Video Ideation

LA Light from Colin Rich on Vimeo.

NightFall from Colin Rich on Vimeo.

Snow Globe Los Angeles from All Cut Up Films on Vimeo.

Kuala Lumpur DAY-NIGHT from Rob Whitworth on Vimeo.

Idea Development 2

Nightlife in Kuala Lumpur City

Kuala Lumpur is one of the city that tourists can enjoy all the benefits of living and also a world-class shopping destination. KL is a bustling city offering a range of activities and great nightlife and weekend options. Weekends allow tourists and families to engage in travel around the region or there are sporting and social clubs within the city that meet over the weekends.The lights shimmering illuminate the city.

Technology makes human feel alive.

 Technology 

Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.( Wikipedia)

The example of modern technology 

We are surrounds by different modern technologies, like medical technology, information technology and construction technology, robot technology etc.The image above shows some example of technology that exists nowadays.The main unit of modern technology is information technology i.e. computer internet and all electronic devices controlled by machines.

Computer is the greatest invention and product of this life but internet is the father of the computer. These two things are essential parts of each other and dull with out any of them. Computer, the machine, is  with all the information and skills said to be the equivalent to human mind made us  much relax and internet has all the solutions of major and minor problems of this modern technologies life.

These technologies have numerous benefits. The most important is that it has secured the world in a screen or page or an electronic media (electronic chip which can save and control a huge amount of information in any form of data). The modern technology has changed our minds totally. We are able to stand for good or bad and can differentiate them. We are in better condition from our’ s ancestors. They were afraid of  every mysterious moment of the nature and any sudden incident of their life. Hence technologies have made our life easier and happier.

Human Behavior

 According to a few  well-known psychologists "Myers-Briggs" and "Keirsey" there are about sixteen distinct personality types, which defines our personality. And somewhere mixed into all of this information they can tell us if we are either a extroverted or introverted type of person.Trait psychology is all based on personality and behavioral traits. These are rough correlates to behavioral traits.

• Warmth
• reasoning 
• emotional stability
• dominance
• liveliness
• rule consciousness
• social boldness
• sensitivity
• vigilance
• abstractedness
• privatness
• apprehension
• openness to change
• self reliance
• perfectionism
• tension

Human is actually have their own traits and might be get from genetics,influenced by others or discover by themselves.They have their own comfort zone which they feel secure,comfortable and fun to live in that way. It is considered a normal behavioral trait that we humans all have Once we're forced outside of our comfort box, we immediately begin looking for ways to return to the relative safety and comfort of our own little world. 

This is how behavior cycle

Precedence Studies

Augmented Reality - Projection Mapping from Dane Luttik on Vimeo.

PIECES / Chapter one : Battleships from Romain Tardy (AntiVJ) on Vimeo.

Light canvas from Joanie Lemercier (AntiVJ) on Vimeo.

Live 3D Mapping: 20 Jährige Jubiläum Fest Sous Le Pont from INDEFINITEVJ on Vimeo.

The City is London from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo.

AntiVJ presents: NUITS SONORES from Joanie Lemercier (AntiVJ) on Vimeo.

Software and Hardware Research

These software and Hardware might be used in my project development

• After Effects

 Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing (image adjustment, color correction etc.). After Effects can also be used as a basic non-linear editor and a media transcoder.

• Mad Mapper

The MadMapper provides a simple and easy tool for mapping projections. It removes a lot of the confusion related to this medium, effectively demystifying the process, allowing you, the artist or designer to focus on creating your content, and making the experience of mapping textures to physical objects in real time, fun. 

The coolest function of MadMapper is definetly the SpaceScanner.

It allows to turn the projector into a scanner, using a Canon camera and a structured lighting algorythm.

The result of the one-click procedure is a 2d bitmap of the projector’s point of view. Pixel accurate.

• VDMX

VDMX is a software based, media processing environment that lets you achieve stunning effects in real time. By linking together and controlling VDMX modules, you build your own virtual video studio, which is equally adept at event production, post production and motion design.

• Video Projector

A video projector is an image projector that receives a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system. All video projectors use a very bright light to project the image, and most modern ones can correct any curves, blurriness, and other inconsistencies through manual settings. Video projectors are widely used for many applications such as, conference room presentations, classroom training, home theater and concerts. Projectors are widely used in many schools and other educational settings,sometimes connected to an interactive whiteboard to interactively teach pupils.

Idea Content Development

Urbanization grown up rapidly in cities and people can see the changes by time.The way they walk,talk,eat,dress up will influenced by the surroundings. It can be simplified that people lifestyle depends on the modernization of cities over the world.

Behavior and lifestyle has been seen to be one of the main elements that shows a characteristics of  human in the urbanization era.From here,we can identify the identity of lifestyle on different society and place.

Bright light is becoming a symbolism for a cities. It shows a main features for a big city and make it live. The colorful lights of skyscrapers give a power to a city to stand tall. This is the preferential of urban city,the scenery is made by manpower and being controlled by them.

Kuala Lumpur City

 Tunku Abdul Samad's Building

 China

 New York City

Night in Beijing

This is a picture in Changkat,Bukit Bintang. Here we can see the night life in Kuala Lumpur which is one of the famous attraction area .This place is popular with the dark-nights entertainment. Usually people came here to shops,dine, massage and enjoy.

The urban cities is the best place to capture people's activities. Different place give a different lifestyles.The rapid growth of urbanization had changed the styles and designs of  human life .

I have decided to treasure the lifestyle in urban area at Kuala Lumpur City to see the nature and human life in there. 

                                    

Research , Review & Analysis

Theme for FYP 2012 ( Digital Media Design 1 & 2 ) : The art & science of urbanism and media

ur·ban·ize

: to cause to take on urban characteristics 

: to impart an urban way of life to

: the characteristic way of life of city dwellers

: the study of the physical needs of urban societies 

: city planning

: the views and behavior of those who champion urban living as superior to life elsewhere

Urbanism is the process of modernization and industrialization

Impacts

• Rural  flight (cannot catch up of urban living)
• Employment
• Class segregation  (place of living, education, appearance, talk)
• Poverty
• Crime
• Density diversity
• Homelessness
• Alienation of neighbors
• Pollution
• Lake of traditional knowledge
• No hometown ( especially people who live in the city)
• People become more lazy

Urbanization: A Majority in Cities

The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history. In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population will be living in towns and cities. By 2030 this number will swell to almost 5 billion, with urban growth concentrated in Africa and Asia. While mega-cities have captured much public attention, most of the new growth will occur in smaller towns and cities, which have fewer resources to respond to the magnitude of the change.

In principle, cities offer a more favourable setting for the resolution of social and environmental problems than rural areas. Cities generate jobs and income. With good governance, they can deliver education, health care and other services more efficiently than less densely settled areas simply because of their advantages of scale and proximity.

Cities also present opportunities for social mobilization and women’s empowerment. And the density of urban life can relieve pressure on natural habitats and areas of biodiversity. The challenge for the next few decades is learning how to exploit the possibilities urbanization offers. The future of humanity depends on it.

source- http://www.unfpa.org/pds/urbanization.htm