A Minor Studio

The Wonderful World Of A Music Teacher

2008-12-07T21:56:00.003+08:00

At last!!!Here is the 5 minute documentary of our previous group production titled 'A Day In The Life Of A Music Teacher', so sit back relax and enjoy.

Festival of the piercings devotion

2008-10-10T20:42:00.009+08:00

Yeap...It has been one hectic semester for most of the members here in A minor studio...

Exams...
Assignments...
More exams...
More Assignments...

One of our assignment for Media Post production, required us to create a brief video introduction on a chosen festival...

Joining the Aminorcrew was the FCM duo chics Jane & Rachel...;)

And our chosen festival was none other than the mysterious yet magnificient, traditional celebration celebrated by most Malaysian Tamils...

...Thaipusam...

(actually we had no choice..The lecturer had earlier determined the festivals for each group)

Basically, we were provided the footages...

and our task was to compose them together....

Add some special effects...

And some narrations and text...

and not forgetting the background music

~*~*~*~

That was the easy part...

~*~*~*~

We were also required to burn everything into a dvd together
and make a DVD interactive menu...
(those kinds you see in dvd movies..before the movie starts playing)

Sounds easy?

Is easy...

But somehow or rather,
our rendered videos were lagging everytime we tried to burn the dvd...
The members spend the whole night trying to solve this head spinning problem...

And still couldn't solve it...

Ended up handing in two dvds

One with the interactive Menu (and laggy video)
One with the super geng chao ( un-laggy video) yay~

Hopefully, the lecturers have enough common sense to open the gengchao dvd...:(

But all in all...joining forces with the A minor crew was a GREAT experience...
(hopefully to the A minor crew...joining forces with the FCMers was a great experience too...)

Great Job everyone!
Hoping to have future opportunites to work with you guys again...hur hur:3

conducted by...
~Guest Star* Tako ^ o ^~

It's My Turn

2008-08-03T17:52:00.009+08:00

(featuring Kamarul)

A month back, it's another auspicious event for one of the A minor crew members:

On that day we dine at Carl's Jr.!(love the prickles)

Cozy Spot

They'll still accept it if placed in the middle

It's still tempting no matter
how many times you look at it

Those buns are good stuff

Stella thinks she's so funny by snapping this

Then we had our movie session.

Super recomended for action lovers.

Cool matrix-like scenes!

Reach for the sky

Can't get enough of burgers

This came the next day:Sinful Treat-muahahaha

Strawberry Chocolate-woot!

Ready to eat

Still can't get enough of burgers

-Jeremy Song :P

Something Korean

2008-07-22T13:00:00.012+08:00

(featuring:Kamarul and Fyz)

The A minor crew together with have a sudden urge on Korean buffet.So we with two guests head to Seoul Garden in One Utama.

First you need to be patient for a moment

Server preparing the gas,why so serious?

You guys know that she's actually a part time model?

Stella in her special pants(I have no idea what is this fashion called)

Vege Vege

Vege Vege

Look at those meat!

Different sauces to choose from

Ah,check out those steam

Stella shocked by the sudden pop

The ice machine~

The self made dessert

More self made dessert

Cook more!!!

-Jeremy Song

Season 3

2008-07-21T18:41:00.009+08:00

A minor Studio is back!!!With new challenges for this new subject:Media Post Production.
A Minor is faced with some previous nemesis like Mr.Mustaffa,Mr. Deepak and Mr.Norman(maybe nemesis refers only to the latter,hahahahaha!)

The new mission given is to construct a trailer advertisement thingy based on some local event. In other words to turn some super boring thing to something that seems cool and exciting by deceiving means.But before that, we have to form a new group of 6 so two new members are recruited.They are....

Yeo Sue Jane[likes the phrase 'awesome~']

and...

Rachel Loh Sook Yee[currently using two monitors]

Looking forward to working with these 'two' 'awesome' people ^^

-Jeremy Song

That 20s Show

2008-05-18T20:01:00.013+08:00

Cane

Few weeks back our Creative Expression lecturer had issued us with a 'sudden task' of visiting a Kraftangan Exhibition to do some research on some of Malaysian's crafts.

Tea Set

Accessories

Plate

Dining Set

Congkak

Sewing Machine

Pottery

Mask

Erwin

Batik

Beads

Pillows

Lanterns

Idiophone

Lecturer

Friends

Mischief

-Jeremy Song

The Flight Of The Flying Fish

2008-05-09T23:04:00.018+08:00

(featuring Penn, Kamarul,
Pik Sum and Zhu Ling)

Singing seems to be the tradition of the A Minor Crew as we once again head to kaorke, Green Box in Cheras.

See the poor girl singing alone there? Reminds me of David Blaine frozen.

But what's the occasion?
.
.
.

Yup A minor Crew is proud to celebrate the birthday another of our member ^^

2 DAYS BEFORE 30th April:

Fish invites you to sing...

Fish is so kind as to spent us for 8 hours of karaoke and buffet!

Soon he received a gift from us.A cute mushroom lamp.
Oops forgotten to snap that :P

1 DAY BEFORE 30th April:

We ate at Samuri Satay Kajang...Yumz~

Here Fish gets another surprise-Secret Recipe Cheese Cake:)

"I wish for Jeremy to be very successful in his life"....:P

With icing

Yes the knife stance used previously in Erwin's Birthday

Photo requested by Stella

Later we had a short outing at the hill top known as 'Little Genting'

As usual Stella insisted on a group picture

THE DAY:
Just when you think it's over, we had a group discussion on that night...

He isn't aware of his 2nd present cleverly placed beside him

The awareness...

The excitement!

The pleasure~

The truth was soon revealed that the 1st gift was bought by Stella and Kamarul,while the 2nd gift by me and Erwin=D

Finally a something that I created^^

Smile,hope you had a 'happy' Happy Birthday :D

- JEREMY SONG

C.O.O.L.

2008-04-04T22:04:00.043+08:00

(featuring Penn)

Fish And Penn.But where are they?

The beginning of March was a very meaningful day as The A minor Crew headed to G.A.C.C. event in MMU Malacca!!!

For fans of Anime and Console Games =)

The event begins with one of my favorite songs by YUI.
Check out Mr. Emperor's-new-clothes at the left.

Talented Students.

Card Games

Cosplay!!!

And more!!!

Mr. Elongator

Dragonball-Classic

Don't worry thats how she summons.

Another method to summon.

Sakura And Syaoran

Meow, I submit to you my master...

Gundam Fan+Budget Considerations

Wigs

This is how it looks like when you
paused the Street Fighter game.

We are Symmetry.

Just wear any Japanese school uniform
and you got yourself a cosplay O.0

Looks Like Cheng Ee Kin

I think he's from a PC Game.

This girl wore a bra outside for last year's cosplay.

Ouran High School

The battle between the Shinigamis and the Arrancar

Didn't they said 'Anime'?

Wait, who is that?

Oh my!!!

Gotcha!

Cute

When Kenpachi make out with Kon

In Creative Studies, we call this 'Unusual Combination".

Grand entrance of some cosplayers =_=

There's also competition for the cosplayers.

Vincent!

Really thinks his laugh is terrible in an impressive way.

King Gyumao!

Fed up of Haruhi Suzumiya

It says 'Lucky Channel'

She mentions selling all kinds of medicines including 'Tongkat Ali'.

Exaggeration =_='''

She's a fair judge but wait till you hear 'his' voice.

Wow!!!My camera's shuttle speed is fast
enough to capture Ichigo's flashstep!

The event is already cool but to make it cooler there's a guest from the anime industry!Masakazu Morita-the guy behind the voice of Tidus(Final Fantasy X) and Kurosaki Ichigo(Bleach)!!!!

Mr. Mori-san

You might not hear it but he said
BANKAI live!!!(priceless)

-Jeremy Song

Random

2008-03-21T15:32:00.020+08:00

This is A minor's 1st random post :P

How Jeremy Misused His Jumping Ability

We found this picture pinned at the board in our campus and it's not even Erwin!!! Mischief!

Erwin's Evil Twin Or Good Twin?

Uplifting Audition

This Is A Pose

This happen live in a Mamak shop:

Notice the nice stars created by toothpicks

This Is A Toilet

The girl From Seremban

She also appears as an easter egg in the
September 2007 post:"The Story So Far"

A lost Makcik's interview, exclusively in Aminorstudio.blogspot.com

-A minor Crew

Mom:You Can Go To Casino Now.

2008-03-16T15:10:00.029+08:00

(featuring:Kamarul)

The 11th March 2008,a Tuesday was an auspicious day especially to one of the the A minor Crew member:

Training and development class:
Jeremy:Miss Intan.
Miss Intan:Yes,need any help?
Stella:Today's Erwins Birthday
Miss Intan:OMG Really?You want do hip hop for us?
Erwin:No,no!:P
Miss Intan:Class,let's sing a Birthday song for Erwin!!!

Towards the ending,almost forgot to record,haha.

Erwin was in such a jolly mood that he proposed to treat us dinner,our choice! So the question is where? Well when we think about food, it's SS2 but when we think about good expensive food its the Curve!! Hehe. It isn't in vain coz Erwin received a good gift from us.

A nice gift box illustrating the tribal 'Abu Family'

Once reached we urge Erwin to unveiled his gift.
It's a portable light glowing gummy toy which can be
charge before use [Lost fan: look at the parking number]

*flashback:
Jeremy:Hey, why don't we get the Mariah Carey new album for him?
Fish:It's not out yet.
(in ikea)
Erwin:Wah, this lights so nice eh. I wan buy.
Fish+Jeremy:(bends on lower shelves)
Fish:Hey why don't we get that for him
Jeremy:Good Idea
Fish+Jeremy:(unbend)
Jeremy:Hey Erwin I think you should wait for the price to drop.(Yeah, it's kinda expensive)Maybe next month.(It won't)
Erwin:Oh, Ok then.
Fish:Hey I want to go toilet,u all walk first.
(Purchase the good)
Later
Fish:The toilet very nice :D (pass parking ticket to Erwin(who buys some other stuffs too) to receive the free parking privilege.
Jeremy:*psst...Fish,you didn't use the parking ticket when you buy the light just now?
Fish:Make it look more real ma :D

Forgot to snap a close up of the gift=_= but!but! it bears a little resemblance to this creature:

Well, maybe just 50%

We haven decided what to eat till we see this:
Haha what a coincidence it's a Tuesday!
It's a good thing Erwin believes in fate :P
[Lost fan: look at the price below a feet]

Indulge in whatever

When chefs go bored

"This girl eats so much"

Big eater

More big eaters!!!

Reserved

awwww...

Inspired by a movie in February 2008

Inspired by a musical movie

Inspired by someone from Fleet Street

Inspired by a demon barber

Inspired by Sweeney Todd

Inspired by Urban Ninja

The A minor crew pose!An impromptu one =_=

The thing about the buffet is that drinks aren't included, so smart of them indeed;so we head to the nearest cheapest grocery :P

Cost Saving Strategy

Next stop,if you're a fan of Erwin's you would've know he sings :D

Erwin's amazing singing was interrupted with
the birthday cake ceremony!
The TV played the birthday song with
the Tomato Man cartoon in it o.O

Woo nice lighting...

Fish keep choosing Hokkien songs, lol!

-Jeremy Song

Two Roads Diverged In A White City

2008-03-03T20:07:00.051+08:00

(featuring:Kamarul,Fyz and Menaka)

This morning, we had individual presentation on Creative Expression subject.We were suppose to present any piece of artwork from the Balai Seni Lukis Art Gallery that we personally 'feel'. Which brings us to *flashback (1 week ago)

Once arrived we quickly head towards the gallery's auditorium room for some expressive performance of some random artist we never even heard of.

The stage for the artist

One of the artist proves to be memorable in his deliverance of a 'sajak'. He withdrew a rolled up scroll from a traditional looking container(probably to give it a authentic and classy feel). He unwraps it and begin reciting in a very passionate and emotional way:

Yang bodoh dikatakan cerdik,
Yang cerdik dikatakan tuli,
Yang kotor dikatakan bersih,
Yang bersih dikatakan kotor,
Yang besar dikatakan kecil,
Yang kecil dikatakan besar,
Yang tinggi dikatakan rendah

Yang rendah dikatakan kecil,

janganlah disongsangkan.

"Excellent speech!"

Bizarre and unique art piece

Guess what building is in the background-it's KLCC,choi!

One of the ancient portraits revealed to have a similarity
in Fiz's face. Talk about long lost descendant!!!

Yeah, if you guys ever heard of this it's still incomplete.

The yet to be 1 kilometer of
sketch representing the world

Later,something very tragic happen that has never occur in the A minor history!The A minor split paths.......just for a few hours :D

Me and Erwin embark to Kuala Lumpur's Pavillion while the rest headed to a concert.Well it's no ordinary concert....

They spent RM398 for this!!!
That's like 4 days of Jogoya food.

So it's just both of us here

Later we had some crazy karaoke sessions in Red Box Plus.We can choose ANY free drink we want from the menu and Erwin ordered ice lemon tea=_=Whens it's just two people you don't have to compete that much who's gonna sing.Haha.

I tell you Erwin can seriously sing, even hitting
Mariah Carey's notes.By the way he's a big fan of hers.

Next stop for us is Starbucks.I ordered some kind of caramel thing; still prefer tea to coffee though.

Erwin chose a good spot to watch movie trailers=_=

Then we headed to Times bookstores just opposite and Erwin got himself some '10000 (not sure if that's the right quantity)question' how to raised cats.Yeah Erwin loves cats too,always calls them 'neko-chan' whenever he sees one.

Then when it's time we proceed for our movie:

Erwin: I like it a lot ,I think it's really nice[9/10]
Jeremy:Nah, typical with cool teleporting-cum-fighting moves[6/10]

When Kamarul picked us up, they were watching another Jay chou tour-dvd in the Toyota Unser =_= Talk about concert's after effects.Oh by the way Erwin lost his voice, yeah I tell you he really really sings!!!

-Jeremy Song

Happiness Of The Unmarried

2008-02-15T12:17:00.035+08:00

Well,its not that late for this post,there is a number 15 days of Chinese New Year till Chap Goh Mei after all. Here's some random pictures of the A minor crew celebrating in their respective hometowns.

Typical Reunion Scenario

How can you not be happy, it's Chinese New Year!-thats when you get Angpau.

This is just 1/15th of the family

Plain old Erwin,wait...am I seeing things?

The back one kinda looked like a Cartoon Network character o.O

Well,I think the mouse isn't going to reply you

Once in a year experience

"Hey would you stop treating me like an interesting species, can't you see I'm wearing shirt and pants like you too?"

Kid:Mummy can I take one home.
Mum:I told you many times,wait till dinner!

This is just...weird

Granddad's gonna take you for a ride

You see crab...

...I see food

You could use your Angpau money for further investment

Feast of the day

"Hey,little girl,why didn't join your cousins play ?"

Girl on chair(probably the leader):"I tell you no more place di.You kenot come.Oni we can fit.Ahahahahha!"

Hey kids gather around,I have a story!(anything to keep them quiet)

It ain't gluttony when it's CNY ;)

Ya,it's illegal but it's like comparing with pirated Cds-Who cares=)

Just one word- Nice marvelous beautiful colors

-Jeremy Song

Killing Two Buffets With One Post

2008-01-07T22:37:00.000+08:00

The exams are over and we won't have to worry about any assignment anymore, well at least for these few weeks. The A minor crew once again devise some plans on how to celebrate their temporally studies leave.

(special guest:Kamarul)

We went to visit the new wing of Sunway Pyramid once again with our Toyota Unser driver :P

What caught our attention 1st isn't the interior design but the sensor system,used to show which parking spot is available.

The lights above will turn red when there is a car n green when there isn't.(No green at that moment, its a weekend)

Just at the balcony area,you can view a portion of the theme park.

Can't really jump down here to get free entrance

Will be crowded once the Eye Of Malaysia is taken away

Hey guys, it's LCD screen

As you can see the interior design resembles those of Morocco

The lamps lil above

The vast pillar

The sky-painted ceiling(neat)

Only the main area looks a bit disappointing.

It's just too plain and very Waterpark-lish

Then we got really hungry and were indecisive on whats for lunch until...

We gonna have Japanese Buffet!!!

We were waiting for the dinner period as its already pass the lunch session and grabbed a couple of pastries from Jusco(Its not good to starve that long as later on a little food will be sufficient enough cause your stomach to be full)And I come across these doughnut there.Its exactly like JCo Donuts!Oh such copycats.

Muscle-moving games will stretch our stomach allowing more food to store(The 4 Stomachs Cow Effect-it's just a joke don't bother Wikiing this term)

After the muscle pulling activity, we head towards Shogun to indulge. Unfortunately cameras aren't allowed=(
So in order to compensate the pictures,I shall include a flashback on our visit to Jogoya in the previous month =)

*Flashback to Jogoya Japanese buffet in Starhill

(special guest Penn)

Excellent lighting

Excellent design

Excellent couple

Excellent food

Excellent posture:P

*Flashback over

Now just imagine a brighter interior and thats Shogun :P

-Jeremy Song

Scarier Than The Devil Herself

2008-01-05T01:55:00.000+08:00

This is bonus for the previous 2007 flashback. Its a video of the A Minor Crew's additional group, Antz Kingdom which is with the collaboration of 3 more members: Naufal, Rita and Zurin. Its a mockumentary video for the Human Resource subject which shows how interview works for a typical modeling agency.It is taken in A minor studio itself.A word-it is shot using a normal digital camera so don't expect too much of a quality :P And everything is impromptu :-O

Rita Wears Stiletto
Yeah you know where we got the name from:P

The video is edited by Erwin with his favorite choice of songs.

-Jeremy Song

The Year After Tomorrow

2008-01-01T19:43:00.000+08:00

(special guest:Kamarul)
Just after the puzzling and enigmatic Operating System exam in the morning,the A minor crew has plans for the new year to celebrate the many success of the studio.The crew decided to head to the Curve with a guest,the driver himself :P

Loves S.H.E.

Always park your car in IKEA coz you could get the parking for free just by purchasing the ever popular RM2 mini doll - elephant, lion, sotong.(used to be RM1 thou)

but Erwin choose to purchase carpet with the aid of his mum(phone)

When you became obsessed with OPRAH

Spotting the difference

Spent 20 minites cleaning the wool of his shirt after that

Doing the David Blaine thing

This is just a candid shot
-something very Bollywood about him

We were wondering where did the
fourth member disappeared to =_=

Then we only head to The Curve.

The south entrance looks so warm

Thats right,I step pass the fence :D

When we stepped through the pathway,we were surprised...

It was snowing

Real snow

It was like magic

We were very craving for some smile-putting-dinner,so we chose...

That's right,the super cheap market,Marche

Fresh vegetables

Cooking some potato thingy

Cold beverages

Erwin:I shall treat you guys this pizza

Was shocked by the offer

Notice there are two posers

If you notice carefully you can see me-
No I am not kidding!!!

Convenient facilities

After that, we took a little stroll.

It is 31st December after all

Next stop is where the event takes place,between The Curve and IKEA (they block the road)

Babies always have the best view

Lion Dance(It's New Year but not Chinese New Year)

Other then the lion dance, there is also a live performance by Zainal Abidin who Erwin and I in the past was mistakenly thought as Mawi [Mr. Norman: I've been working with stars like Mawi,you know Mawi?-this goes on for weeks]

And then the countdown begins...

10(featuring flashbacks)

7(This was one of the scary ones)

5(Esther Siow)

4

3(Check out Wang Ying)

1(Antz modeling agency-don't ask)

Woo Hoo!!!

A Minor Crew wishes all HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
(well someones gotta hold the camera)

-Jeremy Song

The Twelve Hours Of Christmas Eve

2007-12-28T20:11:00.001+08:00

Went back home to Ipoh at 24th to celebrate Christmas and get my aunty and cousins to sign the acting contract. First stop is in One Utama. Been spending a lot of time at the stage area cause it look so cool.

Cute giant toy soldier

They are everywhere

Everywhere

Not all are English thou

There is a performance of the Nutcracker Prince

Was reminded of the awesome cartoon in 1990

Next stop is my aunty's place in PJ, waiting to depart to Ipoh. Little did I know that a fierce war is commencing...

Mechanical vs. the living

The combat coordinator,my cousin's son

An epic movie camera angle

Later, I hope on to my cousin's car and we're off to Ipoh!!

Car journey -2 minutes 20seconds

Car journey-5 minutes 45 seconds

Car journey-10 minutes 12 seconds

Car journey-2 hours 14 minutes 50 seconds

Back in my home waiting for the Christmas party at night

Relatives watching the popular Ah Wong TVB series

I drew this.Haha.

Preparations

Laksa,Fried mee hoon,Cabonara,Nuggets,Fish balls...Yum Yum :D

And it started with a Christmas song

Aunt playing keyboard with the aid of my cousin

Then theres teh christmas play which goes like this:The narrator reads the story(About the baby Jesus) and he pulls random people from the crowd to sort of like cosplay for the characters.

Efficient dressing procedure

Caesar's messenger

Mary and Joseph being told what to do. Mary seems excited of her expected baby.

A proud mother indeed

The shepherds

Cousin:Angel holder,Me:The lights,My little brother:Angel's voice

~~King Herod and his Queen~~
His Queen and King Herod

The king's concubines(oh you notii notii king)

The three wise man(notice the cooking oil)

And the play ended...

Christmas Chilling

Whats Christmas without presents :P

Cousins-contract signed

Cousins-contract signed

Aunties-contract signed

Those folks you usually see in Christmas family movies

Guests behaving young

When the clock strikes twelve

Is this baby doll familiar?

Passed up the final report and the video to the lecturer this morning.ALL DONE!!!

-JEREMY SONG

The Lecturer Strikes Back

2007-12-21T18:20:00.000+08:00

Wee Hee!!!We have just finished presenting the documentary this morning after completing hours before. To be frank,it's seems completed by 11.30pm, but after some 'minor adjustments' its almost 3am =_= The file isn't compressed to preserve a higher quality video.However, this caused it to reach 1gb in size=_='''

The A minor pose number 4

Presentation feedback:
Mr. Mustaffa:Good job guys,but there are still potential areas for improvement.
Mr. Norman:One thing when I listen to the background music, I can tell that you didn't use the programme I specified to edit your sisters songs(keyboard recording)
Me:Auntie.
Mr. Norman:There's a bit of distortion in the sound when your sister is talking.
Me:Auntie
Mr. Norman:I don't think that particular part should be included in your sister's script.You should edit it off.
Me:Auntie

We also had some great time watching other groups' documentary.Some involving, snakes swallowing a rat,ghost hunting expedition and loud shattering noise formed by slowing down the motion of prawn smashing.

The judges encouraged us to do a bit of editing before burning the show in a DVD but we were contented enough(and lazy). Will love to upload the video here but....it's 1gb =_=''''''''''''''''

What's in the left to do list is the DVD burning and some contract signing by the cast.

-Jeremy Song

Deja Work

2007-12-19T14:08:00.001+08:00

Its been a busy week.The A minor crew has been working their ASSignment out. The video editing for the documentary take place in A minor 2nd studio.

A Minor Studio-Studio 1

A Minor Studio-Studio 2

Fish expressing his ideas

We bought 3 tapes but manage to use only 1.07 tapes.

Haven't been using tapes for years

Hours of Editing

Hours of Editing

Hours of Editing

Hours of Editing

My favorite part would be editing the cutaways of the video.

Studio Good Luck Charm

In film, a cutaway is the interruption of a continuously-filmed action by inserting a view of something else. It is usually followed by a cutback to the first shot, but not always.For example, if the main shot is of a man walking down an alley, possible cutaways may include a shot of that man's shoes, a shot of a cat on a nearby dumpster, or a shot of a woman watching from a window overhead.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_%28film%29]

While the four of us were handling the editing,Stella handles the budgeting.

Stella doing paperwork

Fish speculating Stella's work

-Jeremy Song

Food And The City

2007-12-13T14:56:00.000+08:00

Well,what did the A minor crew do in Ipoh besides shooting?

The A minor crew besides me:So what's interesting in Ipoh?
Me:Erm.......ah!FOOD!!!
So the here's when A minor takes you to the various locations in Ipoh in search for good food!!! =)

BREAKFAST

Dim Sum from Kao Lee Restaurant

LUNCH

Fried Koay Teow just outside the Stadium

TEA
(special guest: Wai Kit)

Indulge ourselves in Indulgence

Nice and expensive cake

Nice and expensive fudge

Nice and expensive mocha

Nice and expensive spaghetti

Another nice and expensive cake

Nice interior

Nice table

Nice glass decor

Nice antic decor

Nice toilet

More nice decor

Nice and mysterious door

This is not nice

DINNER

Bean sprout Chicken(only remember to snap after finishing =_= )

Always check that your batteries are charged

-Jeremy Song

LIGHTS,CAMERA and WAIT!!!

2007-12-11T18:33:00.000+08:00

The shooting was on 8th December,a Saturday,in Ipoh and we took nearly 9 hours for a 5 minute documentary=_=The shots is taken mostly indoors .Whats troublesome is transporting the camera with the sound mixer each time a scene change.Added to that,the sound must always be tested and adjusted before each take.

Some outside scenes involves the Music Studio where my aunt worked.

Good thing she teach music at her own music room at home makes recording easier.

An interview with my cousin.

My goodness,we loan two huge lights but didn't really know how to adjust and position it; even for Stella who uses nearly 24 in the 3D Studio Max assignment. We ended up using 1 light only ones=_= Wasted some money there.Furthermore,each light uses a bout 800watts so sharing the plugs with other utilities is a no no (black-out).

LIGHTS

SOUND

CAMERA

and...

ACTION!!!

Yeah,before each take we have to go like:
[hold the clap board(the one with scene bla bla take bla bla)
Director:Silence
Director:Sound
Sound recordist:Speaking
Director:Roll camera
Cameraman:Rolling
Director:and...ACTION[remove the clap board]

Yeah this really waste time,plus we have to do this over again if it was a bad take.
And bad take means changing the clap board details.The clap board looks useless until you actually do a shooting.It sort of makes thing easier when we do editing later. SAnd we almost wanna dump that part thinking it's just a fancy tool.Haha.Anyway we use Stella's Digi Fuyoh White pad as the board.Looks kinda cute:)

Our Clap board(forgot to snap a picture of it <_<)

Due to lack of time we rush on some quick interview scenes without much additional takes.By 8pm we're all done =)

and exhausted.

-Jeremy Song

Catch-21

2007-12-07T13:13:00.000+08:00

The proposed departure time to Ipoh is 1400 but due to unforeseen circumstances faced by the crew (Operating System Mid Term) the time has been prosponed to 1930.

Will be arriving in the city of Pomelo by 2200

-Jeremy Song

Here Today,Gone Tomorrow

2007-12-06T22:44:00.000+08:00

*Flashback
Date:23,Nov 2007
Time:0945
Location:DR 3010
Scene:Treatment Presentation
Mr.Norman:How are you gonna deal with the camera angles when your aunt plays the piano?
Me:Organ.
Mr. Norman:Organ.
Me:Well, we're gonna bla bla camera pan bla bla bla close up bla bla(technical stuff)
Mr. Norman:Have you watch that piano movie?The Jay Chou one.
Me:Er,nope.
Fish & Stella: I got.
Mr. Norman:Go back and watch it and see the cinematography when he is playing the piano.

Time:2030
Location: Home
Scene:Group meeting
Fish:Heres the movie.
Me:What so nice about the cinematography?
Fish:You watch lar,very geng wan.

Movie title:Secret,refers to a secret manuscript which allows the acceleration of time o.O

[watching]
Me:..........Its CGI..........we can't do that=_=

Taste like Starbucks and its cheaper :D

Anyway,will be heading back to Ipoh tomorrow with the filming crew for the shooting in my aunt's place.Wish us luck or better,come and support us with pom-poms :P

-Jeremy Song

Season 2: Three Months Later

2007-12-05T00:04:00.001+08:00

Our new project is to create a 5 minute documentary (That’s right, like those that you see in the Travel and Living Channel) of a day in the life of any interesting personal.

The infamous Ian Wright

Guess what? Erwin has a cousin who does face acupulture, Yippie! We stick to this idea until Erwin found out that she has been studying in overseas for quite a long time already =_= Later on we pick my aunt instead,a music teacher. Erwin; “Music teacher. Hey you know what? It matches our group name=) ”

The next battle is to make sure that the strict panel judges (lecturers) will accept our treatment.

A film treatment (or treatment for short) is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards (index cards) and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline (or one-page synopsis) and shorter and less detailed than a step outline, but it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits. They read like a short story.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_treatment]

The judges are:
a)Mr. Deepak (very good at telling stories),
b)Mr. Mustaffa (bears a close resemblance to Jalaluddin Hassan)
c)Mr. Norman (likes to talk about Mawi).

Mr. Norman was the Simon Cowell in the group.

Presentation slide

Mr. Norman:Is that your auntie in the picture? She looks like Mozart, hahaha.
Us : (that’s Beethoven)

And we happen to have an unexpected error in the slide.

Mr.Norman: Climax stories? Sounds more like P***.
Us:................................

But our proposal got accepted anyway. HAHA!

-Jeremy Song

The Calling

2007-12-04T16:38:00.000+08:00

After 3 months of season break, A Minor Studio has operate again.

With new challenges,
new task,
and a new member.
Yes we have recruited a fifth member.

Meet Stephen(our new theme is color & card)

His chinese name is Soong Jia Wen.Notice the similarity with mine o.0
Erwin said; “I think he is your distant cousin, hahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahahhahhaha.”
Yeah, and he is from Ipoh too.

-Jeremy Song

Apocalypse NOT

2007-09-22T00:10:00.001+08:00

The presentation was a success.We manage to sell our product to more than 15 clients,some from Japan and Korea:metaphorically speaking.Erwin Goh was so excited,he leaped in the air and manage to clap his feet before he landed o.0 and the public emit sudden grins, unconsciously as a result of his wide coverage euphoric aura.

Special thanks to nearly 20 members who manage the game:

PRODUCER
NEO MAI

DIRECTOR
ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON

STORY BY
JEREMY SONG WAI JIN

CAST

ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON		SHANE/ASHLEY/VAUGHN
		BOON
FISH YEE ZHE YIK		REX/JESSE
JEREMY SONG WAI JIN		LIONEL
		DEEP
		KUMAR
		??? a.k.a PANDORA DIRECTOR
STELLA CHOO ANN ZE		INTAN
		SELVA
and
THO PEI YUAN		JEAN/KATRINA/IRINA

SCRIPT WRITER		JEREMY SONG WAI JIN
STORYBOARD ARTIST		ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON
VOICE CASTING		FISH YEE ZHE YIK
ANIMATION DIRECTOR		JEREMY SONG WAI JIN
RESEARCHER		FISH YEE ZHE YIK

ART DIRECTOR		JEREMY SONG WAI JIN
ART DESIGNER		ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON
CHARACTER DESIGNER		STELLA CHOO ANN ZE
COSTUME DESIGNER		STELLA CHOO ANN ZE
SET DESIGNER		ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON
GRAPHIC ARTIST		STELLA CHOO ANN Z

DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY		JEREMY SONG WAI JIN
MUSIC EDITOR		FISH YEE ZHE YIK
SOUND EDITOR		FISH YEE ZHE YIK
PROGRAMMER		ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON
GAME DEVELOPMENT		STELLA CHOO ANN ZE

DRIVER

FISH YEE ZHE YIK

TITLE DESIGN		JEREMY SONG WAI JIN
CD DESIGNER		STELLA CHOO ANN ZE
PUBLICIST		JEREMY SONG WAI JIN

SONG SELECTION

ERWIN GOH CHAU BOON

PROGRAM

Macromedia Director 2004
Adobe Flash CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Soundbooth CS3
Windows Movie Maker

SOUNDTRACK

Destiny Island Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Disc 1 Composed by Yoko Shimomura	Welcome To Wonderland Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Disc 1 Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Gearing Up Kingdom Hearts 2 Original Soundtrack Composed by Yoko Shimomura	Home of Dragon Kingdom Hearts 2 Original Soundtrack Composed by Yoko Shimomura
Laughter and Merriment Kingdom Hearts 2 Original Soundtrack Composed by Yoko Shimomura	Mushroom Hunting Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack Composed by The Seatbelts
Alias Theme Alias The Soundtrack Best of Season 1 Composed by JJ Abrams	Under The Gun Alias The Soundtrack Best of Season 1 Composed by Supreme Brings of Leisure
Get Free Alias The Soundtrack Best of Season 2 Composed by The Vines	The Federation Of Windburst Final Fantasy XI Original Soundtrack Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Immanence Death Note Original Soundtracks Composed by Taniichi Hideki	L's Theme Death Note Original Soundtracks Composed by Taniichi Hideki

SPECIAL THANKS TO

DR. NEO MAI

MMU
MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY

Unfortunately it is a must to include that last line in the credit.

-Jeremy Song

Showdown At The Intelligent City

2007-09-21T12:39:00.000+08:00

The day has finally come.In 150 minutes, we will meet our client and demonstrate our game.
Our blood vessels are pumped with massive amount of :

Adrenaline

Fingers cross,we will sell....big:)

-Jeremy Song

Sneak Peak Vol 2.

2007-09-21T02:32:00.001+08:00

Here are some scenes from the game:

-Jeremy Song

Innocent Ideas

2007-09-20T10:32:00.000+08:00

I have already finalized the CD's design by gathering the elements from the game's content:

The Front Cover

The Disc Sticker

The Back Cover

-Stella Choo

Sneak Peak Vol. 1

2007-09-19T20:04:00.001+08:00

Just a sneak preview of A minor Studio's production:The Night Market Conspiracy [Malay Cinema Translation:Konspirasi Yang Tidak Dijangka Di Tengah-Tengah Pasar Malam]

The title menu screen

The Opening Credit

The short appearance of the pictures in the video were carefully considered .The initial proposed idea was to last lesser then it which can only be viewed clearly when paused at the right time line.

-Jeremy Song

The Power Of Three

2007-09-19T13:53:00.000+08:00

Here are the three main characters(CIA agents) and their profile in the story.Looks cute but looks can be deceiving.

Original characters include mouths.The mouths for
the characters' profile are deliberately removed.

-Jeremy Song

The Story So Far

2007-09-13T23:14:00.000+08:00

As the clock ticks precisely at 7pm, the sun slowly sets, leaving a surreal blend of orange and red which gradually dissipates in the now dominant dark blue sky. Mobile dots are seen swarming amidst stationary rectangles; which is what it seems to an eagle gliding hundred feet in the air. It is in fact the atmosphere of a typical night market in the city of Kuala Lumpur.

Among the many enthusiastic foreigners, our story focuses on a click of 3 Americans now scouting through the area animatedly which such exaggerate reaction indicating their new experience to this night market phenomena. Being as ‘tourists’ as they are, the three just wouldn’t stop exclaiming ‘wows’ and ‘won’t you look at that’ at every single sight. One of them a blond tall man in the age of mid twenties was eyeing his watch when he came to a sudden halt a watch stall. “Yes can I help you?” the shop owner beaming at the tourist with enthusiasm. “I am looking for a new watch” Ashley replied. The shop owner eagerly starts promoting all kinds of fine looking watches but to his surprise the blond guy pointed out an worn out-watch “That watch looks fantastic, I’ll take that” he smiled.

The 3 then hastily scrambled to an isolated corner of the night market. ‘Smash!’ Ashley just smash the watch on the ground like a worthless possession: but there is more then meets the eye. The red hair female then brush aside the debris of the mess and retrieve what appears to be a tiny white bead, its material an obvious difference from the broken pieces. The blond guy then bring about his watch aiming at the object, it beeps as if in confirmation; its no ordinary watch and the white bead is no ordinary bead and all 3 of them weren’t ordinary people. They are people involve in espionage in obtaining secrets from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage in the service of the American government a.k.a. secret agents....

47 hours ago in the CIA headquarters in Langley, the same 3 ‘tourist’ has been gathered in the meeting room and brief on their discreet mission by the director of the CIA himself, Lionel.

The picture displayed is related to the story(except for the 20-year-old MMU Malacca campus Seremban girl)

For the past few years the country has been under the threats of two different underground organizations, Index and Pandora. Both powerful and influential and whereabouts still unknown, what really poses a threat is the fact that last month, Pandora has proposed to create Eclipse: a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network which allows capture radio and satellite communications, telephone calls, faxes, e-mails and other data streams nearly anywhere in the world and includes computer automated analysis and sorting of intercepts. With such device, the Pandora could easily avoid the CIA from intercepting their underground activity. However, according to reliable resources, in order to complete Eclipse, 6 chips bearing a portion of the program embedded in various objects will be shipped to the states from Asia. Fortunately due to an air pocket, there have been a disaster for the flight and the stash of objects are scattered in Malaysia.

The CIA however has a plan. “We retrieve their chips,” said Ashley, the young blond man.

-Jeremy Song

The Honeymoon's Over

2007-09-13T01:55:00.000+08:00

Clocks ticking,pressure is on.Time becomes our greatest enemy....time and Cyberjaya's food.

-Jeremy Song

Ann Ze's Music Chair #1

2007-08-10T13:40:00.000+08:00

Basically after doing the flow chart that was assigned by Dr Mai in class ,we have rough idea about what position each of us holding and the responsibility that we must take control. I was the art director and I was assigned to do the character design and the interface design for the pasar malam. I went to yahoo search find pasar malam image so that I can see how they arrange they stuff and the position of the stalls.I have done some sketches for the character and now try to lean use pen tool in illustrator to do it.i will upload the sketches soon too.

-Stella Choo

Wai Jin's Music Wand #1

2007-08-03T01:37:00.000+08:00

Basically I play the part as a plot writer. As this is a story based theme it is very important that the story should be compelling to the user and catchy. From the plots skeleton, I move on to the creation of the script which is basically what makes a story lively. Even in choosing dialogue, it is important that it appears gripping and any cliché phases should be avoided; as to make the whole story stands out.

The story written is basically full with plot twist as to create a mind boggling experience to the user. What’s good working in this group is that the members really showed so much support and faith in you which not only makes things so much easier but also act as the source of motivation.

-Jeremy Song

Zhe Yik's Music Stand #1

2007-08-02T21:13:00.000+08:00

It seems that I will be doing the research part and I understanding quite well about the topic. We will also try to use the criteria from individual report to design our application. Everyone gets along very well. The ongoing process is "quite" smooth. I think that we need more interaction between us, in order to have a clearer picture about what others are doing. Although we have to pass through a lot of hurdles, but I hope we can overcome all the difficulties. I love my group and always prepare to sacrifice for A minor.

-Fish Yee

Chau Boon's Music Sheet #1

2007-08-01T23:28:00.000+08:00

My starting point for this application is planning, lots of planning. As a leader, I did plan ahead before Dr. Mai reminded us what we should do. The thing is, I planned, but not yet discuss about it with the rest of the members.

My actual contribution to the part of application so far is the logo design. It will be used for the splash screen. Thus, I have decided to do the splash screen myself, which I hope to be done soon.

The difficulty

The Graphic Style
Deciding a graphic style is very difficult in our case. Stella did come out with samples; however, I think it should do some adjustment to fit the scene background and story setting. Especially, the characters design to be match with everything around it. We are still work on this one; hopefully we can solve this problem soon.

The Games
I asked Miss Noorazlina about the game design. She said if it is better to work the games on Flash, or perhaps get some flash games from the net. That has becoming a problem. Since we want the user to explore all the games, win the games and collect five prices in five games. I'm not sure how to program the connection with Flash and Director. We will not be given any tutorial about the programming as well. Thus, in this case, we have to practice and learn ourselves.

Contents and Stories
This is probably a concern that only occurs on me. In someway, I'm very worried and anxious that the story somehow cannot blend with the content. I talk to Jeremy about this, and he tells me not to worry; explaining how it works. However, I am still not able to get the picture. Somehow, this is tomorrow's problems. Let just see if it will becoming a problem first.

Lastly, we in a middle of time constrain. All four of us are taking the same subjects. Now, that is including Computer Modeling. As for that subject’s final project, we need to build the internal design of a building from scratch. I hope we can finish the important part of the application before things getting out of hand.

-Erwin Goh

Chess Pieces(Status): SET

2007-07-17T19:39:00.000+08:00

A few days back the groups were instructed by Dr. Neo Mai to create a flow chart for the project so as to ease the story board implementation.The problem is we were still unsure about the progress of our story!!!Haha.But thanks to the sudden need to submit the flow chary that we finally make up our mind on the progress.Life seems much easier now :)

Groups speculating other groups flow chart.

(A very wonderful way to steal ideas)

We were also taught by Dr. Neo Mai on the departments that we need to divide ourselfs into for the project. The group leader have to make sure that his or her members really complete their task in a specific timeline which she said is the reason for making the leader appear 'unpopular' at the end of the day. Hmm being a leader is tough(Luckily I'm not :P)

Hmm... will our group leader become
unpopular at the end of the day?
He-don't-think-so:D

-Jeremy Song

Octave Dreamers

2007-07-12T16:50:00.000+08:00

Now that the banners done,Erwin himself has design 2 logos for A minor studio,we need to decide on just one.

Hmm I wander what intense discussion was going on during the process.

The making of the logo(self-debate mode):
Erwin:Let's design at least 2 logos and later pick the best.
Erwin:Ok.
Erwin:Done

After carefully speculating, the 2nd logo seems much unique.I just add a little spell and Wala!

Behold!!!The Chosen one.

-Jeremy Song

Monochrome Dreamers

2007-07-11T14:16:00.000+08:00

The making of the banner(self-debate mode):
Jeremy: Hey, why don’t we design a banner for our blog?
Jeremy: Really?
Jeremy: Yeah.
Jeremy: Cool!!!
Jeremy: Ok, So how exactly do you start an A Minor Studio banner from scratch?
Jeremy: Get the A minor scale picture of course.Jeremy: Ermm, the image look so plain with just the clef treble and empty ledger lines -b-o-r-i-n-g. Why can’t A minor have flats or sharps symbols in it just like the other scales which is like so much cooler?

Jeremy: Coz for A minor scale, you don’t have to program a fix note to be sharp or flat.
Jeremy: That’s a rhetorical question, you idiot. But of course, I would have prefer a better group name over the scale, thus alas.

[Add Image]

Jeremy: Ok next we need a theme-matching backdrop.
Jeremy: Like?
Jeremy, HELLO,the traditional music score thingy.
Jeremy: Oh ya ar. Hey, why not add an Easter egg?
Jeremy: What sort?
Jeremy: Why don’t we search for a music score that’s related to a game, you know like One Winged Angel(Final Fantasy VII, Sephiroth’s theme)!!!Yeah picked that!
Jeremy: Sure, but no one’s going to read the score.
Jeremy: That’s why its call an Easter egg, DUH.

[Add Backdrop]

Jeremy: Oklar, Now the easy part, the fonts.

[Adding fonts]
[63minuteslater]

Jeremy: OMG, now only finish?(no kidding)
Jeremy: Yoular, so fussy about the fonts. Just pick anything will do.
Jeremy: You don’t just pick any fonts, it must be suitable with the theme with the right environment and…arhhh why do I even bother rationalize with you.
Jeremy: So what’s the color that you want?
Jeremy: Just make it brown, you know like those aged historical manuscript.
Jeremy: Hey I think monochrome would be better.
Jeremy: Like all brown isn’t monochrome?
Jeremy: I meant black and white, you brown-minded!
Jeremy: Why black and white?
Jeremy: Hello!!! This is what we called a ‘modern taste’. You want people who read this to think they are some kind of old genera…
Jeremy: OK!!OK!! Whatever ‘excites’ you.
Jeremy: Done!!
Jeremy: Upload and see.

[Upload]

Jeremy: You see!!! The banner is to short in length, you and your ‘perfect’ measurements.
Jeremy: Just add something at the side, like a guitar. Improvise for goodness sake.
Jeremy: I would go for a saxophone.
Jeremy: Whatever ‘excites’ you.
Jeremy: That’s my line, you photostat copy!

-Jeremy Songs

p.s.: No, I wasn’t trying to portray heroes' Ali Larter.

Meeting #1

2007-07-11T02:56:00.001+08:00

Date 10 July 2007

Purpose
Discuss the following criteria of the application
A photo session for the blog

1. The Job Distribution
Currently, we are distributing job based on each of our ability. We have 3 major sections: design, application and sound. Design includes Character Design and Image Illustrating. Application is the core of the application, working with Macromedia Director. It consists of interface, game coordinating, content coordinating; basically the flow of the whole multimedia application. Sound is background music, sound effect, voice over.

2. Title of the Application
We still need to come out with a title for the application. We works on the topic, Malaysia's Pasar Malam. However, the name of the application can be different. Jeremy suggested to come up with the name from puns.

3. Teaser
Teaser Trailer for our application was first suggested by Jeremy. We agree to make a short preview for the application; our studio logo animation and some characters design.

4. Drawing Style
We have chosen a drawing style. It is simple and neat. Stella has given us a glimpse of the art and continues to illustrate the next one.

5. Menu
A menu has been decided. It may contain button for Start, Teaser, The Making of..., and Credits.

6. Interface
The interface is delayed until the next round, as long as we are familiar with Director’s capability and usage.

7. Application flow chart
A simple flow chart has been making into draft, but barely resembles what the application should be. This draft will be enhancing overtime.

8. Content Catagory
Content category is what we will have for our content in our application. It has been decided to have 5 categories. As far as suggested, cultural clothes, foods, fruits, fortune teller.

9. Screen Writing
Jeremy has roughly told us a synopsis of the story. However, any script, dialog, or storyboard is still unavailable.

10. Sound
We decided our resources for the background music and sound effect. We are currently searching for voice editing program.

11. Game Design
The game design was unable to come out with any clear picture due to our lack of understanding of Director. However, we will first to come out with a game design draft.

12. Credit Rolls
This is decided to be the last step to do. However, we need to keep track of the application resources to give credits.

Conclusion
These criteria will be discussed and monitored during the entire project makings. Additionally, we will have to further make improvement of our progresses. This Friday (13 July 07) need to submit individual report, so as Week 7 (03 August 2007) to submit an official second report.

^_____^ Erwin Goh

Why Not A Major?

2007-07-10T12:09:00.000+08:00

Coming up a name for the group is no easy task. As company name determines consumer's perception, choosing the right name is crucial (you guys remember the brand Kicap ABC?). Erwin immediately rooted for ‘Beethoven Studio’ (again his thing for music). Stella suggested 3 + 1 or is it 1 + 3 (sexist! lol!). We were hoping of searching for a name which brings about the impression of quality. I was wandering myself: Symphony? Chords? Music Scale (Ok, Erwin’s not the only one who had a thing :P )Yeah!!! Music scale like A major, E minor, F major.

“So why A minor? Why not A major? What is the significant in the name you pick?” Dr. Neo Mai asked. “None, It just sounds nicer, LOL”

Hmmm...sounds catchy thou.

:)Jeremy Song

A More 'Intro-like' Intro.

2007-07-10T02:38:00.000+08:00

It’s been days since the first post (Report no.1) but what’s lacking in here is a proper intro to this whole project .Well just take this post like the intro which appears only after a sneak preview of the story at the beginning for an epic movie.

Where shall will begin? Hmm…MMM2013 Interactive Multimedia: it began when the online registration starts activating…wait that’s too far back…Ok, class begins at 2.30(suppose to be 2.00pm but changed coz it’s Friday)our lecturer, Dr, Neo Mai starts explaining the course outline, the project for our course.You are to design a CD-ROM application based on your research on the theme "Malaysian Culture". This CD-ROM application must be multimedia-oriented and follow the design criteria that you have gathered from your research.

This is one of the criteria: 2.Each team will create a blog site of their work progress which will be monitored by the Lecturer/Coordinator of the class. The URL for the blog must be submitted in Report #1.

We were like…ok here goes another assignment, but! but!...that was not till she finished explaining for like ‘45 minutes’!!!, we were already lost even before she reached week 7 to-do-list ….that was when we realize this is not just a project it’s a BIG PROJECT (owls eyes in the entire E-theater), not to mention having computer modeling on the same semester its like…falling into a well that’s twice the depth of any imaginary well.

Anyway the inevitable is the inevitable (besides dropping the subject of course), so what topic shall we pick? Now Dr. Neo warned us that every year there will be groups doing the Silat topic so any group wanting to repeat that will have to do better like x(number of times Silat topics used) times better. What adds to the challenge is that it has to be story-oriented; this means if you pick a topic like gasing must find whatever creative means to turn it into a story. I was like wondering: WOW how the heck do we do that??? It was when Dr. Neo Mai start screening the cute Hang Tuah flash thing that our creative juice start brewing (dunno what’s the right verb) So back to the question> what topic shall we pick?

Erwin: Malaysia’s Music (This guy had a thing for music)

Jeremy (me): Food?

Stella: Fruits, Pasar Malam(hmm…)

Fish: Silat (WHAT!!), haha wayang kulit(hmm not bad)

Picking a Malaysian culture topic which could be turned into a story was difficult, in addition choosing topic which will not clash with the other 10 groups.

LOL if you know what place this is.

Ahha!! Pasar Malam!!! A perfect organization with various subtopics within: food, fruit, clothes, etc. and Malaysian mix cultures blended within :) ~sweet. We closed our eyes with relieve for the night…well not exactly; take us sometime to begin the first step and now the hard part: the running.

^^Jeremy Song

First Report

2007-07-06T19:23:00.000+08:00

This is our first post for the blog.This is our first report, we are assigned as Group #06. A minor Studio will bring forth more personal information about us! Stay "bookmark"!!

Group Name A minor

Group Member

1051101667 Choo Ann Ze@Stella

1061108373 Erwin Goh Chau Boon

1051100852 Yee Zhe Yik@Fish

1051107606 Song Wai Jin@Jeremy

Main Topic Malaysia’s Pasar Malam

Definition of Pasar Malam (from Wikipedia)

A Pasar Malam is a market in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia that opens in the evening, usually in housing areas. It brings together a collection of stalls that usually sell goods such as fruit, vegetables, snacks, toys, clothes, movie discs and ornaments at cheap, reasonable prices. Pasar malam often open only one to a few days of the week, as the traders rotate around different housing areas on different days of the week. Haggling over prices is a common practice at such markets. Pasar malam are usually held over duration of a day to a week. Pasar malam are usually attended by families as a short outing.

Our Project

Our setting will be Pasar Malam in Malaysia. We regards this topic is a part of Malaysia Culture because this is the place where Malaysian display their goods which they portray different culture. For examples, Malaysia cuisine, cultural clothes, Malaysia fruits.

Proposed Concept:

We will choose specific section in Pasar Malam, such as above example, Malaysia Cuisine, cultural clothes, Malaysia fruits and others.

Aside from the main ingredient to filled out our content. We have planned to add extra features; we will add a story.

The story will focus on agents on a mission. This mission required them to search for the item they want in pasar malam. The story will have a start until the end, including plot twist, climax, etc. Based on the story we provide, we attached them with games.

Additionally, we have already proposed song selection, sound effect, a teaser, and building our studio for the project.

Blog Address http://aminorstudio.blogspot.com/

-Erwin Goh