today is kind of the last day for us for the ppp.

today is day 9 of the ppp and today was quite a short day for us.

today is day 8 of the ppp and what we did firstly was that we were given a briefing by ms vani,

okay, day 7 of the ppp was focused on photography, a module taken by Vsc students.

Today is day 6 of the school discovery program and we were going to focus on EVD (environment design) and IAD (interior architecture design)
first half of the day was scheduled for EVD and we were first introduced to Mr Hariff. He seems to be different from the other lecturers that i had seen this week as he seemed to be more easy going, humorous but also able to give out clear instructions to us.
we were brought up to level five to the evd project room and then we were given instructions on what to do.

we first settled down and he asked us seperately what we all wanted to achieve from this PPP and he listed them down. he then told us its our "contract" and we should achieve what we said earlier by the end of PPP.

After being split into groups, we were tasked to list out what characteristics should a good design team have and that should be our "contract" as well, to be able to do that with our own team mates.

We were then tasked to list out all the things that a good city should have in our opinions and the things that we are reminded of when we see the word "eco - friendly"and then we are supposed to draft out a rough drawing of an ideal city of ours and it must be eco-friendly.

After half an hour , we rounded up and had to do a short presentation about our "city"
during these two hours, although short but i have learnt that environmental design is not only about the building design, but also a harmony between the environment and the people there.

After lunch, we were focusing on IAD and for that , we watched an hour and a half movie known as Garbage Warrior , which mainly focuses on this man, known as mike and together with his crew, they have a vision to build a community that uses materials that have been thrown away to build houses without using any sources of energy to build a sustainable environment. They have shown his struggles to introduce a new law for test sites for new housings, the houses he have built over all these years,the way these houses have helped victims of natural disasters and also the interior of these houses.
Amazingly as they seem , they are all made up of materials that human have little emphasis for like abandoned tyres, cans and bottles and turned them into little masterpieces all over the houses made up of the simplest of materials.

After the movie, we were then dismissed. This concludes my sixth day of my school discovery program.

today is day 5 of the school discovery program and today we were focusing on MOI , also known as moving images.
So, our lecturer for today is Mr Guna , many seniors has told us that he is a very nice lecturer and i believe we all agree after today's lesson.

First up ,we were brought to the equipment room where we loaned a total of 3 cameras, 3 laptops and 3 tripod stands.
After that we went up to the MOI room , where we saw many students still involved in their work and assignments. We were assigned into groups of three and we were briefed on our assignment for today, which was to come up with a one minute video at the end of the day.

He also taught us the different shots that could be taken, for example the basic shots like BCU, which is the close up of an object ,or person, CU which is zooming in around the head level of the person ,LS (long shot) which is anything and mixshot. There was also other kinds of shots for example, panaromic and pan .

In my group, there is Jessica , Dianna and myself and we started brainstorming our idea. We finally came up with a concept of three girls who were once playmates in their secret garden and we started exploring the different places we used to go as a child and finally met each other at the end.Nature was also our main focus. Our video has no speeches and instead, they are substituted by actions , expressions and background music.

After Lunch, we had an hour to shoot our video. We went to Bedok reservoir as that was the most quiet, had the most "nature" elements and we could do our shooting without disturbing anyone.Jessica and Dianna did the directing during the first few shots which were my scenes and after that , it was jess's turn and followed by Dianna's.

We shot past a little after one hour and after we came back, Mr Guna roughly explained the basics to editing a video using Final cut and garage band. Firstly , he did the editing for our first scene and wow did it came out perfectly. in between shots, we had to snip out a little here and there to enable a good flow and he added dissolve frames to let everything flow even more smoothly. He helped another group edit their first scene and added their background music as well. Throughout everything, he reminded us of the little details that could make a huge difference in our videos and told us shortcuts on macbook's keyboards on editing softwares.

Overall,i do believe his patience and guidance had paid off as i have learnt so much from only this few hours of lesson and hands on experience and after a short debrief, we were then dismissed from there.This marks the end of my fifth day of school discovery program.

Today we were focusing on product and industrial design. First off, we were greeted by the lecturer and we were brought to around the workshops and the classrooms where the PID students were using. He then briefed us about the rough schedule of today and gave us the necessary materials to work with and what we needed to do there.( take pictures of a creation that attracts us and how it can be improved)

After that we took a bus to the URA museum to look at the stages of urban development in singapore, where we spotted a 3d model of the whole of singapore , where all of the buildings are being modeled as little wooden shapes. Everyone was so fascinated by the intricate design and the details of it as we were all busy searching for our "tinyhomes" in the vastness of the model.

Shortly after, we were then brought to the Red Dot Museum where we saw the works of different award - winning designers that screams out their innovation and creativity. I was really amazed by how ordinary objects can be turned into something even more useful/ have better functions/so much more improved than the original product. Before this, i had totally no idea that these things existed and that someone would be so talented to create such creations that would help make this world a much better place.

After indulging in the good food at the hawker centre right along maxwell road, we then headed back to school where we prepared for our mini presentation.
my improved design is based on the Magisso cake server, which has the ability to cut a cake and also to serve the cake.
so, my improvement to it is to make it even more compact, to make it more eco-friendly and allow it to have more functions.
i added hinges to it to make it foldable, change the material to hard plastic recyable) and added grits and teeth at the bottom of the knife to cut patterns on the cake.

After listening to my classmates' improved designs , we were also told that we needed to get used to the idea of morphing designs.
So, that marks the end of day 4 of the school discovery program.