INDIVIDUAL DESIGN PROJECT

FOOD

What we know about food? When we talk about food what the first thing that you think ? Something that is delicious and something that you like. Do you know food can effect your mood?

From the research that I found food can effect your mood. There is certain food that can make people feel happy, calm and relax and some people eat food for energy. Example food that can make you feel happy is like asparagus, beans, peas, egg yolk, sunflower seeds, spinach, meat, fish, and poultry. From research all this kind of food can load up on foods containing folate, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12. These B vitamins work to keep homocysteine levels low. Homocysteine is an amino acid produced by the body, and high levels can be a predictor of depression, especially in women, according to astudy published in Archives of General Psychiatry. 

In Malaysia food is one of the attractive thing that all the tourist must try. There is one article about Malaysia is the food heaven for the tourist, from the article they said that Malaysian food products will become the country's tourism industry attractiveness as 1Malaysia Food Festival, which runs for three months from October to December was made official in the state tourism calendar. From the text we can conclude that food is something that is famous and well known in Malaysia. Each of the country and place have different famous food. It became a symbolic for each of the state in Malaysia for example when we talk about Asam Pedas people will think Melaka. Why? because Melaka famous in Asam Pedas. It same goes to other place.

In my individual project I will make a research about the famous food in Mantin and make it as a game. Why I choose game to promote food? It is because people nowadays especially children love to play game and why not we put some information or knowledge in it like kill two bird with one stone while they play a game they also will get information. From here I can promote the famous food in Mantin and make them feel like want to try it.    

I have made a little research about the famous food in Mantin from internet and there is a several food that is famous in Mantin such as Dim Sum, Young Tau Foo, Woon Chai Koh ( a kind of rise puding) and traditional Hakka food. According to the researcher and my own friend that is originally from Mantin he said that traditional Hakka food is no longer found in Mantin because there is nobody want to make it. I want to make another visit to Mantin to find out where the place that the researcher mention and would like to try it.


REFERENCE

• Carol Crenna. (2015) How Food Effect Your Mood. Publisher: Best Health Magazine. [Online]. Available from: http://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-you/wellness/how-food-affects-your-mood#KEDpjLz88zrS0Q2c.97
• ( 2011) Utusan Online: Malaysia Sebagai 'Syurga Makanan' Jadi Tarikan Pelancong Publisher: Utusan Online [ Online ]. Available from:http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=1004&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_15.htm#ixzz3iJ7aCeYT © Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd  (Accessed 4-10-2011)
• Sharon Shamla (2014)  sharonshamladesign: Research About Mantin. Publisher : sharonshamladesign- a great wordPress.com side [Online] Available form: https://sharonshamladesign.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/research-about-mantin/ (Accessed 22-02-2014)
• Image : http://www.wageningenur.nl/upload_mm/2/1/3/ac8dd189-10dc-4675-9fa8-6998a67e5989_food%20chemistry%20shutterstock_64216825_groente_740x360.jpg

INDIVIDUAL DESIGN PROJECT

Planning is important in work that we want to do, without planning all the work will be mess and not organize. To make a planning we need a Gantt chart, What is Gantt chart ? to those who already know what it is good but for those who does not know it here I make a simple explanation about it and how use it.

What is GANTT CHART ?

Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that is used in a project management. It is one of most popular and useful ways of showing the activities display against times. In a Gantt chart we can see each of the activity that is represent by a bar. Other than that the position and length of the bar reflect the start date, duration, and the end date of the activities.

Picture 1 : Example of the Gantt chart

A Gantt chart provide a graphical illustration of a schedule that help to plan, coordinate, and track specific task in a project. Gantt chart can be a very simple version and also can be a complicated version depend on what project you want to make and the thing that you want to cover. Usually Gantt chart can be create using project management application such as Microsoft project or Excel.

Picture 2 : Example of the  Gantt chart

From the Gantt chart we can know everything such as :

• what the various activities are
• When each activities begin and end 
• How long each activities is schedule to last
• Where activities overlap with other activities and by how much
• The start and end date of the whole project  

REFERENCE 

• https://technology.amis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/image6.png
• http://www.learningspy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/planning.jpg
• http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/Gantt-chart
• http://www.gantt.com/
• http://www.ganttchart.in/pictures/gantt-chart-example3.jpg

PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING

TASK 1 : TRADEMARK OF MANTIN (PROCESS)

I have a food that I want to promote. From my survey the famous food in Mantin was Dim Sum, it is non-halal food but from the people that can taste it they said it is the best Dim Sum in Mantin. Therefor I want to make a game about Dim Sum so my logo for this task must be look like a game logo because I want to promote my game.

For the tittle. at first I want to make a tittle for this game is Food Discovery in Mantin but this tittle to long for people to remember there for I  ask an opinion from my friend for the suitable tittle. This is some idea that they give:

1. Food Run
2. Mantin Run
3. Dim Sum Run
4. Food discovery

After consider all the idea and suggestion therefore I came out wit the tittle Dim Sum Runner and this  is the logo that I made for my game :

First logo 

Second logo

The image that I choose is a chef to make a Dim Sum.This is my character that will running in my game. But I think I will change a little bit for this logo. I want to make a game like the Temple Run but I change a little bit that is relate to Mantin like  I use the map of Mantin.

For promoting my game, in the week 12 we will held a booth for promoting Mantin to the people in legenda, in the same time I will make a game station that people will play the game and maybe I will make a disc or software that people can install this game.

PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING

TASK 1 : TRADEMARK OF MANTIN (PROCESS)

At first we were briefing about what we will learnt in this module. From what I understand in this module we need to find something that we want to promote to other people. The place has been choose it is at Mantin and we need to study the system in Mantin like the food, transportation, religious and building.

From all that we need to choose and focus on one thing only, for me I'm choose to promote the food in Mantin but I want to make it difference. I want to make a game about the famous food in Mantin and want people know about it.

How I want to promote my game ? Maybe I will make a creative station game with the icon to attract people to play the game and in the same time the game will tell the player about the  food in Mantin. To promote Mantin I need to find the suitable tittle and logo for my games.    

INTERACTIVE DESIGN FOR WEB TECHNOLOGY

DISCOVERY IN MANTIN

Yesterday we went for a journey to mantin that is organize by SOMAD for design student. At mantin I find a lot of interesting place and interesting view that I never expected such as the view of empty space look nice if we explore it. 

On this journey I need to record, document, photograph and sketch all the thing that can inspire me in my assignment. Our journey started from caltex to hakka village in mantin. For the first place I went to wet market from there I can see a lot of color  and fresh thing  there. All the vegetable look very fresh and also the  fish, meat and the chicken.

Picture 1 : The environment in wet market

Picture 2: The image of vegetable in the wet market

Picture 3: Image of the fresh fish in wet market

Picture 4 : Image of the variety type of fish cake in wet market 

Other than that I also saw how chicken are process step by step it is very exiting. At the wet market also I can smell the fresh fish, the chicken and also I saw the process to make coconut milk. At wet market also I notice that only the old lady or a mother went there and I not saw young lady there and there is so much noise. In the middle of the noisy people I saw one uncle sit peacefully and reading a news paper maybe want to make himself update with the latest news. 

Picture 5 : Image of the coconut shell 

Picture 6 : Image of the little dog find something to eat inside of the bag

Picture 7 : Image of the chicken in the wet market

Picture 8 : Image of the uncle reading the newspaper 

      

After that I continue my journey to the shop near by and I saw a lot of delicious food at the shop and all are traditional food in mantin. It look spicy and have a nice color that will make who look at it feel hungry and want to eat. When I'm went inside of the shop I can feel like at the village because of the  decoration in the shop. 

Picture 9 : Image of the dish in the one of the stall in mantin

Picture 10 : Image of the dish in the one of the stall in mantin

Picture 11 : Image of the dish in the one of the stall in mantin

Picture 12 : The arrangement on the wall inside of the stall in Mantin 

Picture 13 : The look from the in front of the stall

After that I went to another place that is the empty space. Yes it match with the name empty space because when I step my feet at there I can feel the empty there. There is nothing there only the broken house and the space. But I saw from the empty space a nice structure of building and the texture of the building. It is very beautiful and you cannot find it if you go there by car, you need to walk and feel yourself how the villagers in mantin live. 

Picture 14 : Image of the building in Mantin

Picture 15 : Image of the side of the building

Picture 16 : Image of the side building in Mantin

Picture 17 : Image of the empty space in Mantin

Picture 18 : Image of the toilet from the empty space in mantin

Lastly, I went to hakka village and I can feel the loneliness and abandon. Most of the house there was empty and if you went there you can see the traditional house and the  arrangement of all the house also seem different. At hakka village I feel new experience that I was chasing by the buffalo and if you want to go there beware of the dog. Hakka village if you see from outside it look like a abandon place but  if you go inside of the village you can feel something that you only can get the feeling at there. At hakka village I didn't take much photo because I was enjoying the environment at there it feel very calm. 

Picture 19: Image of the abandon house in Hakka village 

Picture 20 : Another image of the abandon house in Hakka village 

Picture 21 : Image of the piece of the door that is a words love on it.

For who want to know mantin more deep you need to come here and see by yourself and feel it. Mantin have much things that is beautiful and peace, you can feel the nature thing in here. 

3D CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGN ANIMATION

TASK 1: WHAT IS 3D CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGN ? (PROCESS)

After collecting all the information about the movie that I have choose now I need to do the infographic about the movie. I need to choose the suitable color for the background. I choose brown color for the background and I put some texture on it to make it look like a ground. I choose brown because it the color of the ground and if we watch the movie the majority color from the movie is brown.
This is my infographic about the larva story.

And this is the video for the larva story:

3D CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGN FOR ANIMATION

TASK 1 : WHAT IS 3D CHARACTER AND ENVIRONMENT DESIGN ? (PROCESS)

In this task I need to choose one of the 3D story that is not to long maximum the duration is 15 minute. Therefor I choose the larva story, as we know in the larva story there is many episode so I choose episode 21 and 22 is about the crease.

SUMMARY
=Red larva wake up and notice that he had crease line at the eye lid and he feel shy but pink larva think red larva look handsome with the crease line. Pink larva has a boy friend, yellow larva but she fall in love with red larva because of the crease. Everyday she wait and hope will see and meet with red larva. One day when red larva wake up and notice that the crease line are gone and he want it back because he know pink larva start to like her because of the crease line. Suddenly he get idea by put some cell-foam tape at the eyelid. When the pink larva find out the trick she take the cell-foam tape and put it on yellow larva eyelid.

GENRE
= Comedy

CHARACTER DESIGN AND BACKGROUND 
=  YELLOW LARVA
-A taller yellow maggot
-Acts silly and gluttonous
-He likes red regardless of red's torturing
-Usually follow red until his hunger instinct kick

= RED LARVA
-A small red maggot
- Violent and impetuous
- He specializes in kung-fu kicks with a Bruce Lee sound
- Always try to torture yellow, but somehow end up suffering himself a lot

= PINK LARVA
- Pink larva with two antenna
- The only female character
- She loves yellow but red love her
- She hides huge power behind her cute, beautiful face.

AUDIO
- Has a comedy sound effect, sad and surprise sound effect to.

MORAL VALUE
-  Appreciate what we have, do not compare it with other because everyone have their own weakness and advantage.