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Greetings! Back again with a new topic to talk about. This week, we were introduced to another filmmaker as well as the film. Zhang Yimou. To start off, Zhang Yimou is a 65 year old Chinese filmmaker residing in China. He's well known for his movies - To Live (1994), Raise the Red Lantern (1991), The Great Wall (2016) and more. Zhang Yimou is well known for his repetitive themes relating to the hardship and adversity of the Chinese people in the old days. Other than that, he's known for the rich use of colour that relates to the theme of the films Zhang Yimou has produced. Moving on, we were shown a particular film called Not One Less (1999) which sets back to the 1990s in the People's Republic of China where they were struggling with poverty back then. Not One Less (1999), The movie poster. I admit, i was confused and i was in a blur when the movie begun. However, the plot of the film slowly got clearer and tangible as time went on. To summarise, the film ...

Hello again, It has not been long since my last entry on this blog. So, what's new? In this weeks class, we were given an introductory lecture about Media Appreciation. We were then introduced to a  filmmaker and artist known as Jan Svankmajer.  Jan was born in Prague and is known to be one of the great Czech filmmakers. His first film was first premiered in 1964 which then became a hit as well as an inspiration to other well known filmmakers such as Tim Burton, The Brothers Quay and Terry Gilliam. Based on Jan's two films -- Down to the Cellar and Food, it is shown that his filmmaking style is by using the stop-motion technique, surrealism as well as using clay as apart of its medium. What is Surrealism though? From my sources , Surrealism is an artistic and literary movement. Surrealism's goal was to liberate thought, language and human experience from the oppressive boundaries of rationalism.Notable surrealists are Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali. The Surrea...

So, What is Media? According to google.com, it is  the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing and the internet), regarded collectively. Another definition for Media is that it is a platform where people are able to write or publish news, writings, photos or drawings. A source (https://edukalife.blogspot.my/2013/04/media.html) has said that media are the channel that marketers and advertisers used to convey a message to your market goal, therefore, the choice of the means to be used in an advertising campaign is a decision of the utmost importance because it has a direct impact on the results that are obtained with it . Media has really changed over the years. Way back then, it used to be just drawings made by 'prehistoric-chalk' on walls or even just signs. Since times have changed, Media is very diverse such as paper.

It's been awhile. The last time i ever wrote on a blog was when i was the age of 11 or 10. I guess it was time to revamp and come back as a 'new and improved' blogger, this time with a different name and content. I recently started university and just received my first assignment. We're assigned to create a blog and post an entry every week with a topic given to us by our lecturers. First Task; Introductions. To start off, i am referred to as Nur. I'm currently doing my Foundation in Creative Multimedia at the age of 17. I was born and raised in a small asian country known as Brunei Darussalam. I only returned to Malaysia a few months ago after i completed my necessary education in Brunei. I like to draw, learn new languages and make new friends (even though i'm really shy). I like to listen to various types of music genre. Some of the bands that i can mention that i really favor are The Killers, ONE OK ROCK, Gorillaz, Kings of Leon and Panic!At The Disc...