#conceptualprocess

Thinking of communication without sound. Can I alter the relationship between sound and image? Why are certain situations awkward? 

looking at the robotics of communication

Final Piece - Epic Mundanity is the "uncreative" result of both divergent and convergent thinking, also allowing me the opportunity to explore alien methods in the making of this film. It depicts an overdramatic representation of the mundanity that is writing in a book. The Epic factor is emphasised through the music which is a reversal of the tone of reality therefore explicating the use of divergent thinking. Convergent thinking comes into play in the development of ideas in terms of both filmic techniques and choices for actor and setting which all build on each other allowing for further well thought out ideas. Uncreativity is quite a prominent theme in this film as I have cut and pasted a track with the same tone  as the Death Note Epic Writing Scene, sinister yet epic. It also is an appropriation of the scene in question showing a serious side yet also contrasting it with an awkward reality as seen in the ending. Regarding alien methods, my brother, Edmund Luo gave me an understanding of the process involved in preparing a production so I adopted it partially and created a storyboard to establish a sense of direction even though my usual process was always mostly improvised as seen in Dramatic Walk Home.

Documentation Piece #10 - Before recruiting my actor (Matt Zammit), I took a range of photos, unintentionally planning and scoping out my setting for the Dramatic Walk Home. This provided me with a semi well prepared foundation on which I used to decide on the route home we'd take so that there would be more opportunities to capture the radiant artificial beauty of the city. These here are only a few of the photos taken. As the conceptual process here was material prepared for me through sheer coincidence, I feel that it could possibly be classified as Alien Convergent Thinking. Maybe.

Documentation Piece #8 - Having been an anime fan in the past, when I decided on setting and character, the rather hilariously serious scene from the show Death Note in which the main character writes overdramatically in his "deathnote" book sprang to mind. In a way, by doing a parody I am approaching the idea of uncreativity yet confirming the divergent thinking that death note has implemented themselves. Therefore this may possibly be classified as an alien method seeing as this scene was the root of my divergent thinking process. Interestingly at the same time, it is also convergent thinking as this video contains divergent ideas that have merged yet they build upon the foundation of my own video that I am planning out (Uncreativity, Alien Methods, Convergent Thinking).

Documentation Piece #7 - Storyboard of Final Piece Epic Mundanity details from left to right the plan for shooting at least. As mentioned ahead of this piece, the epic writing scene from Death Note inspired and helped fuel my creative approach to uncreativity. As this was an alien method to me (thanks to my brother), creating this particular film took longer than I usually have the patience for in my own process yet it did pay off in my opinion (convergent thinking, uncreativity, alien methods).