This is my poster
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Webcam Effect Tested
This is alpha effect that i already tested
This is pixel effect that i already tested
This is random movement effect that i already tested
Monday, December 21, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Floor Plan
User will enter from entrance.
Then user will walk along the path
User need to step at A
Then then webcam will detect and become stand by
Interaction will happen when user stap at B
When user step at B
Mirror will show interaction
When user step at C
Effect at mirror will reset into normal
When user step at C
The low light will appear at end of path
as guide to user to come out
Friday, December 4, 2009
Content Development
List of Malay Culture Ghost that i have heard :
Pontianak - vampire in white dress seeking revenge (also known as Kuntilanak in Indonesia)
Polong - unseen ghost that can be used by a black magic practitioner to harm someone.
Toyol - ghostly children used by the owner to steal other people's money.
Pelesit - ghost in grasshopper shape. Used by Black magic practitioner to possess someone.
Hantu Air - water ghost in rivers, pots and seas.
Hantu Kopek / Hantu Tetek - ghost in woman apparition said like to hide children within her big breast, especially during dusk.
Hantu Raya - is a variation of ghost which if owned, the owner will get help with hard labour and protection of his house and orchard. Others will see Hantu Raya have a similar outlook with his owner. During his owner's absence Hantu Raya may have sexual intercourse with his wife in the owner's form.
Hantu Bungkus / Pocong - ghost jumping around wrapped in a white shroud.
Langsuir - variation of the Pontianak.
Hantu Bunian - good ghosts or jinns living in the jungle. Loves to help humans.
Hantu Jepun - World War II Japanese ghosts. They wear WWII army attire and carry samurai swords. Most are headless.
Hantu Bukit - ghosts that haunt the hilly areas.
Hantu Kubur - ghosts that haunt the cemeteries.
Hantu Pari-Pari - fairy ghosts.
Jelangkung - closet ghost.
Hantu Laut - sea ghosts.
Hantu Galah - very tall ghosts. As high as coconut trees.
Jin Tanah - jinns living underground.
Hantu Khairi - usually sucks money and steal money from village people.
Hantu Kum Kum - a female ghost carrying a tombstone as a baby asking for milk.
Orang Minyak - "Oily Man". Rapist who believes in mystical properties of forced sex.
Hantu Penanggal - Heads and intestines flying without body. Loves to suck the blood of a newborn child.
Harimau Jadian - Big tiger ghosts.
Jembalang Tanah - underground ghosts.
Penanggalan - A variation of the vampire myth that apparently began in the Malay Peninsula. Appears as the head of a woman attached to a gastro-intestinal tract.
Si Ruban - A ghost that appears as a flying head. Loves to suck blood.
Understand Fear and Dealing with Ghost Prank
Understanding the psychology of earthbound spirits is very important not only for the ghost investigator but also for people in general as that can enlighten our fear and lessen unnecessary depression that is related to the pranks played by spirits of the dead. Furthermore, death is the beginning of a new life that sheds off the physical body so that we can exist at a higher level of spiritual realm.
However, it seems not that easy to even exist in the spiritual realm unless we can settle every issue that holds us onto the physical world. In fact, the experiences from those who underwent Near Death Experience (NDE) somewhat revealed what would happen beyond death.
However, understanding regarding the phrase ‘words, thoughts and action’ actually has links to our emotional state that is embedded within our inner self. I would like to point out that an emotional stimulus is somehow related to our thinking that basically makes up our personality. Moreover, one’s emotional state somehow brings great impact on how someone behaves. Let me explain the link between one’s emotional states with one’s psychology. Most of the time either positive or negative emotions will reflect one’s own behaviour. Perhaps our facial expression somewhat mirrors the state of our emotions. In fact, positive or destructive emotions followed by positive or negative attitude somehow will give impact to the people around us. Furthermore, negative emotion generates negative energy that will affect our psychology. Why we are able to sense the emotional state of others is because our inner soul that exists in the form of energy that is embedded within us senses the presence of either positive or negative energy.
why is it so important for us to understand the psychology of the dead? Perhaps by understanding the basic nature of humans, and when we consider the spirits who exist in our domain as people therefore, we will definitely be able to understand the nature of earthbound spirits. Furthermore, by implementing respect and reverence for the dead simply means to show our acceptance towards the spirit.
Let’s begin to see the nature of spirit existence. Some people claim that they have seen faceless ghosts, ghosts with normal faces or with horrible looking faces. To see a ghost is one’s special ability that not everyone has. In my opinion, a person’s emotional state will mirror one’s facial expression that expresses his/ her emotional state whether he/she is happy, sad, angry or in whatever emotional state for that moment. In fact, in real life we often see people’s facial expression that expresses their emotional state that may sometimes be caused by anger and end with results that we tend to avoid because of the negative energy that they radiate towards others.
Therefore, this explanation also applies to the facial expression of the ghost that expresses their emotional state. Ghost without a face may relate to the empty mind state or being confused. Meanwhile, a horrible looking face may relate to anger or depression. I believe that by understanding the facial expression and the behaviour patterns of ghost are the easiest way to understand their psychological state. However, most often the spirits of the dead may send the energy to cloud our mind that makes us feel scared, angry, threatened or depressed instead of showing their appearance to the living because the impact is the same and to appear in full apparition somehow requires their intelligence to reassemble a lot of energy. Furthermore, the energy that the ghost radiates can be sensed by our emotional intelligence.
Often the ghost researcher records the voices of the dead that communicates during investigations. In fact, the spirit psychology also can be analysed through the EVP. In my case, someone recently sent me video clips that record nothing but only an EVP with a very low voice that almost could not be heard. However after further analysis, the EVP contained two words i.e. “young man” and after applying reverse speech on those words, the EVP revealed the name of the person who was recording the video. Therefore, it is through their voices captured through the EVP that wanted to communicate with us some message within their psychology state.
Therefore, it is very important for us to understand the psychology of spirits of the dead. The fact is, we fear because we cannot understand the nature of spirit existence, we will start labelling them as ‘demonic’ and we want to destroy the source of our fear. Even worse, if we ourselves don’t have the ability to manage our negative emotions that the IGHS have pointed out, that unstable emotion will create and send out energy that will attract the low level spirits. Furthermore, most often people think that exorcism is the best way to remove malevolent spirits, but the IGHS found that exorcisms will not work. Therefore, the best way to deal with the malevolent spirit is to understand the psychology of the death by altering our own attitude to be more positive.
Malevolent spirits may harm us especially when we force the spirit to depart. In order to deal with malevolent spirits, we ourselves must deal with the sources that make our emotions become unstable that in turn make us psychologically ill.
Reference :
http://www.malaysian-ghost-research.org/
Pontianak - vampire in white dress seeking revenge (also known as Kuntilanak in Indonesia)
Polong - unseen ghost that can be used by a black magic practitioner to harm someone.
Toyol - ghostly children used by the owner to steal other people's money.
Pelesit - ghost in grasshopper shape. Used by Black magic practitioner to possess someone.
Hantu Air - water ghost in rivers, pots and seas.
Hantu Kopek / Hantu Tetek - ghost in woman apparition said like to hide children within her big breast, especially during dusk.
Hantu Raya - is a variation of ghost which if owned, the owner will get help with hard labour and protection of his house and orchard. Others will see Hantu Raya have a similar outlook with his owner. During his owner's absence Hantu Raya may have sexual intercourse with his wife in the owner's form.
Hantu Bungkus / Pocong - ghost jumping around wrapped in a white shroud.
Langsuir - variation of the Pontianak.
Hantu Bunian - good ghosts or jinns living in the jungle. Loves to help humans.
Hantu Jepun - World War II Japanese ghosts. They wear WWII army attire and carry samurai swords. Most are headless.
Hantu Bukit - ghosts that haunt the hilly areas.
Hantu Kubur - ghosts that haunt the cemeteries.
Hantu Pari-Pari - fairy ghosts.
Jelangkung - closet ghost.
Hantu Laut - sea ghosts.
Hantu Galah - very tall ghosts. As high as coconut trees.
Jin Tanah - jinns living underground.
Hantu Khairi - usually sucks money and steal money from village people.
Hantu Kum Kum - a female ghost carrying a tombstone as a baby asking for milk.
Orang Minyak - "Oily Man". Rapist who believes in mystical properties of forced sex.
Hantu Penanggal - Heads and intestines flying without body. Loves to suck the blood of a newborn child.
Harimau Jadian - Big tiger ghosts.
Jembalang Tanah - underground ghosts.
Penanggalan - A variation of the vampire myth that apparently began in the Malay Peninsula. Appears as the head of a woman attached to a gastro-intestinal tract.
Si Ruban - A ghost that appears as a flying head. Loves to suck blood.
Understand Fear and Dealing with Ghost Prank
Understanding the psychology of earthbound spirits is very important not only for the ghost investigator but also for people in general as that can enlighten our fear and lessen unnecessary depression that is related to the pranks played by spirits of the dead. Furthermore, death is the beginning of a new life that sheds off the physical body so that we can exist at a higher level of spiritual realm.
However, it seems not that easy to even exist in the spiritual realm unless we can settle every issue that holds us onto the physical world. In fact, the experiences from those who underwent Near Death Experience (NDE) somewhat revealed what would happen beyond death.
However, understanding regarding the phrase ‘words, thoughts and action’ actually has links to our emotional state that is embedded within our inner self. I would like to point out that an emotional stimulus is somehow related to our thinking that basically makes up our personality. Moreover, one’s emotional state somehow brings great impact on how someone behaves. Let me explain the link between one’s emotional states with one’s psychology. Most of the time either positive or negative emotions will reflect one’s own behaviour. Perhaps our facial expression somewhat mirrors the state of our emotions. In fact, positive or destructive emotions followed by positive or negative attitude somehow will give impact to the people around us. Furthermore, negative emotion generates negative energy that will affect our psychology. Why we are able to sense the emotional state of others is because our inner soul that exists in the form of energy that is embedded within us senses the presence of either positive or negative energy.
why is it so important for us to understand the psychology of the dead? Perhaps by understanding the basic nature of humans, and when we consider the spirits who exist in our domain as people therefore, we will definitely be able to understand the nature of earthbound spirits. Furthermore, by implementing respect and reverence for the dead simply means to show our acceptance towards the spirit.
Let’s begin to see the nature of spirit existence. Some people claim that they have seen faceless ghosts, ghosts with normal faces or with horrible looking faces. To see a ghost is one’s special ability that not everyone has. In my opinion, a person’s emotional state will mirror one’s facial expression that expresses his/ her emotional state whether he/she is happy, sad, angry or in whatever emotional state for that moment. In fact, in real life we often see people’s facial expression that expresses their emotional state that may sometimes be caused by anger and end with results that we tend to avoid because of the negative energy that they radiate towards others.
Therefore, this explanation also applies to the facial expression of the ghost that expresses their emotional state. Ghost without a face may relate to the empty mind state or being confused. Meanwhile, a horrible looking face may relate to anger or depression. I believe that by understanding the facial expression and the behaviour patterns of ghost are the easiest way to understand their psychological state. However, most often the spirits of the dead may send the energy to cloud our mind that makes us feel scared, angry, threatened or depressed instead of showing their appearance to the living because the impact is the same and to appear in full apparition somehow requires their intelligence to reassemble a lot of energy. Furthermore, the energy that the ghost radiates can be sensed by our emotional intelligence.
Often the ghost researcher records the voices of the dead that communicates during investigations. In fact, the spirit psychology also can be analysed through the EVP. In my case, someone recently sent me video clips that record nothing but only an EVP with a very low voice that almost could not be heard. However after further analysis, the EVP contained two words i.e. “young man” and after applying reverse speech on those words, the EVP revealed the name of the person who was recording the video. Therefore, it is through their voices captured through the EVP that wanted to communicate with us some message within their psychology state.
Therefore, it is very important for us to understand the psychology of spirits of the dead. The fact is, we fear because we cannot understand the nature of spirit existence, we will start labelling them as ‘demonic’ and we want to destroy the source of our fear. Even worse, if we ourselves don’t have the ability to manage our negative emotions that the IGHS have pointed out, that unstable emotion will create and send out energy that will attract the low level spirits. Furthermore, most often people think that exorcism is the best way to remove malevolent spirits, but the IGHS found that exorcisms will not work. Therefore, the best way to deal with the malevolent spirit is to understand the psychology of the death by altering our own attitude to be more positive.
Malevolent spirits may harm us especially when we force the spirit to depart. In order to deal with malevolent spirits, we ourselves must deal with the sources that make our emotions become unstable that in turn make us psychologically ill.
Reference :
http://www.malaysian-ghost-research.org/
Precedence Studies
On this precedence studies i just show kind of ghost picture that popular in malay culture
This is ghost that people call " Pochong "
This ghost people always call " toyol " always relate with steal people things or money
This is ghost that people always said " penanggal " because its just has head and heart only and dont have any body part
This is ghost that people call " Pochong "
This ghost people always call " toyol " always relate with steal people things or money
This is ghost that people always said " penanggal " because its just has head and heart only and dont have any body part
Sketch ( Idea Development )
This my 1st concept installation art
This my 2nd Concept Installation art
This is my sketch of equipment that will be use during my installation art
This is my sketch about kind or ghost that i know
ARGHHHHHH~~!!! HELP..........
HELP~!! can someone be with me plss i mean in mid nite coz of this topic......
i feel somebody stare at me always at windows or behind me.......even going to toilet feel like something following me......
aduhai......sry to reles my prob inside this blog.....>_<
coz this thing always happen when i doing this research at mid nite.......and its keep feel every day..........but then when evening its feel nothing........can anyone help??
i feel somebody stare at me always at windows or behind me.......even going to toilet feel like something following me......
aduhai......sry to reles my prob inside this blog.....>_<
coz this thing always happen when i doing this research at mid nite.......and its keep feel every day..........but then when evening its feel nothing........can anyone help??
Ghanchart
This is my link to download my ghantchart
http://rapidshare.com/files/316115754/ganttchart_iliyas_DM.xls.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/316115754/ganttchart_iliyas_DM.xls.html
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Equipment For The Project
This all equipment i might be use in my project FYP:
Example webcam that i gonna use
Infrared NightVision/USB 2.0/1.3 MegaPixel / WebCam (SXT002)
Specification:
* Can download vedio software which equals to digital camera.
* Built-in invisiable microphone.
* Peculiar ergonomics design, 180 degree balance vision(better for heda-up vision) to avoid
* weariness.
* Support various special effect such as dithering effect ,dense glass effect,tv effect,virtual backgroud and black-white backgroud.
* Various topics of frame and custom frame function,show your bright personality and peculiar
* originality.
* Can take high-resolution head photos,take the best picture in the front of the computer.
* Stainless steel tube can adjust the height of the webcam to adapt to different horizontal
* position.
* Fixed lens and body for cyber bar user
* New design idea of compounding of infrared night vision and photo
* Behave well in the environment of night and low illumination
* High precision digital vedio lens.
* Good cord material ,USB 2.0 for high transmission rate.
Square Mirror
Example mirror that i gonna use
* 10cm x 15cm ( around 18 piece )
* As a normal mirror that reflect from skrin or projector
Square Glass
Example glass that i gonna use
* 10cm x 15cm ( around 9 piece )
* As a fake mirror, behind it will have monitor or projector
Acer monitor 23"
Example monitor that i gonna use
Acer H223H specifications
Display Size
23″ Wide 16:9 Full High Definition, 509×286 mm
Resolution
1920×1080 @ 60Hz
Format
16:9 Full High Definition
Brightness
300 cd/m2
Contrast
40′000:1
Viewing angle
170°(H), 160°(V) CR 10:1, 176°(H), 176°(V) CR 5:1
Response rate
2 ms
Tilt / Swivel / Pivot
Tilt: -5°~ 15°
Input Signal
VGA, DVI & HDMI (w/ HDCP)
VESA Wall Mounting Support
100×100mm
PPI
96
Colours
16.7M (6+HiFRC)
Pixel Pitch
0.248 mm
Speakers
SVGA Projector
Example projector that i gonna use
Epson EB S6 - 2200 Lumens - SVGA Projector
Brightness (Normal)
2200 ANSI Lumens
Brightness (Eco)
1750 ANSI Lumens
Lamp Life
4000 Hours
Native resolution
SVGA
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Weight
2.7 Kg
Technology
3LCD
Contrast Ratio
2000:1
Horizontal Keystone
No Degrees
Vertical Keystone
-30 to +30 Degrees
RGB ports quantity
1
Monitor Re-Drive
Yes
Example webcam that i gonna use
Infrared NightVision/USB 2.0/1.3 MegaPixel / WebCam (SXT002)
Specification:
* Can download vedio software which equals to digital camera.
* Built-in invisiable microphone.
* Peculiar ergonomics design, 180 degree balance vision(better for heda-up vision) to avoid
* weariness.
* Support various special effect such as dithering effect ,dense glass effect,tv effect,virtual backgroud and black-white backgroud.
* Various topics of frame and custom frame function,show your bright personality and peculiar
* originality.
* Can take high-resolution head photos,take the best picture in the front of the computer.
* Stainless steel tube can adjust the height of the webcam to adapt to different horizontal
* position.
* Fixed lens and body for cyber bar user
* New design idea of compounding of infrared night vision and photo
* Behave well in the environment of night and low illumination
* High precision digital vedio lens.
* Good cord material ,USB 2.0 for high transmission rate.
Square Mirror
Example mirror that i gonna use
* 10cm x 15cm ( around 18 piece )
* As a normal mirror that reflect from skrin or projector
Square Glass
Example glass that i gonna use
* 10cm x 15cm ( around 9 piece )
* As a fake mirror, behind it will have monitor or projector
Acer monitor 23"
Example monitor that i gonna use
Acer H223H specifications
Display Size
23″ Wide 16:9 Full High Definition, 509×286 mm
Resolution
1920×1080 @ 60Hz
Format
16:9 Full High Definition
Brightness
300 cd/m2
Contrast
40′000:1
Viewing angle
170°(H), 160°(V) CR 10:1, 176°(H), 176°(V) CR 5:1
Response rate
2 ms
Tilt / Swivel / Pivot
Tilt: -5°~ 15°
Input Signal
VGA, DVI & HDMI (w/ HDCP)
VESA Wall Mounting Support
100×100mm
PPI
96
Colours
16.7M (6+HiFRC)
Pixel Pitch
0.248 mm
Speakers
SVGA Projector
Example projector that i gonna use
Epson EB S6 - 2200 Lumens - SVGA Projector
Brightness (Normal)
2200 ANSI Lumens
Brightness (Eco)
1750 ANSI Lumens
Lamp Life
4000 Hours
Native resolution
SVGA
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Weight
2.7 Kg
Technology
3LCD
Contrast Ratio
2000:1
Horizontal Keystone
No Degrees
Vertical Keystone
-30 to +30 Degrees
RGB ports quantity
1
Monitor Re-Drive
Yes
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Critique 2: Final Proposal
Phobia is usually an irrational fear stemming from your wrong notion that something or someone can cause some harm to you. In fact it is the most common type of anxiety disorder
The term phobia as causing many physical and emotional complexities that vary from serious handicaps to familiar fears and insignificant peculiarities. It is usually evident as a fear, hostility, hatred, dislike, discrimination, or prejudice towards the object arousing the phobia.
Specific phobias according to phobia definitions are a fear of a single specific object or reason, like cats, heights, still water etc. The people afflicted with this phobia usually avoid the cause of their phobia. The specific phobia can be linked to some traumatic experience that occurred early in life.
So in this cases im choosing Spectrophobia symptoms, an exaggerated or irrational fear of mirrors.
Problem Identification
Usually people doesn't know either their got Spectrophobia or not. A highly stressful or frightening real event at which, instantaneously Spectrophobia is created. Similar to, say, a child being bitten by a dog and developing an immediate phobia, a single traumatic incident is a one-time experience at which there is such extreme fear - even if only for a moment - that the nervous system 'learns' to associate fear to help the individual avoid such situations in future.
An Associated Traumatic Experience. - This is where the individual does not directly experience the fear, but 'associates' to someone who does, either in a real situation, or, more rarely, when watching someone in a movie - or even a dream - experience a traumatic event.
Objective
- To make people experienced about spectrophobia
- To check either user is being spectrophobia or not
Motivation
To build self confident to over take this phobia...
Idea / Concept
Monitor as real mirror
Webcam as detection and to capture scene that happen
Mirror as refectltion from monitor
Scene is in alley both side got mirror and when user passing by of mirror,
that mirror will create some shadow or freeze user pic
The term phobia as causing many physical and emotional complexities that vary from serious handicaps to familiar fears and insignificant peculiarities. It is usually evident as a fear, hostility, hatred, dislike, discrimination, or prejudice towards the object arousing the phobia.
Specific phobias according to phobia definitions are a fear of a single specific object or reason, like cats, heights, still water etc. The people afflicted with this phobia usually avoid the cause of their phobia. The specific phobia can be linked to some traumatic experience that occurred early in life.
So in this cases im choosing Spectrophobia symptoms, an exaggerated or irrational fear of mirrors.
Problem Identification
Usually people doesn't know either their got Spectrophobia or not. A highly stressful or frightening real event at which, instantaneously Spectrophobia is created. Similar to, say, a child being bitten by a dog and developing an immediate phobia, a single traumatic incident is a one-time experience at which there is such extreme fear - even if only for a moment - that the nervous system 'learns' to associate fear to help the individual avoid such situations in future.
An Associated Traumatic Experience. - This is where the individual does not directly experience the fear, but 'associates' to someone who does, either in a real situation, or, more rarely, when watching someone in a movie - or even a dream - experience a traumatic event.
Objective
- To make people experienced about spectrophobia
- To check either user is being spectrophobia or not
Motivation
To build self confident to over take this phobia...
Idea / Concept
Monitor as real mirror
Webcam as detection and to capture scene that happen
Mirror as refectltion from monitor
Scene is in alley both side got mirror and when user passing by of mirror,
that mirror will create some shadow or freeze user pic
Critical Commentaries on Social Behavior.
Malaysia horror movie, could it even be considered a horror movie ?
Malaysia's horror movie industry have always, and I do mean always, been a disappointing. I am not saying this just out of the blue but this is a widely known fact. I'm not the only one that feels disappointed when watching local horror movie, many others including my friends have expressed their disappointment. 'Histeria', and 'Puaka Tebing Biru' are some examples that proves my point. Bad acting, bad effects, and bad directing are some of the reasons that have made the movies not even a fraction scary. However, there is still hope yet for the local horror movie industry. 'Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam' and 'Jangan Pandang Belakang' are the lucky few that managed to at least achive the passing mark for horror movies.
The thing is, it is not the storyline that is the problem, it is the creativity to execute the scenes, the acting of the actors, the effects that is used and also ultimately the censorship board of Malaysia that have made our local horror movie a laughing stock of the horror movie community.
Let us start with the first factor, it is a fact that there is no creativity in our local horror movies in executing the horror scenes, or even the scenes that should have build up the suspense or the mood for the coming 'BOO!' scene. It will always lack that certain panache to actually make that certain scene scary.
The second factor is also a big problem, the actors that are acting in this movies have never been really dedicated in playing their role, they refuse to BE the character, the ghost, they sometimes think it is beneath them or that their current acting skill are sufficient enough for that scene. The blame should not be on the actors alone, the casting director should also be blamed for the mistakes. If the casting director did his or her job right, the movie might have been better. Commitment to ones job is always important, don't you agree ?
Movie effects, as far as I can see, Malaysia's effects have at least come to par with the effects of world class movies. The effects that have been shown in certain local action movies are somewhat impressive, however, when it come to horror movies, those same effects have never been used effectively and sometimes may have been the cause of the downfall of that particular horror movie. The effects team must really do their job, as well as the editing team to.
Lastly and to me this is the ultimate cause for the local horror movie to be a laughing stock is because of the censorship board. Most horror movies that make it big are the ones that have that bloody and gory scene added to the mix, but because of censorship, that factor is to be either taken out or be reduced from a severed leg to a knock in the head. That is not all, because of the censorship have to take account on taboos of all religion, a lot of the factors that makes a good horror film is taken out of the equation. When this defining factors are taken out, it is very clear why our local horror movies are never good enough.
After looking on all the factors that have been listed above, I could not make it any clearer that our local horror movies SUX to the MAX ! Well at least it is true to most of us, dont'cha think so too ?
Malaysia's horror movie industry have always, and I do mean always, been a disappointing. I am not saying this just out of the blue but this is a widely known fact. I'm not the only one that feels disappointed when watching local horror movie, many others including my friends have expressed their disappointment. 'Histeria', and 'Puaka Tebing Biru' are some examples that proves my point. Bad acting, bad effects, and bad directing are some of the reasons that have made the movies not even a fraction scary. However, there is still hope yet for the local horror movie industry. 'Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam' and 'Jangan Pandang Belakang' are the lucky few that managed to at least achive the passing mark for horror movies.
The thing is, it is not the storyline that is the problem, it is the creativity to execute the scenes, the acting of the actors, the effects that is used and also ultimately the censorship board of Malaysia that have made our local horror movie a laughing stock of the horror movie community.
Let us start with the first factor, it is a fact that there is no creativity in our local horror movies in executing the horror scenes, or even the scenes that should have build up the suspense or the mood for the coming 'BOO!' scene. It will always lack that certain panache to actually make that certain scene scary.
The second factor is also a big problem, the actors that are acting in this movies have never been really dedicated in playing their role, they refuse to BE the character, the ghost, they sometimes think it is beneath them or that their current acting skill are sufficient enough for that scene. The blame should not be on the actors alone, the casting director should also be blamed for the mistakes. If the casting director did his or her job right, the movie might have been better. Commitment to ones job is always important, don't you agree ?
Movie effects, as far as I can see, Malaysia's effects have at least come to par with the effects of world class movies. The effects that have been shown in certain local action movies are somewhat impressive, however, when it come to horror movies, those same effects have never been used effectively and sometimes may have been the cause of the downfall of that particular horror movie. The effects team must really do their job, as well as the editing team to.
Lastly and to me this is the ultimate cause for the local horror movie to be a laughing stock is because of the censorship board. Most horror movies that make it big are the ones that have that bloody and gory scene added to the mix, but because of censorship, that factor is to be either taken out or be reduced from a severed leg to a knock in the head. That is not all, because of the censorship have to take account on taboos of all religion, a lot of the factors that makes a good horror film is taken out of the equation. When this defining factors are taken out, it is very clear why our local horror movies are never good enough.
After looking on all the factors that have been listed above, I could not make it any clearer that our local horror movies SUX to the MAX ! Well at least it is true to most of us, dont'cha think so too ?
Monday, November 9, 2009
Proposal 2nd
INTRODUCTION
Smack Wall - is installation art that user need to interact with wall that guide user to smack a place that will show by LED
BACKGROUND
When see DDR ( dance dance revolution ) that time i got idea if same like DDR but on wall, then user need to play with their hand.
OBJECTIVES
to make healthy interactive art
to make user feel healty
to train user kardo vascular
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
How to related LED with guide that where user need to hit
Smack Wall - is installation art that user need to interact with wall that guide user to smack a place that will show by LED
BACKGROUND
When see DDR ( dance dance revolution ) that time i got idea if same like DDR but on wall, then user need to play with their hand.
OBJECTIVES
to make healthy interactive art
to make user feel healty
to train user kardo vascular
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
How to related LED with guide that where user need to hit
Proposal 1st
INTRODUCTION
Eisoptrophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Because their fear often is grounded in superstitions, they may worry that breaking a mirror will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass.
BACKGROUND
This idea i get when watching ghost movie with my friends. Got one part, a character in that movie see his reflection inside the mirror but in ghost image. That time i see my friends mostly girl close their eyes got some people scream. So i think this idea will have good feedback.
OBJECTIVES
To make user experience what is Eisoptrophobia.
To see what user reaction when this situation happen to them.
SCOPE
Mostly people will attract with something new and mystery and some people wanna know if their fear a ghost or not because people will try to brave themself to over their fear.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
This installation i dont know how to make image appear on mirror
METHODOLOGY
This installation art will use 3rd party software zone trigger for detection webcam.
For hardware mirror, webcam, projector maybe
Eisoptrophobia - An abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Because their fear often is grounded in superstitions, they may worry that breaking a mirror will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass.
BACKGROUND
This idea i get when watching ghost movie with my friends. Got one part, a character in that movie see his reflection inside the mirror but in ghost image. That time i see my friends mostly girl close their eyes got some people scream. So i think this idea will have good feedback.
OBJECTIVES
To make user experience what is Eisoptrophobia.
To see what user reaction when this situation happen to them.
SCOPE
Mostly people will attract with something new and mystery and some people wanna know if their fear a ghost or not because people will try to brave themself to over their fear.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
This installation i dont know how to make image appear on mirror
METHODOLOGY
This installation art will use 3rd party software zone trigger for detection webcam.
For hardware mirror, webcam, projector maybe
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Eisoptrophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of mirrors. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. Because their fear often is grounded in superstitions, they may worry that breaking a mirror will bring bad luck or that looking into a mirror will put them in contact with a supernatural world inside the glass.
Mirrors and other reflective surfaces have long been associated with the strange or the bizarre. For example, in Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in the water of a fountain. He thought he was seeing the image of a beautiful nymph. Unable to embrace or call forth the image, he pined away and was eventually transformed into a flower. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel by Oscar Wilde, a portrait of a handsome young man begins to deteriorate, reflecting the corruption of the man's inner being. The portrait becomes a mirror reflecting the state of the young man's soul. The man eventually commits murder and suicide.
"Eisoptrophobia" is derived from the Greek "eis" (into) and "optikos" (vision, image, sight). Other English words derived from "optikos" include "optic" (relating to vision) and "optician," a technician who designs eyeglasses according to a prescription.
Symptoms of Eisoptrophobia
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Eisoptrophobia includes the 9 symptoms listed below:
* Irrational fear of mirrors
* Feeling of panic
* Feeling of terror
* Feeling of dread
* Rapid heartbeat
* Shortness of breath
* Trembling
* Anxiety
* Extreme avoidance measures taken
Mirrors and other reflective surfaces have long been associated with the strange or the bizarre. For example, in Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in the water of a fountain. He thought he was seeing the image of a beautiful nymph. Unable to embrace or call forth the image, he pined away and was eventually transformed into a flower. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel by Oscar Wilde, a portrait of a handsome young man begins to deteriorate, reflecting the corruption of the man's inner being. The portrait becomes a mirror reflecting the state of the young man's soul. The man eventually commits murder and suicide.
"Eisoptrophobia" is derived from the Greek "eis" (into) and "optikos" (vision, image, sight). Other English words derived from "optikos" include "optic" (relating to vision) and "optician," a technician who designs eyeglasses according to a prescription.
Symptoms of Eisoptrophobia
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Eisoptrophobia includes the 9 symptoms listed below:
* Irrational fear of mirrors
* Feeling of panic
* Feeling of terror
* Feeling of dread
* Rapid heartbeat
* Shortness of breath
* Trembling
* Anxiety
* Extreme avoidance measures taken
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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