Reflection Week 14

           

We will miss our dear lecturer.

          Some of my friends came late to class so the three remaining groups could not present yet. However, we were the first group to present. We started our presentation after Nadzmi, one of our group members arrived. In a way, it is a blessing as we have completed it already.We do not want to drag it and wish to present today.When we presented, most of our friends were laughing because we imitated the voice of a guy. It is really hard to imitate a guy’s voice as our voices are high obviously, being a girl. Our movie teaches us not to follow peer pressure. It also teaches us not to shoplift or to steal as there are many cases like this nowadays.

The next group to present is Khairulanwar’s group. The title of their movie is The Pinnochio. It is the story of a boy whose nose grows long when he tells lies. Their movie was unique because the drawings are drawn by the members themselves. In the end of the story, the boy became a real boy. The moral of the story is not to tell lies and be honest about anything. At the end of our presentation, we shared with our coursemates that we faced some problems when the whole video crashed down. We had to do it again after that. It really taught us to be patient and persevere when facing troubles in life.

I came across this quote which I find interesting.

            After that, miss collected our digital storytelling report. We were also required to sign the submission of all the assignments. I felt relieved as I have completed all of the assignments. The last group to present is Aina’s which is about siblings entitled The Dream of a Sister. Ariel got sick while Aurora took part in Master Chef, a cooking competition show. Aurora won the cooking competition although Ariel has passed away.

Later,Miss Amreet reminded those who have not submitted their report must submit it today. Miss said that there will be no class tomorrow. She said that she had the pleasure of having us as her students. She will try her best to release a few coursemarks. She also asked us to fill in the learning evaluation form before we can print our examination slip. One of my course mates even took a photo with miss. We said goodbye and hope to see each other again.

Reflection Week 13

One of my favourite Bible verses.

             The Bible verse above is one of my favourite Bible verses as it speaks to me especially when I faced difficulties in life. In the beginning of the class, our lecturer explained to us that the digital storytelling report has no limited page of numbers. Besides, the submission will be in  class itself on next Wednesday from eight to ten o’clock in the morning. After asking us which group wants to present, Imaan’s group volunteered to present. The title of their story is Mimi. They acted in the video. There is even a trailer at the beginning of the video. All of us were amazed by the trailer shown. One of our lecturers, Mr Lothfi acted in the movie. It is about a girl,Mimi that scams her friend’s money. I find the movie really good and interesting.

The next group to present is  Rashidah’s group. The title of the story is magic stone. Their story is in animation form. It’s about a mother who was upset because their children did not leave roasted chicken for her mum. Their mother was not swallowed by the rock although she wanted the rock to swallow her. They went home happily after. Miss reminded us that we need to hand in the digital storytelling report next Wednesday. Two groups will present tomorrow including my group. Miss then dismissed the class earlier than usual as the remaining groups have not finished doing the report.

Only one group presented their movie today. Yana’s group’s story is from a few fairytale classics like Snow White and Rapunzel. My group members and I explained to miss that our group could not present as the video crashed down the moment it is being played. It means that we have to redo the whole video again. I feel really sorry that we could not present today. Miss Amreet also said that there may be a class on Thursday as only one group presented today. Miss released us early because there are no more groups that want to present.      

Reflection Week 12

           

The pride of martial arts

            The other day, Miss Amreet let us know that she will be giving a lecture of week 11 and week 12. The title of today’s lecture is Interactive multimedia narrative and linear narrative. Before giving lecture, she gave examples of games like Sims, Grand theft Auto(GTA) and Lord of the Rings. These games sound familiar to me as my friends used to play these games. Next, narrative and interactive multimedia is being compared. Narrative (story). Narrative interactive multimedia involves telling story using many media and interactivity.

After that, miss found that there is something wrong with the internet. My friends and I could not even access the internet. Miss could not access to it too. However, she proceeded with the lecture. Interactive narrative has beginnings, middles and ends. A combination simulations, worlds and narratives can also be used. For example, the game, Dust: A tale of the Wired West. In this game, the narrator tells the story. Later, she wanted to show us the youtube videos of games but was unable to do so as there’s internet problem.

Classical linear narrative is old timer. This includes character, structure whih consists of beginning,middle,end, scenes and sequences, jeopardy, point of view and pace. Wh questions need to be included in character, while plot is needed for structure. On the other hand, jeopardy means success or failure achieving ones’ goal. For instance, Lord of the rings has the value of jeopardy. I felt happy as the Internet can be used by using a different search engine which is Mozilla firefox. As a result, Miss showed us the video of one of the games.

The following day, she explained on the digital storytelling report. For those who have not updated their blogs should do so. I asked miss regarding the digital storytelling report. She also reminded us that there will be three groups who will present next week. During presentation, we have to introduce group members, show video, what difficulties, moral of the story, and other aspects. Next, she walked around and I had the chance to consult her regarding the report. She also explained that we need to number each aspects of the report like 1.0, 2.0 and so on.This week’s lecture is much more relaxing as it is already the end of this semester.