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Sustainability Video

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I cannot believe it; school is almost over. YESYESYESYES!

Wednesday’s class was more of a filler, but it was very informative and helpful because Professor Moss talked about internships, which are very important to a designer as it gives them the opportunity to learn from someone who has experience in the field and it may jump start their career as well.  I know I need to look for an internship as soon as possible because I have two years of school left, and based on what I have seen and heard, most internships are not keen on accepting graduates but I could be  wrong since this happened to people who were in the medical field. To be honest, I found this lecture to be the most helpful as it is something that I can relate to right now. I’m not saying that the other classes were not helpful because they were, but interning is something that I had minimal knowledge about so this lecture helped me out a lot. It was quite naive of me to not believe that there are companies out there who will take advantage of their interns and that is quite sad because a bad experience like that can affect a person big time.

Haha wow, I’ve never typed this fast before. Like I said earlier, this lecture was extremely helpful as it was pertaining to internships. My dad’s friend offered to let me intern at his printing shop, but I was going to be in summer school so I had to decline.  I hope the offer still stands.

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Oh Mondays. How I despise them with the intensity of a thousand burning suns.

Professor Moss showed the class a movie on AIGA, and while it was interesting, I wanted to work on my video project more because it’s due next Monday (um…tomorrow?). I forgot the name of one of the designers in the video, but I thought she was kind of like me because we tend to doubt our ability as designers. Fifty dollars per year is not a bad deal since I use to pay something like that for my magazines. I found the video interesting because it introduced me to some of the prominent figures in the design industry.

第十五課

Wednesday's class was quite uneventful. Okay it wasn't boring, but the class did not do much today except for talk about the final project. Oh my sanity. The topic of my final project is restaurants/cafes and waste; the reason I picked this topic is because I have gone to some cafes where if you reuse the cup they give you, they will take ten percent off the amount you have to pay. Another cafe I have gone to don't serve their dishes/snacks on plastic or paper plates but porcelain plates. I think another reason why I picked this topic is because I LOVE food which might make this project more enjoyable. After this, Professor Moss asked the class to create a storyboard for their video as it will give the class a better understanding of what they will want to do for their video.

I think that creating this video will be fun once I complete my research and finish taking pictures of the restaurants and cafes that I will be mentioning in my video. The purpose of this project might be to help us think critically about the topic of the video and also allow us to expend our creativity.

第十四課

In class on Monday the class presented the three non-related images they had chosen for their story. The images that I picked were of a little girl with fairy wings climbing a tree, a black and white picture of a tree trunk and the last one was a picture of a small gathering. I think I have a slightly twisted mind because the story that I came up with originally was about the little girl coming across a family that seems normal on the outside but are twisted and sick on the inside. SAD FACE. As the class looked at each three shot and talked about them, I realized that almost everyone had a different take on the story, especially mine because their stories were happy, and hopeful while mine was just...weird. After that, the class had to create several three shot stories using the images brought in by everyone. I think the purpose of these assignments was to make the class take into consideration what makes a good story and to be aware of the fact that others will read the story differently (but I think that's a given).

第十三課

In class on Wednesday, a three shot story was the first thing that was assigned to us by Professor Moss. We were also asked to critique the stories that were created by each group and at the end, vote for the best three shot story. After that, Professor Moss assigned our final project which is we have to make a video that has to do with sustainabilty and how it relates to the earth, people, and the world around us. I think this might be the reason why he assigned the three shot story because for a video is a story and for a story to be a good one, it has to make sense...well at least most of them do. Going back to the first few classes at the beginning of the quarter, I remember Professor Moss said that designers are storytellers as well because they create stories with their projects and the ending is either created by the designer or left up to the audience.

It is going to be a long two weeks...I can feel it -_-".

第十二課

The first we did in class on Monday was push the tables to the side and form a circle with the chairs. This took us about a few minutes because the first formation resembled some sort of oblong shape. After this was settled, we played a game that tested our attention and listening skills because if someone messed up, we would have to start all over again and man it would have been terrible if we were halfway around the circle and then someone messed up. Not going to lie, it was easy at first but as the game progressed, the pressure for me to not mess up grew exponentially because I was pretty close to the end of the circle. The purpose of this game might have been to...well, test our attention and listening skills since these skills basically everyone needs. After the game ended, Professor Moss went over the creative briefs that was assigned to the class last Wednesday. I was not familar with creative briefs nor did I know what they were, but after class on Monday, I now know that they were important for designers. The creative briefs will not only help keep me on track when I am working on a project, but also let my client and myself know what will be going on with the project.

I think the purpose of today's lesson was to (as stated in the previous paragraph) test our attention and listening skills. Well not really test, but it made us concentrate on the game because starting over is never fun. As a designer, I need to aim for perfection when it comes to my projects because the quality of the projects will represent who I am as a designer. Creative briefs are crucial for me because I tend to stray away from the main purpose of the project and if I have a creative brief with me at all times, I think it will help me stay on task.

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