Writing for Designers

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate key writing skills in story telling
2. Undertake mind-mapping exercises to formulate ideas
3. Work effectively an constructively in groups to discuss, debate and share ideas
4. Compile an online journal which critically evaluates and reflects the practice
5. Present a body of writing which demonstrates a clear and concise understanding of key concepts

Writing for Designers (What is detail?)

What is detail? What does detail do?

My understanding:

• Detail is the small things of a larger object that helps it to stand out from the others.
• To be specific is terms of shape, colour, size, gender, location, time and etc.
• The difference in between two similar object

Details

• single piece of information or a fact about something

This is the task we have done for today (1/6/2015)

Writing for Designer (Trails/Journey)

For the beginning of the semester we were asked to log on a short journey from someplace to someplace. I used the journey from the studio to the hostel

Here is the first trails I've made on the first week, the short words are the small details of the things that I saw on the way back. And for each detail I need to explain why for example, why did I choose that particular tree rather than the hundreds others simply because I catches my eyes rather than the hundreds others.

On the second week we are required to find one journey and capture the details on that journey with photos to show proofs or a visual explanation.



Writing for Designers (Task 2.1 - Sketch)

After the trails, we are to select 3 out of 10 objects:

• dandelion
• recycled papers
• dusty gramophone
• silver necklace watch
• bottle of rat wine
• auburn hair dye
• fortune-telling cards
• jar of marbles
• peacock feather
• map of mantin

I chosen Dusty Gramophone, Silver Necklace Watch & Fortune-Telling Cards and I have to sketch out how I imagine the objects would look like

Here are the objects Dusty Gramophone, Silver Necklace Watch & Fortune-Telling Cards and also other than the 3 object I have to imagine out a character that owns these items. From the beginning in the selection of the items I have an idea that came to my mind when I saw the items which is a Victorian England man 

Maximilan Jones

Writing for Designers (Script Writing)

Victorian Secret

Set in the Victorian Era, a detective named Maximilan Jones has been an average man that lived his life normally until one day his wife Isabella Jones went missing without a trace as if she vanished. Isabella is a fortune teller that work in downtown and has no problem in her life and they lived happily, Max didn’t know what to do as there are no clue at all where she went and where to look for her.

Max began to break down and feeling depressed most of his days spending his time mostly in the house or his office, drinking and constantly stare into space trying to figure out the reason behind her disappearance. The more he thinks about it, the more it doesn’t make sense as there were no ransom or any sign of break in at their house it was illogical as how she disappeared. He then starts to be sober and went looking for her.

Starting at the last place he saw her, the house where she left her belongings and items. There stood a dusty gramophone that she brought in when they were married, Max has always wondered how the gramophone looks so old but still works as he has seen her listening to it as he went off to work. He then tries to see if this will give him some sort of clue, he tries to play the vinyl that she always listen to but what did came out was not music or any of the sort but disturbing screeching noises like an animal’s screaking which made him felt weird and dizzy, Max instantly turn it off with a confused face and stare at it

“What the?” he says.

He proceeds to look around for more clues by checking the tables as he found fortune-telling cards all laid out in the way as she was reading someone’s fortune but the cards that are flip over were all the negative cards like the ‘Reaper’, Max assumes that Isabella was reading her own fate and found a shocking outcome. Shaking his head he walk backwards and stepped on something, he looks down and found the silver necklace watch she gave him on their anniversary, it was the same as always but with there were also something new, engravings on the watch that he didn’t see before. He look upon and read it out

“Max, my dear I am sorry forgive me Love, Isa” said Max as he grab hold tight in his hand.

“Isa, what happened to you?” he whispered.

Holding the watch in hand he walked out the house feeling anxious, his mind is blur and can’t think properly as he wanders about town aimlessly. As soon as he got his composure back he then begin to calm down and starts to think productively as he collects the clues he has up until now, thinking where to start again and the customers that she usually sees comes to mind. Walking down a dimly lit street in the night he proceed to the first suspect which is a gambler.

“Have you see Isa? Be honest with me I am not in the mood” said Max in a calm and hostile voice

“Isa? Haven’t seen her in the fortnight. Lost most of my money see stopped believing her hocus pocus crap.” answer the man

Max tries a few more times to see if the man is trying to hide something, the man insist that he has never seen her in 2 weeks.

“Look your wife is missing, it’s your fault not mine. Stop trying to suggest that others have anything to do with it, now piss off!” said the man in an angry tone.

Max turn around and walked away thinking of the second person that might know where she went, the bar owner.

Entered the bar he immediately look for the owner and confronted him,

“Have you seen Isa lately? Answer me honestly, I know that you often bring your customers to her” asked Max in a hasty manner.

“Well she did come by here yesterday looking rather pale and tired. I tried to ask her if she is okay, she just ran out without a word.” The bar owner answered with full confidence.

Max at this point has already begin to worry as he remember Isabella has a family sickness that makes her weak and pale, he himself has also have seen her in that state.

“Do you have any idea where she might went? Any clue would help a lot.” Asked Max again this time with worry in his voice.

“Hmmm, if there is a chance you could try the brothel, most of her customers originate from there.” answered the bar owner with a giggle.

“The brothel!?” said Max in a shocked and ran out the bar.

As he approached the brothel he saw a particular familiar face, a man that he saw talking to Isabella during one of his fieldwork.

“You, do you know Isabella?” asked Max in curiosity.

“Isabella? Yeah I knew her, asked her for a fortune-telling once” answered the man.

“Do you know where she is now?” Max asked again.

“No, but she is weirdest fortune teller I know, in her methods though. I asked her if she could change my luck and she asked me to do some weird ritual with chicken blood and candles of sorts. She came and played some weird screeching noises and flipped a few cards and then…” explained the man.

“And then what?” asked Max in a hurry.

“And then…I…I can’t remember, my memories is blurry at that point but my luck did change.” Said the man with a smile.

Screeching noises? Cards? Ritual? What is going on Isa? Thought Max to himself.

“Have you seen her lately?” asked Max once more.

“Well I saw her walking into that house with another man, must be doing the ritual again” answered the man.

Max asked which house is it, the man pointed and Max rushed to the house and peeked into the window and saw only blackness.

At this point Max’s heartbeat is getting faster and faster as he thinks something might be going wrong and he felt a bad vibe from that house itself. Max gathers all his might and kicked down the door and rushed into the total darkness,

“Isa!! Isa!! Where are you?” shouted Max.

No answer was heard, Max looked around to see if there any clue more and he spotted a trapdoor on the floor where the carpet was moved. He move in and opened the door and jumped in without any hesitation, as he lands on the ground he look up and saw torches lit up a corridor leading to a closed door. Slowly but surely walking towards the door grabbing hold of the necklace watch he still have in his hand, he reached the door. Leaning on it to try to listen to any noises on the other side, utter silence. He tried to open the door and the door was not locked, with a firm push he pushed the door open and saw a circle of blood on the floor with weird symbols and candles lighting the room up in the middle stood 2 person, a man who seems to be unconscienced and blood on his clothing and Isabella hugging him face away from Max on the man’s neck. She heard the door open and dropped the man as he dropped onto the floor as if he is dead, slowly turning her head to look at the opened door, there stood the one person that Max have been looking for all drench in blood from the mouth bottom to her dress. Isabella was a vampire.


Writing for Designer (Postcard)

The last task we needed is taking 3 postage from the Wall of Thoughts and sketch and make a postcard on the particular topic.

The 3 topic that I took is:

1. Music is an art with sound
2. Design is seen with creativity not the eyes
3. Nudity is not a crime, it is an art of nature

-Skecthes

Left: Sketches for Music is an art with sound, Right: Design is seen with creativity not the eyes

Sketch: Music is an art with sound

Sketch: Top left: Music is an art with sound, Top middle: Nudity is not a crime but art of nature, Top right: Design is seen with creativity not the eyes, Bottom left: Nudity is not a crime but an art of nature, Bottom middle: Design is seen with creativity not the eyes, Bottom right: Music is an art with sound

Final: Music is an art with sound

Final: Nudity is not crime, but an art of nature

Final: Design is seen with creativity not the eyes

Writing for Designer (Learning Outcomes Reflection)

Learning Outcome No.1 

1. Demonstrate key writing skills in story telling

This learning outcome was achieved by doing the script writing task, where we have to create a story to tell the audience. In efforts to make a story, I have to analyzed the resources that I have beginning with the 3 items. Knowing that I have to make a story in advance, when I laid eyes on the silver-necklace watch and the dusty gramophone, the theme of the Victorian England period came to my mind instantly and that is when I took the opportunity to tell my group members about it in which they had the same thought.

As I write the story, I realized a few steps that must be taken into account firstly is that whether the story is set in a fantasy or sci-fi theme. Then how are the society in that world acts and live, and also how do I make the writing believable to the reader, how do I engage them into the story just by reading without any help from visual.

This is what I got to come up with:

Victorian Secret

Set in the Victorian Era, a detective named Maximilan Jones has been an average man that lived his life normally until one day his wife Isabella Jones went missing without a trace as if she vanished. Isabella is a fortune teller that work in downtown and has no problem in her life and they lived happily, Max didn’t know what to do as there are no clue at all where she went and where to look for her.

Max began to break down and feeling depressed most of his days spending his time mostly in the house or his office, drinking and constantly stare into space trying to figure out the reason behind her disappearance. The more he thinks about it, the more it doesn’t make sense as there were no ransom or any sign of break in at their house it was illogical as how she disappeared. He then starts to be sober and went looking for her.

Starting at the last place he saw her, the house where she left her belongings and items. There stood a dusty gramophone that she brought in when they were married, Max has always wondered how the gramophone looks so old but still works as he has seen her listening to it as he went off to work. He then tries to see if this will give him some sort of clue, he tries to play the vinyl that she always listen to but what did came out was not music or any of the sort but disturbing screeching noises like an animal’s screaking which made him felt weird and dizzy, Max instantly turn it off with a confused face and stare at it

“What the?” he says.

He proceeds to look around for more clues by checking the tables as he found fortune-telling cards all laid out in the way as she was reading someone’s fortune but the cards that are flip over were all the negative cards like the ‘Reaper’, Max assumes that Isabella was reading her own fate and found a shocking outcome. Shaking his head he walk backwards and stepped on something, he looks down and found the silver necklace watch she gave him on their anniversary, it was the same as always but with there were also something new, engravings on the watch that he didn’t see before. He look upon and read it out

“Max, my dear I am sorry forgive me Love, Isa” said Max as he grab hold tight in his hand.

“Isa, what happened to you?” he whispered.

Holding the watch in hand he walked out the house feeling anxious, his mind is blur and can’t think properly as he wanders about town aimlessly. As soon as he got his composure back he then begin to calm down and starts to think productively as he collects the clues he has up until now, thinking where to start again and the customers that she usually sees comes to mind. Walking down a dimly lit street in the night he proceed to the first suspect which is a gambler.

“Have you see Isa? Be honest with me I am not in the mood” said Max in a calm and hostile voice

“Isa? Haven’t seen her in the fortnight. Lost most of my money see stopped believing her hocus pocus crap.” answer the man

Max tries a few more times to see if the man is trying to hide something, the man insist that he has never seen her in 2 weeks.

“Look your wife is missing, it’s your fault not mine. Stop trying to suggest that others have anything to do with it, now piss off!” said the man in an angry tone.

Max turn around and walked away thinking of the second person that might know where she went, the bar owner.

Entered the bar he immediately look for the owner and confronted him,

“Have you seen Isa lately? Answer me honestly, I know that you often bring your customers to her” asked Max in a hasty manner.

“Well she did come by here yesterday looking rather pale and tired. I tried to ask her if she is okay, she just ran out without a word.” The bar owner answered with full confidence.

Max at this point has already begin to worry as he remember Isabella has a family sickness that makes her weak and pale, he himself has also have seen her in that state.

“Do you have any idea where she might went? Any clue would help a lot.” Asked Max again this time with worry in his voice.

“Hmmm, if there is a chance you could try the brothel, most of her customers originate from there.” answered the bar owner with a giggle.

“The brothel!?” said Max in a shocked and ran out the bar.

As he approached the brothel he saw a particular familiar face, a man that he saw talking to Isabella during one of his fieldwork.

“You, do you know Isabella?” asked Max in curiosity.

“Isabella? Yeah I knew her, asked her for a fortune-telling once” answered the man.

“Do you know where she is now?” Max asked again.

“No, but she is weirdest fortune teller I know, in her methods though. I asked her if she could change my luck and she asked me to do some weird ritual with chicken blood and candles of sorts. She came and played some weird screeching noises and flipped a few cards and then…” explained the man.

“And then what?” asked Max in a hurry.

“And then…I…I can’t remember, my memories is blurry at that point but my luck did change.” Said the man with a smile.

Screeching noises? Cards? Ritual? What is going on Isa? Thought Max to himself.

“Have you seen her lately?” asked Max once more.

“Well I saw her walking into that house with another man, must be doing the ritual again” answered the man.

Max asked which house is it, the man pointed and Max rushed to the house and peeked into the window and saw only blackness.

At this point Max’s heartbeat is getting faster and faster as he thinks something might be going wrong and he felt a bad vibe from that house itself. Max gathers all his might and kicked down the door and rushed into the total darkness,

“Isa!! Isa!! Where are you?” shouted Max.

No answer was heard, Max looked around to see if there any clue more and he spotted a trapdoor on the floor where the carpet was moved. He move in and opened the door and jumped in without any hesitation, as he lands on the ground he look up and saw torches lit up a corridor leading to a closed door. Slowly but surely walking towards the door grabbing hold of the necklace watch he still have in his hand, he reached the door. Leaning on it to try to listen to any noises on the other side, utter silence. He tried to open the door and the door was not locked, with a firm push he pushed the door open and saw a circle of blood on the floor with weird symbols and candles lighting the room up in the middle stood 2 person, a man who seems to be unconscienced and blood on his clothing and Isabella hugging him face away from Max on the man’s neck. She heard the door open and dropped the man as he dropped onto the floor as if he is dead, slowly turning her head to look at the opened door, there stood the one person that Max have been looking for all drench in blood from the mouth bottom to her dress. Isabella was a vampire.

Learning Outcome No.2

2. Undertake mind-mapping exercises to formulate ideas

Mind mapping is a good example to create ideas and also the simplest method to do so. In writing mind mapping enables me to get more details or ideas to put into the writing. It all began with 1 one word and then it springs out into many branches of other words with then can be used or ignored in the selection process.

Mystery => Belongings => Remember => Sober => Cry => Angry => Determined => Rash => Confident => Engage => Run => Find => Investigate => Analyze => Act

Learning Outcome No.3

3. Work effectively an constructively in groups to discuss, debate and share ideas

More so the workload is dissipated, instead of working alone on the project group work makes it simpler and easier to everybody and can act and do faster than alone. In groups I learn to split work force to group members based on their ability. I have a group member who is good at illustrations therefore I gave him to work of drawing characters. As for me, I have confidence in my ability as director and I will do the directors work.

In terms of discussion and such is more like talking about how do we do this, like in terms of lacking of time frame to do work, we discuss on how to make it work faster by changing certain things or eliminating unnecessary work or stuffs.

Learning Outcome No.4

4. Compile an online journal which critically evaluates and reflects the practice

In every task, reflection is done by making researches on that particular subject in which I did not understand. For example, in the beginning we were asked "what is detail meant to you?" that question is fairly subjective, everyone have their own different understanding on the word details like for me, "It is the difference between two similar objects, how one stands out from the other"

And after the discussion and research I now know more about the word detail. Same goes to storyboard, coming from an animation background, storyboard is where we plan our timeline of the animation and how the animation goes but apparently storyboard works as a guideline in design and writing the same way as animation goes but can be changed as the progress goes.
_______________________________________________________________________________

What is detail? What does detail do?

My understanding:

• Detail is the small things of a larger object that helps it to stand out from the others.
• To be specific is terms of shape, colour, size, gender, location, time and etc.
• The difference in between two similar object

Details

• single piece of information or a fact about something

Learning Outcome No.5

5. Present a body of writing which demonstrates a clear and concise understanding of key concepts

This is final writing that after all and all that I have conceived 

Victorian Secret

Set in the Victorian Era, a detective named Maximilan Jones has been an average man that lived his life normally until one day his wife Isabella Jones went missing without a trace as if she vanished. Isabella is a fortune teller that work in downtown and has no problem in her life and they lived happily, Max didn’t know what to do as there are no clue at all where she went and where to look for her.

Max began to break down and feeling depressed most of his days spending his time mostly in the house or his office, drinking and constantly stare into space trying to figure out the reason behind her disappearance. The more he thinks about it, the more it doesn’t make sense as there were no ransom or any sign of break in at their house it was illogical as how she disappeared. He then starts to be sober and went looking for her.

Starting at the last place he saw her, the house where she left her belongings and items. There stood a dusty gramophone that she brought in when they were married, Max has always wondered how the gramophone looks so old but still works as he has seen her listening to it as he went off to work. He then tries to see if this will give him some sort of clue, he tries to play the vinyl that she always listen to but what did came out was not music or any of the sort but disturbing screeching noises like an animal’s screaking which made him felt weird and dizzy, Max instantly turn it off with a confused face and stare at it

“What the?” he says.

He proceeds to look around for more clues by checking the tables as he found fortune-telling cards all laid out in the way as she was reading someone’s fortune but the cards that are flip over were all the negative cards like the ‘Reaper’, Max assumes that Isabella was reading her own fate and found a shocking outcome. Shaking his head he walk backwards and stepped on something, he looks down and found the silver necklace watch she gave him on their anniversary, it was the same as always but with there were also something new, engravings on the watch that he didn’t see before. He look upon and read it out

“Max, my dear I am sorry forgive me Love, Isa” said Max as he grab hold tight in his hand.

“Isa, what happened to you?” he whispered.

Holding the watch in hand he walked out the house feeling anxious, his mind is blur and can’t think properly as he wanders about town aimlessly. As soon as he got his composure back he then begin to calm down and starts to think productively as he collects the clues he has up until now, thinking where to start again and the customers that she usually sees comes to mind. Walking down a dimly lit street in the night he proceed to the first suspect which is a gambler.

“Have you see Isa? Be honest with me I am not in the mood” said Max in a calm and hostile voice

“Isa? Haven’t seen her in the fortnight. Lost most of my money see stopped believing her hocus pocus crap.” answer the man

Max tries a few more times to see if the man is trying to hide something, the man insist that he has never seen her in 2 weeks.

“Look your wife is missing, it’s your fault not mine. Stop trying to suggest that others have anything to do with it, now piss off!” said the man in an angry tone.

Max turn around and walked away thinking of the second person that might know where she went, the bar owner.

Entered the bar he immediately look for the owner and confronted him,

“Have you seen Isa lately? Answer me honestly, I know that you often bring your customers to her” asked Max in a hasty manner.

“Well she did come by here yesterday looking rather pale and tired. I tried to ask her if she is okay, she just ran out without a word.” The bar owner answered with full confidence.

Max at this point has already begin to worry as he remember Isabella has a family sickness that makes her weak and pale, he himself has also have seen her in that state.

“Do you have any idea where she might went? Any clue would help a lot.” Asked Max again this time with worry in his voice.

“Hmmm, if there is a chance you could try the brothel, most of her customers originate from there.” answered the bar owner with a giggle.

“The brothel!?” said Max in a shocked and ran out the bar.

As he approached the brothel he saw a particular familiar face, a man that he saw talking to Isabella during one of his fieldwork.

“You, do you know Isabella?” asked Max in curiosity.

“Isabella? Yeah I knew her, asked her for a fortune-telling once” answered the man.

“Do you know where she is now?” Max asked again.

“No, but she is weirdest fortune teller I know, in her methods though. I asked her if she could change my luck and she asked me to do some weird ritual with chicken blood and candles of sorts. She came and played some weird screeching noises and flipped a few cards and then…” explained the man.

“And then what?” asked Max in a hurry.

“And then…I…I can’t remember, my memories is blurry at that point but my luck did change.” Said the man with a smile.

Screeching noises? Cards? Ritual? What is going on Isa? Thought Max to himself.

“Have you seen her lately?” asked Max once more.

“Well I saw her walking into that house with another man, must be doing the ritual again” answered the man.

Max asked which house is it, the man pointed and Max rushed to the house and peeked into the window and saw only blackness.

At this point Max’s heartbeat is getting faster and faster as he thinks something might be going wrong and he felt a bad vibe from that house itself. Max gathers all his might and kicked down the door and rushed into the total darkness,

“Isa!! Isa!! Where are you?” shouted Max.

No answer was heard, Max looked around to see if there any clue more and he spotted a trapdoor on the floor where the carpet was moved. He move in and opened the door and jumped in without any hesitation, as he lands on the ground he look up and saw torches lit up a corridor leading to a closed door. Slowly but surely walking towards the door grabbing hold of the necklace watch he still have in his hand, he reached the door. Leaning on it to try to listen to any noises on the other side, utter silence. He tried to open the door and the door was not locked, with a firm push he pushed the door open and saw a circle of blood on the floor with weird symbols and candles lighting the room up in the middle stood 2 person, a man who seems to be unconscienced and blood on his clothing and Isabella hugging him face away from Max on the man’s neck. She heard the door open and dropped the man as he dropped onto the floor as if he is dead, slowly turning her head to look at the opened door, there stood the one person that Max have been looking for all drench in blood from the mouth bottom to her dress. Isabella was a vampire.