M : Research

Research & Process

Short introduction

● PANG Ka Ying (Minnie)

- Publication design and print media

- Book layout design

- Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

● RAI ARINA (Arina)

- Creative Media

- 2D animation

- Graphic design, Adobe Illustrator , After Effects, Photoshop

●TAM Chun Pong (Flow)

-Creative Media(Interactive Media)

-Video Editing , Visual Effect(Premiere,AE)

-Graphic Design(PS,AI,InDesign)

●TAM Ho Yuet (Hoey)

-Visual Communication

-Illustration

-Adobe Illustrator

DAY IN A LIFE OF A HONG KONG STUDENT

Idea Developments

Hurry City life

●Talk about the busy life in HK

●Multitasking

●Fast Pace

Street Food

●Talk about culture in HK

●Especially snacks and how popular ia it among teens

why?

●Target : Teens & up

●Lifestyles can be different in different places

●Daily life of a Hong Kong student

●How social media is apart of our life, so much to the point it is a part of our life.

●Some cultural aspect

●Lifestyle in HK

●Characteristic of each person

planning

●Make up an idea

●Script writing

●Scene cut off & researches

●Prop making

●Video testings

●Start to take video

●Edit

What is 掃街 sou gaai

(Sweeping in the Street)?

●Street food in Hong Kong

●Small portions of snacks

●Going through the whole street

●Buying from one food stall to another

Script & Storyboard ( Draft Summary )

1-4

●In the morning, A was woken up by the alarm. Realized they were late.

They ran after the bus but they were too late.

So had to wait for the next bus so they were late

5-8

●On the way to class, they saw B.

●" Haha, I am also late. ", then tap card after entering class.

9-12

●Lunch

●There was a long line in the canteen, finally stood in line. While eating thought since there is time after school

13-16

●Why don't we invite C&D to eat?

●Lesson

Went back to class, saw C & C was holding a notebook covering themselves

17-20

●There was no response every time they were called, then just realized there were sleeping. The sticky note withdrawn eyes fell off.

21-26

●After-school

●Right after school, everyone headed to eat. D was very busy multitasking, eating/drinking and talking.

●Then we all say goodbyes and headed home.

moodboard

Style of fonts & color Style of video & atmosphere, fast paces & graduate slowness

Robot references

Robot Face

The idea for creating a face to a mobile phone

Button Design

The idea for the mobile phone button

Style shapes for M5's face & bit pixel

Robot development

Draft Sketches

●Name: M5

●Show our feelings in any of our activity

●Eg. if I see a friend, a smile will be shown.

DEMO

m5 making process

Things needed for making:

●Drink pack(reused), Cardboard, Wire, Scissors, Glue, Ruler, Pen

Step 1: We have to cut the dummy template

Step 2: Put some cardboard in the middle. It can make it have weight.

Step 3: Combined state.

Step 4: Add some decoration in the dummy. It gives a special image.

Step 5&6: This is the basic button of the phone.

Step 7: Finish !!!

Visual effect testing

UPDATE

full introduction

Minnie: Hello, my name is Minnie. I studied publication design and print media before, now my course is BA in Media. I like anime and read comic books very much.
Arina: Hello, my name is Arina. I am currently studying in HKDI, my course is Ba in Media. I studied Creative Media in 2D animation. I love watching Animation and movies.
Flow: Hello, I am Flow, I study in HKDI. Pencil sketching is my habit every day. I love Godzilla Movie and making 2D animation.
Hoey: Hello, I am Hoey. I studied Visual Communication, now my course is BA in Media. I love playing with my toys. In my free time, I will draw something.

story idea

To use the element of M5 show social life in Hong Kong
Introduce HK culture, HKDI and introduce ourselves

THUMBNAILS

Final of story flow, made to be easily understood during the shooting & editing spreadsheet
( made after each character is confirmed )

Moodboard (color update)

After careful discussion, this is more fitting for the video. It may be simpler but good for the mood approach we are going for.
Complementary colors
Red&Green/Orange&Blue
Making scenes more focused on the characters
Makes it uniformed

Short planning

Brings toys
Draw eyes on post-it notes
Equipment
-DSLR Camera
-360 Camera
Self introduction

Characters

●A= Minnie

●B= Flow

●C= Arina

●D= Hoey

Update story

M5 as the main character, to narrate the story.
M5 ( part of our lives ) is our friend who is also a mobile that we carry around.
Show around the school
Transitions fast because of HK lifestyle
Focused on each students introduction and personality

PLan for shooting

19th Sept
●12:00pm-1:00pm Setup for shooting
●1:00pm -2:00pm Shooting for intro ( Hoey & Flow )
25th Sept
●10:00am come back to school
●10:00am -11:00am setup for shooting
●Shoot HKDI entrance, take a video of chasing the bus before lunch
●12:00pm-3:00pm go for lunch and the street food
●3:00 take a video of the intro ( Minnie&Arina )
●4:00-6:00 in SDO for the class scene

Behind

the

Scene

Behind

the

Scene

Unexpected problems

&

how we solved it

Videos turned into gifs, these are the shots we had to take several times.
The bus not being here, and how do make it look like she missed the bus & M5 kept landing on the wrong side.
Many things still had to be corrected in editing after shooting because it didn't go smoothly.
We didn't have microphones, so instead of using their own voice while acting. M5 will be speaking up as their day together with us.