PART I
We had our first tryout at URBANSCAPE 2012 and that night we met a DJ from the group 'Twilight Action Girl'. His name is Kelvin/Calvin and he works on the weekends at Bar Sonic. We had a pleasant interview with him as he was accommodating and not hesitant to help us. To sum it all up, he likes Indie Rock music and as a DJ he compiles his favourites and plays it to the public. After that night, we had our first interview but, we decided that it wasn't good enough. However, here's a sneak peek of what we've interviewed him for...even though it's not our final documentary!
PART II
A few days later, my group members and I went through another series of events that led us to The CURVE @ Damansara to hunt for unconventional artists/designers. Basically what we were looking for were people who are talented in the arts&crafts line but, they never made it under the spotlight. So, we decided to shed some spotlight on them. The idea that made me want to do so is because one day I was walking at the Curve and I saw a man selling hand twisted balloons. Of course, we've seen plenty of that, such as the flower or dog but, this particular one intrigued me as he managed to re-create the sesame street characters with only balloons of various sizes! It was amazing the way he played with the balloons, by using small round ones as eyes and sausage balloons as the teeth. I discussed the idea with my group members and we agreed to give it a try. That day, we met two talented artists, specializing in their own area of expertise. Firstly, we met a middle-aged Korean woman called Vivian and the second is a man in his late-30's called Chris.
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| (Left to Right) Tiffany, Jessica, Vivian, Vanessa and Namira |
Vivian owns an accessory shop at the underground bridge connecting The Curve to Ikano Power Centre (IPC) at Damansara. The shop is called 'hebe'. Basically, she creates and designs her own accessories such as hairband, brooch and even earrings! Every girl's second best friend to diamonds! She was pretty shy and there was a bit of communication problem then but, she demonstrated on how to make a brooch with zips, needle and thread. The reason she pursued craft is because it was a hobby but later, the public responded to her products so she expanded her business.
Next stop was YENJI CLAY situated at the highest level of Ikano Power Centre. Mr.Chris is a talented clay artist and he conducts his classes to guide his students in their area of interest. From what we've seen, everyone there had their own uniqueness and it amazed us what people can do with their hands. The intricacy and details were to be applauded upon. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to share.
We thought that we were done, and all there's left was editing but, after a tutorial session with Mr.Charles, we realized that we were doing it all wrong. We realized that there was no contextual meanings behind our interview, because the questions we asked were not appropriate for our documentary. Partly it was because our interviewees were doing their jobs as hobbies but, they weren't aware of the historical context behind them. Another part was our fault because the questions didn't respond to the assignment so....On again we moved....
Our next targets were Ernest of Penang and a batik designer from Sarawak. However, we waited for weeks for a response but, there was none and the worst thing was the clock was ticking and fast! Thankfully, Namira found an oil painting artist from an art academy called 'Claz'room'.
The artist we initially wanted to interview was Jin but, he directed us to his colleague and friend, Ning who was more than happy to help us. To cut the story short, Ning is currently in her mid-20's and she's one of the people who established 'Claz'room' to hone the skills of those artists out there who need training. Ning began to formally pursue this career at the young age of 16. Encouraged by her teacher and inspired by her seniors in college, she began to bloom as an oil painter. Here is one of her artwork in collaboration with other artists to help raise fund for the Si Chuan Earthquake.
She also demonstrated to us on oil painting and here is a basic apple in which she had indulged us :
In the end, we had our interviewee to help us for this documentary assignment and it was a great help indeed! It was a great pleasure to meet Ning because having no knowledge but only curiosity, it taught me something about oil painting. And that is, the shadows, color variation and atmosphere is very important. It is important to study the technicality of oil painting in order to become better and one must always practice DISCIPLINE to achieve their dream. One thing that i have learnt is that oil painting is art that is appreciated from afar and not near, unless you wish to see the brush strokes and technique, as my figure drawing lecturer, Mr.Ernesto would say. =)
HERE IS THE DOCUMENTARY VIDEO I PROMISED YOU! HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!
THANKS FOR WATCHING! AND SPECIAL THANKS TO MY GROUP MEMBERS:
NAMIRA
TIFFANY
JESSICA
AND TO CLAZ'ROOM, MR.CHARLES, MY CLASSMATES & ALL VIEWERS!
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