I dont wanna lose you,
I dont wanna use you
Just to have somebody by my side
And I dont wanna hate you
I dont wanna take you
But I dont wanna be the one to cry
That dont really matter to anyone, anymore
But like a fool I keep losing my place
And I keep seeing you walk through that door

But theres a danger in loving somebody too much
And its sad when you know its your heart you cant trust
Theres a reason why people dont stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just aint enough

Now I could never change you
I dont wanna blame you
Baby you dont have to take the fall
Yes I may have hurt you
But I did not desert you
Maybe I just wanna have it all
It makes a sound like thunder
It makes me feel like rain
And like a fool who will never see the truth
I keep thinking somethings gonna change

But theres a danger in loving somebody too much
And its sad when you know its your heart you cant trust
Theres a reason why people dont stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just aint enough

And theres no way home
When its late at night and youre all alone
Are there things that you wanted to say
Do you feel me beside you in your bed
There beside you where I used to lay

And theres a danger in loving somebody too much
And its sad when you know its your heart they cant touch.
Theres a reason why people dont stay who they are
Cause baby sometimes love just aint enough.
Baby sometimes love just aint enough.

Assignment 6: Semiotic Analysis

For this image, i think there're quite alot of things to analyse because of the mixture of signs like language and visuals. I was thinking, if the words were all taken away, it can be a teaser ad for a horror movie. While doing the powerpoint presentation, as i was zooming in to see the words in fine print, i got very scared and tried to scroll down so i can only see her mouth. I think Mr Reddy is right to say that when an image is too scary, people tend to avoid it and the message sometimes become ineffective. In terms of how the target audience (smokers and non-smokers) would analyse this, Tea mentioned that it's not effective in encouraging smokers to quit because smokers 'know' or perhaps assume that this will not happen in real life. However, for me as a non-smoker, i feel that it has a great impact on me and makes me not want to touch a cigarette, especially when this is a girl, whom i imagine can be quite pretty if she didn't get this disease. take away the ulcers, the yellow teeth, the puffy eyes... and beauty is something that girls are very conscious of, well cos socially constructs influence us to feel this way. So demographics of the person in the image also affects the effectiveness of how it reaches the target audience. On the whole i think the non-smokers part of the target group would buy this ad, believe it and refrain from smoking compared to smokers quitting.
My group's assessment: 7.4/10 i think our group analysed according to the theories very closely and also provided some of our own ideas of analysis, showing how a viewer would read this image and we also evaluated the ad's effectiveness but we did not specifically indicate the target audience and that is, the young smokers and non-smokers, both male and female.
i like meimei and paul's presentation on the las vegas ad. It's very meaningful and i think the ad is very creative. They managed to analyse it from the target audience's perspective. i think the target audience (young males) would be attracted to this ad and feel like going to las vegas.
Peer assessment: 8.9/10

Assignment 5: 'Creep'
I googled creep and found that it means deterioration due to too much stress..like buildings...roads etc.
So this is my first attempt to capture the creeping of a tree.
The first pic: Realism. How the tree really looked like. ithought it'll be good to show the dying tree against a vibrant background to show the contrast. Even though the background is new and hasn't experienced creep, the tree has been there long enough and has been through rain or shine. 2nd pic: Formalism Trying to show how the tree changed, with black things growing on it. Formalistic cos a person mus go very near to see it but a camera allows u to see such a close view. 3rd pic: Expressionism Close up of the withered leaf, to show that the tree is dying and give a sad expression.

My final pictures:

Realism.
Formalism
Expressionism
The first picture of realism is trying to show the sunlight creeping in slowly and i wanted to capture this because the yellow colour makes the whole scenario positive. I want people to see that 'creep' can be a happy thing, it can be positive.

Formalism: This shows part of the yellow wall that has deteriorated with age and environmental stress.

Expressionism: This shows the dirt that is falling into the streaming water. i want the viewer to feel that bad things slowly creep out of our lives when we start to see things in a positive way. i want the viewer to link the pictures together. Although it is not required for the pictures to be linked, i want viewers to take away this feeling of optimism. Once you see the sunlight, the darkness goes away, the ugly in you and the bad things happening to you go away...

Self-assessment: 8.7/10

Peer-assessment: I really liked the snail series done by Jillyn. i would rate her 10/10! because her pictures communicate creep very well and show realism, formalism and expressionism clearly.
i also liked Ivy's loanshark series. i would give her 9/10.


Assignment 4: Photo Montage on 'The Day After'

Went sentosa to take the montage. I entitled my work 'the day after you're gone.' I'm trying to show that the girl in the middle of the sea is very lonely and pines for her lover. I put a picture of a couple at the side to show the contrast of companionship and loneliness. The slipper is also trying to portray loneliness.
Comments: Some students said that they liked it, some said i should include more sea cos the vastness of the sea would show her loneliness to a greater extent, some said i should include more sand, some said they didn't feel it cos the photo lacked gradient.
Self assessment: i give myself 8/10 for this because i think my message was clear and easily comprehensible. i think it is also thought-provoking. i don't think it needs to be read too much or in-depthly. The colours of the sea and sand are nice too.
Peer assessment: i like Stephanie's work of the day after a girls' night out. it has a clear message and the colours are very vibrant. there's good contrast. i would give her 9/10.
i also like meimei's church montage of the ressurection because it has very nice colours, depth and contrast. it also captured different angles of the church benches and surroundings.



Assignment 3: Photo Essay on 'Change'
These are some of the pictures i took at an antique shop in chinatown square shopping mall. The old F&N packaging and the old ice kacang machine.

Final pictures. Choose my favourite objects and contrasted their past and present state.

The phone.
The handphone.
The typewriter to portable laptop.
The microphone.

Comments: The 2nd picture of the supposedly modern phone is not modern enough. As commented by Stephanie, it doesn't relli show the present phone that we have at home. It looks kinda old. Have to replace it with a picture of my house phone instead of the phone from the shop.

Self-assessment: 9/10
i explored a lot of different angles and found the most beautiful one. And i think this photo essay managed to communicate the element of change effectively. Also, i like the colours, lighting and depth. I feel that there is good contrast.
Peer assessment: i think paul's work is superb. i would give him a 10/10 because the theme comes across very clearly. the whole photo essay flows nicely. Also, the photos were well-taken.
i also like Mike's work for the part of the hair salon. Very artistic and it relates to everyone. He can extract that part and make it into another photo essay. i give him a 9.5/10.

The 1st assignment: My childhood

Initially i tried scanning my dog's paws and out of desperation, my hand! Both turned out to be disastrous so i went around my neighborhood to get better ideas. Bought the games that i grew up playing. My favourite games are five stones and zeropoint. Tried the chapteh too, but seriously suck at it. As for the marbles, me n my cousins played them in a different way, actually used them to throw at people we hate.
Arranged the items in a random way, especially the zeropoint rubberband. Had them in one bunch but it looks like noodles instead. So i hope it looks like zeropoint this way. Like the colours of the chapteh and the 3D look of the marbles. Isit too arranged? Pls leave any comments so i can improve it. Thanks.
Self-assessment: i give myself 8/10 because i think the colours and contrast brings out the photogram as well as the glint of the marbles. Also, it is easily comprehensible but there could have been more texture and depth.
Peer assessment: i love yap jie ying's work. Her picture is excellent.it looks like a commercial photograph to show freshness and vibrancy. The lemon really looks like it's in the water. i give a perfect 10
i like meimei's work on the stars. i think it's beautiful. it gives a very 'real' feeling like the stars are really floating. i would give her a 9.5/10.



My 2nd assignment: The Haunted House

The final photo (below):

There is this house that sits in the middle of an empty field. It's located between punggol field and punggol walk. My brother-in-law drove me there so i could take my photos. Really creepy. Didn't dare to go near it. He drove me closer to the house but i didn't dare to walk towards it. Took advantage of the dark sky, cos it was drizzling. Hope the dark sky helps to create the eerie feeling. What happened after that was, my brother-in-law's car got stuck in the mud cos it started to rain heavily. SWAY or COINCIDENCE? i will never shoot haunted houses again.
Found this from a website:
A mysterious 4 digits number is written on the wall inside the Punggol Kampong House that is rumoured to be haunted by demons. Each digit is taller than 5 feet that doesn't look like casual graffiti. This abandoned house that used to be a Malay palace has many stories to tell. It is now being fenced up and nobody can trespass in. Who put down this secret number message? What does it mean? What are the secrets behind the fence?

Comments: Mr Reddy commented that the third picture is of better composition compared to the middle landscape one. Jialin commented that she liked the very first picture cos it makes the house look scary. So i dunno which one to choose. But i think it's safer to choose the 3rd one because of the balance in the picture, the depth and contrast.
Self assessment: i give myself 8.5/10 for this picture because of the difficulty to shoot it and i think it has a strong presence as well as depth.
Peer assessment: i love mike's 'fire in the sky' the most. very beautiful. he has a perfect 10 from me. it managed to incorporate all 3 elements: contrast, depth and presence.
i also like jillyn's photo of the birds. it makes people want to take a closer look and decipher more meaning from it. it can mean love too. i give her a 9/10.