Archive for July, 2009

Topic Research-Tea

“The art of chinese tea
Ten Ren is a place that we could drink Chinese’s authentic tea.For Chinese it is not only to release one’s thirst, there is a lot of meaning in every zip of tea.The way they make the tea, the way they drink it, the cup or the tea pot that they used, every tea leafs that they have used has their own representation. In this documentary i would like to discover every bit of the tea’s meaning.”

As my topic, which is about chinese tea, i’ve done a bit of research about chinse tea. Well although im chinese, but i do not know alot about chinese tea, the only thing i know is that chinese tea has alot of meaning, from the tea leaf itself to the way you drink it.

The Origins of chinese tea

I’ve found a website that provides information about chinese teas. Chinese teas has been already existed since 5,000 years ago. Chinese tea originally is used as medicinal qualities. Chinese normally consume tea after dinner, because chinese tea is something that could help on digestion. The highly esteemed poet and former Buddhist priest had strict notions about the proper procedure for brewing, steeping, and serving tea.

To be continue。。。

Week 1 – Documentary

This semester we need to make a documentary with the theme of “Language”.

First, to make a documentary, i reckon it is important to understand the term of “Documentary”, what is Documentary?

Documentary Film.. well i’ve wrote something about documentary last semester after reading the documentary dosseir.

Making a documentary allows people to express their expression and thinking. In one of the article, they said, “every film is a documentary”, and there’s documentaries of wish fulfillment, which is friction, and the other is documentaries of social representation. I personally think that documentary is a source for social representation. Those film will then convey truths if the audience choose to believe. Documentaries of social representation provide aspects of the world we already inhabit and share. Through documentaries, the filmmakers speak for the interest of others, represent the views of individuals, groups, institutions, and also some may be part of the historical world.

When we say “documentary”, the first thing that will turn up in our brain is the “Truth”, “Reality”, “Non-fiction”.

Therefore, i think the way that i’ll be using making this documentary will be using

Starter Pack@Second Life

The video above is an explanation and it teaches us how to start up second life and our own avarta. I think it is a good video as a starter. After i create my own account, i felt lost, i do not know what exactly I need to do, the only thing i know what to do is to “fly”, “walk” but not anything else. I was lost! lost! This tutorial teaches us what to do and where to go. i think this tutorial is quite useful. :)

Home&Street-Building up..

Theme: Home & Street

…..Home….

Home –> family members –> computer –> FACEBOOK  (So not GOOD.. OUT!)

General: Horror + (Funny ?)

vampire

Home –> Chinese Family(Traditional chinese family, in the 70’s or 80’s) –> Funeral at Home –> the dead body got up (Vampire)–> something funny or scary might happened..?

Home&Street

The theme: Home & Street

The project does not need to be realistic. It may be fantasy or non-fiction.

To start… What is “Home”?

  • Comfort
  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Family
  • Dining
  • Peace
  • Heart
  • Homeland
  • Identity

Problems with home:

  • Sometimes might lack of privacy or freedom
  • Money-Money might cause arguments
  • Loneliness

What is “Street”?

  • Urban
  • Public
  • Crowd
  • Noise
  • Class- eg: social class
  • Traffics
  • Neighbors
  • Community
  • Diversity
  • Strangers
  • Voyeurism
  • Group Sex
  • Sleazy unknown suspicious
  • Closed door
  • Scandal
  • Coneheads
  • Fences