair in a dull and monotonous ...
Archives for November 2021
Storyboard Assignment
MV: Avicii- Wake Me Up (01:17- 02:02) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrbM1l_BoI&list=RDGMEMYH9CUrFO7CfLJpaD7UR85w&start_radio=1&rv=0zGcUoRlhmw ...
Memory Soundscape Project
For this project, we need to use sound to build a memory scene. Therefore, this requirement recalled night study time in my high school. I wrote a related blog to describe the memory and the feelings. https://wp.nyu.edu/vickychen/2021/10/20/memory-soundscape/ To begin with, I recorded many sounds around my home, mostly focused on street sounds, such as cars, steps, people talking, and so on. Because my high school is on a modern road that even at night, I can still hear a variety of sounds. Later on, I drew a draft to help me decide the composition and found out that there were ...
Reading: The Uncertainty of Documentarism
Steyerl talks about how the “unbroken belief” of the documentary form is challenged. What does Steyerl mean by this? Certain movies and films are based on a true story. How does truth inform the fiction? How might fiction inform the truth? Steyerl means that because documentaries become abstract and do not focus on the incident itself, people no longer fully believe the truth that documentaries show. Therefore, the "unbroken belief" of the documentary form is challenged. In my opinion, truths are sources for creators to represent or adapt in fiction. Fictions based on truth are channels ...