Panic

I was very much panicked when Dr. Maznah posed plenty of questions to Mark and Lai Yee about their videos. I was very much of this alarm for I found their movies were not that bad. They were okay for me. But the situation changed when the movies did not reach Miss Ng as well as Dr. Maznah’s satisfaction. I felt my calmness leaving me. There was only terror inside me. I was nearly out of control but fortunately, a little of sanity was still there. Thus, I controlled myself and thankfully, the calmness was back again and I asked Dr. Maznah of the requirements to make a movie looks good to her. She thanked me for that question and promised me that she would have the requirements loaded in the internet.

Having myself waiting, I assessed my movie. It was still unfinished but viewing it ten times did not give me a single boredom. In fact, I was quite eager to sense any mistake in my coming-to-an-end movie. This eagerness was quite useful, I think for it gave improvement on to my movie. But, I could sense no mistake. I wondered if this was good news not having anything to be amended to. Having no amendment onto my movie created a feeling of uncertainty and uneasiness to me. I was very much in doubt if I was such a perfect movie maker. Since I had just enrolled in the movie plus with the fact that I was nearly a ‘computer-illiterate’ I decided to change a bit of my idea. The idea had been changed into the simpler one. In short, it appeared to be more logical; more to reality type.

I looked through the photos of animals I found from Google website. I scrutinized every photo and I felt that God was a great creator. The physical look of every animal was so unique namely the lion’s mane as well as the patches (which looked more like ‘bricks’ to me) on the giraffe’s body. This realization gave a beautiful idea on how to allow the audience of my movie got to see those uniqueness too. I then decided to use the ‘zooming in and out’ software. I had no idea if it was called software but that was what I planned to call it. In brief, my audience would get the chance to zoom any photo of the animal in my movie whenever they wanted to. For instance, if a giraffe has always been Ahmad’s (let’s say he was my audience) favourite animal, he could zoom the photo to have a closer look. By doing this, he could get to know more of the things that he might not know before. This could add more knowledge into him plus with the fact that the name of each animal was spelled in the most effective way.

Now I am still rushing. Having myself drawn the first two frames was not as difficult as searching for the right music for my movie. Honestly, I did think of putting in romantic music but since this movie was meant for children, I think it would be better if I put in catchy songs to enlighten them. They would be interested and hopefully they shake around or at least a little bit when the music is being play. This is something I hope to see so as to get to know if they like my movie. Even their laughter towards the movie maybe towards the music or animation can prove they enjoy my movie.

All right, it is time for me to get back to work. There are still plenty to do especially searching for the right music to be uploaded. Pray hard!

Another New Assignment???

This week’s lecture was a nightmare. Dr. Maznah did really remind me of the assignment she gave us the week before. It was an ‘Oh-my-God’ case for me. This was due to the fact that I totally had no idea how to begin the assignment. Why was I ‘idea-less’? The reasons were very predictable. First, I still had so much time. Second, I did not even bother to understand the given task. HAha…

The lecture became a nightmare when her assistant, Miss Ng guided us on how to plan this assignment. She flashed a few slides showing us a very proper yet a neat way to prepare. The nightmare became scarier when she mentioned of a few soft ware (namely the windows movie maker) which could be used to make our movie (the assignment) a success. Hey! I was totally and completely speechless. I was again blurred. But this time around, I was very conscious of the fact that many of my course mates were speechless too. I then became very worried; too worried that my brain could no longer receive any input. Then it came the moment when I was not aware of the surrounding. I was completely into my world. I was too busy ‘layan-ing’ my thoughts namely ‘What is this?’, ‘I cannot believe I am going to do this’, ‘I am going to fail’. In short, all those pessimistic thoughts came flooding in my brain that I thought it was going to explode very soon.

Thankfully, Nisa who was sitting next to me responded. It awoke me and my mind was back in reality, the computer laboratory. I looked at Nisa. My eyes became rounder as if I could get a better view of what she was doing. I could not believe my eyes. She was exploring the windows movie maker. Hey! She knew how to use it. Wasting no time, I asked her to teach me and she did. Thank God, my blurred cases have been solved. During this moment, I did not even want to bother anything else. My mission was to make myself know how to make a movie. I was very grateful for Nisa was such a great teacher. I did really learn something from her. Of course, I would follow her advice which was to refer to ‘Youtube’ if I faced any difficulty.

My learning did not end there. I explored around the laboratory to check on my course mates’ progresses. Whenever I happened to see anything unfamiliar, I would stop by and asked them. Fortunately, they did not mind a single bit to guide me. I jotted down to steps and hopefully I could make a movie.

Today, my movie is progressing. True, I was very much in doubt in my ability to make a movie. But now, I have faith in myself. Based on all those guidance my friends have shown me as well as Miss Ng’s I believe my movie will be a success. However, I am still thinking of its title. Hai… This is the hardest part, don’t you agree?

P/s Good luck to everyone. Gambateh!

July 12th

Excitement was all over me when i first stepped into MK1 (MakmaL Komputer Satu). This was partly due to the fact that this room was full of computers. Another reason was that the room was so condusive (cold air was everywhere) that i was looking forward to receiving the very first instruction.

When we were first instructed to open a page to register ourselves in the course, I wasted no time but to register it asap. Initially, i thought it was just a personal profile to complete. My patience was challenged when I then found out that there were plenty of questionnaires as well. I was not quite happy during this process for it made me realised how much things that I did not know of. There were just too much that I could no longer bear. Fortunately, we were allowed to post anything about this course in our blogs. And I am now here to voice out some of my voices within.
1. I am almost a computer illiterate for i know only of microsoft word and power point, search engine and e-mail. thus, when an assignment was assigned to me, my heart felt when I was required to make a movie. i simply have no idea how to do it. Here, i wonder if i will be taught or guided.

2. I am still confused with the lecturer's statement which sounded like this
"I won't teach but I will make you learn"
I am still thinking of any other possible ways to make us learn besides being taught.

All in all, what relieved me the most was the lecturer herself. She was sporting and i think she loves taking photos. We really felt belonged when she did this for we became more participative. Besides, the fact that she told her we will be learning a lot from this course made me looking forward to the next lesson for i really wish to become a computer savvy like her as well as her assistants one day.