Amy Tan
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February 09, 05:01 AM
February 09, 05:02 AM
February 09, 05:03 AM
March 07, 11:52 PM
February 09, 05:04 AM
February 18, 07:15 AM
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With a passion for the new era of media communication through digital installation art. This passion has guided the way through my final year project which will be presented here.
The installation is all about sound and visual. To control the audio, motion sensors connected to a laptop through a programming language are used. These sensors detect the user's movements and deliver the data to the laptop which is connected to a number of speakers. Visuals (water inspired video footages) are projected from the top into five buckets using a flexible projection mapping application.
Freshwater is the most crucial resource for humans. Our life revolves around water. This project aims to remind the public about these facts and the importance of appreciating and saving water.
In order to create familiar and comfortable setting for the viewers simple everyday objects are used in the installation.
There are five water buckets in different sizes, equipped with motion sensor. The buckets are located in specific spots and together, they create a shape around which users could walk. Users interact with the installation by walking from one bucket to another. Each bucket represents a water element shown as videos. These elements are, Waterfall, Water boiling, Rain, the sea and water dripping. the videos are projected inside each bucket and create an illusion of their specific element (rain, sea,...) being inside the bucket. Once a user walks near a bucket the sensors detect his/her presence and trigger the system to play an specific sound related to the element represented in that very bucket. If more people are present in more than one hot spots, different sounds will be played simultaneously so the users could experiment with the different water sounds and their combinations.
These interactions provide a fun way to remind the users of what water is and how important it is in our lives.
February 09, 05:05 AM
February 09, 05:05 AM
March 07, 11:51 PM
July 26, 05:07 AM
March 07, 11:57 PM
It is all about "the importance of friendship".
The story involves three characters (3 best friends) and in the story they were pissed with each other because of some certain reasons.
It has a simple storyline and the shooting scenes are all at MMU Cyberjaya Campus.
We have only 4 teammates for the production.
February 09, 05:08 AM
This is a group assignment which involves 4 groupmates.
The footages are provided and we were required to create and design the layout for the videos.
the contents are about open house of festivals in Malaysia.
Softwares : Premiere Pro, After effects, Photoshop, Illustrator
These are some of the characters traced and drew in photoshop.
Layout 2 -
Layout 3 - Hari Raya Aidilfitri
March 07, 11:59 PM
I did a research on a very active typographer name : Douglas Vitkauskas.
He is keen in designing new typo with his very own style and his works could be found on dafont.com which is a website providing free fonts for download.
These are the reports and
I 'd love to show my layout design here as well.
This is a layout i created for the font : VTKS Mural which i picked for the font report.
March 08, 12:06 AM
main page
menu page
Activity 1: Make Over Closet
Users can pick a garment and drag it to the girl's body.
Activity 2: Make Up Corner
User can drag & drop a color from each category to make up the girl.
Activity 3: Be a Star
Select from a limited list of songs and sing along with the mtv from Youtube.
These are activities that little girls would preferably be doing.
The content of the application is inspired by my observation of young girls nowadays,
where their 'Barbies' or cooking toys are replaced by computer games, Youtube streaming, etc.
February 09, 05:09 AM
Profile
Experience
- May 2011 - PresentWeb Designer / Philip Tang & Sons Pte Ltd
- Jul 2010 - PresentFreelance Designer (graphic/ multimedia) / Self-employed designerinvolved in providing a design solution for print media ad as well as screen-based interactive media. Type of work includes poster design, banner design, Kiosk User Interface design, website interface design, game interface design, Kiosk skin design, Interactive flash-based application, Graphic & illustrations.
- Jul 2010 - PresentSpeech Data Ops Specialist / Google- assisted in publicizing "Google Day" event in Multimedia University Cyberjaya, Malaysia. - collected voices of native Malay speakers. Reference: Mr. Avijit Paul (coordinator of the event)
- Dec 2009 - PresentParticipation in Google's SME Stimulus Package (Malaysia) / GoogleThis Google campaign is to promote websites and online-advertising amongst SMEs ( Small-Medium Enterprises) in Malaysia. It is named " Google's SME Stimulus Package". I was in a team with Norman Chee (Team 8). During the course of the campaign, we had to try -selling/ promoting the services; -offering a low-cost but effective website-development service to SMEs, -managing customers, -developing website that met the customers' objectives and design preferences, -manage payables, -show leadership and teamwork skills, -and to apply project management skills. we were also required to meet qualification-targets. Reference: Mr. Hanson Toh ( Google's Malaysia Country Consultant) hansontoh@google.com.
- Jun 2009 - PresentCreative Intern / Antics StudiosResearch , idea brainstorm with the creative team. Assisting in website design for various clients.
Education
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2006 - 2010Multimedia UniversityBachelors of Multimedia in Digital Media, Creative MultimediaActivities: Chinese Orchestra Group, Jactim Career Fair, Mescorp event design team, Cross cultural Integration Programme Publicity team, Fresh bottle Acoustic Music group.
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November 03, 10:40 PM
User experience of my project.
I'm proud to see my work shows an interesting feedback from my peers and visitors.
People around are keen to try to interact with the setting and that 's a good sign.
I wished I was provided with a closed and quieter space, the sound would rather be better without distractions from other projects displayed in the same room.
some would be confused about the video.
let me explain or u could read the previous blog posts content.
do you see the tiny black cross stick to the floor?
THAT is the hot spots for audience to trigger the sound of the videos according to where they're standing.
THAT is the hot spots for audience to trigger the sound of the videos according to where they're standing.
It should have the sound of the videos you see in the pails of different footages.
There are hidden sensors at each pail which detects motion and it triggers the sound of the video in the pail.
e.g. water dripping video : triggers water dripping sound.
When more sensors are trigger, it forms a mixture of different water sound.
That 's the whole concept of 'Water Symphony' .
an experience of sound mixing with water sound samples.
whoever got the tempo and beat, you might have composed some unique melody out of it.
Enjoy~
June 29, 07:13 AM
yup!!
the setting of my project.
Bucket used: all the old ones. some might be as old as 40 or 50 years old.
These buckets are old and they still remain in good condition. just like the old days, people need to fetch water from the well when the water supply system has not been any advance like what we are enjoying now. also the function and usefulness of the buckets when we talk about water in our daily lives.
the sensors are attached to each buckets. from the image you could see that actually the sensors are wrapped with a cone shape white paper. I did that to limit the range of the sensor to a specific spot on the ground so that users knows the active zone of the sensor.
I need to do that to prevent confusion for audience.
May 11, 02:32 AM
Why the title?
just thought that every drop is special.
It could mean so much.
different sound, pitch, volume, etc. it forms a simple melody.
The drippings from mlngjle on Vimeo.
the more volume it comes out from the pipe, u see bubbles on the water surface.
when u allow more water out, the sound deepens. and less bubbles.
Isn't it beautiful?
May 11, 02:19 AM
Presents you the Waterfall!!!
Waterfalls from mlngjle on Vimeo.
Do you remember how refresh you feel after playing at the waterfall?
the water from the waterfall has natural energy, makes us energized and refreshed.
now i missing them!
p.s: location: Kanching Falls & on the way up to Cameron Highlands (forgot to remark its name).
May 11, 02:32 AM
May 11, 01:53 AM
April 30, 01:34 PM
Updating very soon the videos and pictures during the showcase!
wuhoo!~ :)
April 30, 01:30 PM
Showcase 's over!
Final Year Project is Over!
Recalling comments & critics that I've received so far.
Thanks for all the comments and critics.
more are welcomed here.
Critics:
>>Selection of bucket to be matched with the relevant visual.
e.g. boiling water - old kettle
>>Video content:
instead of shooting images of water ( waterfall / dripping/...etc)
it could be something as in how people use those water for.
e.g. video of woman washing clothes / dishes
>>projection:
best in top down view (which is exactly what i wanted but it couldn't be done)
>>Sound:
surround speaker could be channeled one to each speaker
overlapping sound makes it confusing
>>for now i can only remember these main ones.
>>concept:
Interesting!
Nice!
Nice idea of projecting on buckets
Cool~
>>sensors detection:
some commented that people needs to know where is the hidden sensors location and mark it down for indication.
(explains the 'X' sticker on the marked active areas around the buckets)
Final Year Project is Over!
Recalling comments & critics that I've received so far.
Thanks for all the comments and critics.
more are welcomed here.
Critics:
>>Selection of bucket to be matched with the relevant visual.
e.g. boiling water - old kettle
>>Video content:
instead of shooting images of water ( waterfall / dripping/...etc)
it could be something as in how people use those water for.
e.g. video of woman washing clothes / dishes
>>projection:
best in top down view (which is exactly what i wanted but it couldn't be done)
>>Sound:
surround speaker could be channeled one to each speaker
overlapping sound makes it confusing
>>for now i can only remember these main ones.
>>concept:
Interesting!
Nice!
Nice idea of projecting on buckets
Cool~
>>sensors detection:
some commented that people needs to know where is the hidden sensors location and mark it down for indication.
(explains the 'X' sticker on the marked active areas around the buckets)
April 11, 10:16 PM
As mentioned, my installation is about audio and visual, therefore my main contents are sound and video footages. i used a portable surround sound recorder to record sound and a digital camera to record HD videos. In addition, I also used the piezo sound vibration sensor which I found to be really useful recording sound without noise.
For the interactivity part of my project, I used the Arduino microcontroller board and the PIR motion sensors and played with wiring. With the open-source platform of Arduino, I connect the sensors to Arduino using Arduino Programming language and communicate it with another software - MaxMSP. I control them on my laptop and the speakers for sound output. The videos of different footages are played with a projector from the top. I mapped the videos into the buckets with a very flexible projection mapping application- VideoProjectionTools (VPT).
The installation is simple. Each sensor is programmed with different sound. When motion detected it plays the sound of which the sensor is triggered. Users are encouraged to experiment with the sound.
April 11, 10:17 PM
My project is an interactive audio visual installation. Initially, this idea is inspired by water issue in Malaysia where some parts of this country was facing water shortage problems. I have researched about the lackadaisical attitude of Malaysians towards environmental issues; water be one of the main ones.
I want to promote appreciation towards water through video and sound, creating an experience for people to experiment with the various sound of water and at the same time enjoy the visuals. The visual metaphor of my work are the buckets, closely related to medium to carry water and its significant use especially during water shortage period.
"Water is the driving force of all nature." a quote by Leonardo da Vinci. This is a message that I hope everyone could bear in mind.
April 11, 10:04 PM
April 11, 06:03 PM
April 07, 05:08 PM
I wish I did not update the Max5 5.0.6 to 5.1.3.
I wish I can still use the UDR.
but what is done is done!
Before the decision made, I went through finding alternatives way to reactivate the demo Maxmsp. I failed. then I thought maybe I could install Windows in my Mac instead and reinstall all the needed software. At the same time, Crit 03 is soon and panic, nervous, stress all come in once. and I still have loads of stuff yet to be done.
In short, to stop wasting time on all the hassles, I bought it!
Perhaps after this month I might still be using Maxmsp for other upcoming projects.
Now I can continue with my journey.
:)
November 03, 10:22 PM
March 26, 12:48 AM
Getting Arduino to communicate with Maxmsp should not be too difficult. I was lucky enough to make it work with this max patch ' Arduino2max', written specially for what i need most in my project.
I still have one big problem here.
After the first test out which was successful ( as shown in the below video) , it is not working anymore until now. (that's why I said I was lucky)
working on it right now. hoping to get it fixed as soon as possible.
*May luck be with me!*
is checking out more about Maxuino, different versions of Arduino IDE ( maybe the updated version doesn't work in this case) and Pure data + arduino , etc relevant stuff.
ps: Thank you Cheesehed!
March 26, 12:38 PM
was trying out if my PIR sensor is working.
TARA!!!!
It works! and i got the codes from here. I realized that this sensor ( Parallax PIR sensor : which is considered as a branded sensor according to the guy from Jalan Pasar) works really well. I mean it is quite sensitive to detect motion but when motion is too fast, sometimes you will have to slow down your motion. example like if you wave your hands too fast over the hot zone, i think the sensor can't really detect something moving over it.
was Happy and excited and to have some progression. This is done i think 3 weeks ago. :)
March 15, 12:57 AM
one of the tutorials I've done with Arduino and potentiometer.
the potentiometer controls the speed of the LED lights running.
just to share. :)
March 15, 12:26 AM
One of the most important elements in my project is the sound of water. In order to get clear and high quality sound. I went around doing field recording on actual spots of water source. Tools that I have been using to record the sound of water is the portable sound recorder shown as below.
Firstly I used the
Zoom H2.
I find it easy to use and it's handy and light. very convenient for me to bring along in my bag.
Then i tried the slightly advanced version of the same brand. It has more features and has two input and more feature; slightly bulky but it is still fine to be carried around.
Zoom H4
Other experiment:
**playing with the piezo vibration sensor which is made into a hydrophone; looks like this.
Credit: Professor Owen Chapman
The hydrophone is connected to the sound recorder, eventually I got clearer sound of water with all the extra noise filtered out. because it is made of piezo vibration sensor which only detects vibration, that is why in the output sound the noise are gone.
March 15, 12:27 AM
Image source.
PIR stands for Passive InfraRed and this motion detector is what I will be using in my project.
It scans and searches for passive IR reflections (such as a human). Basically works like an on / off switch ( I/0 ).
What I will do is to set this detector with my Arduino set, and try it out with the code from Arduino playground.
DFRduino Duemilanove 328 ; with USB connection ;
100% Arduino compatible.
March 14, 11:20 PM
VPT: Video Projection Tool
This is an application for projection mapping which I found suitable for my installation set up.
Screenshots of my test out.
The very first thing i got from the output.
Then, still confused.
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