VIDEO & SOUND PRODUCTION- Exercises
✩ 21/4/25 - 11/5/25 (Week 1 - Week 3)
✩ WONG MEI YEE 0367857
✩ Video & Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
✩ Exercises
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Instructions
Week 1
Exercise 1 - Mints
Exercise 2 - Doritos
Week 2
Exercise 3
Quiz
✦ Lalin - Youtube Link
1. Three-Act Structure (One Paragraph per Act)
Act 1 – Setup:
Lalin, a Thai student in Japan, is insecure about her face and hides her real face behind a physical mask. She constructs a lovely online image as a popular Instagram influencer by using beauty filters and retouched photos to present a perfect image. This behavior generates her inner conflict — the contrast between her real self and her online image.Act 2 – Confrontation:
Lalin begins chatting with a man online, forming a romantic connection. When he expresses interest in meeting her in person, her anxiety intensifies. She is torn between wanting to connect and fearing rejection if he sees her real face. As his arrival approaches, her emotional turmoil deepens, and she even avoids seeing him face to face when he comes to meet her.Act 3 – Resolution:
Having concealed and struggled with terror, Lalin eventually finds the strength to see him. In a quiet moment, when both are wracked with emotion, she removes her mask and reveals to him her true face. Rather than being horrified or judgmental, the man embraces her in all her depth. This is the turning point moment of Lalin—choosing vulnerability over deception and embracing who she truly is.2. Inciting Incident:
Lalin encounters a man online who is interested in getting to know her outside of her Instagram image. His sincere interest and subsequent trip to Japan challenge her to face the disparity between who she is pretending to be and who she actually is.3. Midpoint Scene:
The climax is when the man travels to Japan and waits for her to meet him in person. Lalin is just around the corner, watching him but being too afraid to get near. This action raises the stakes—the inner struggle comes to a breaking point.4. Climax Scene
5. Theme of the Movie:
The main idea of Lalin is self-acceptance in the age of social media. It talks about how internet personalities create emotional walls, and how real connection requires vulnerability and the guts to be yourself.✦ Everything Everywhere All At Once
1. Three-Act Structure (One Paragraph per Act)
Act 1 – Setup:
Evelyn Wang is a harried Chinese-American laundromat business owner, frazzled about taxes, her marriage, her teenage daughter Joy, and her disapproving father. When Evelyn is pulled into a war in the multiverse on the day of a stressful IRS visit, an alternate reality version of her husband Waymond appears and tells her she's the only one who can save an which she had made alternate choices (e.g., as a kung fu expert or film actress). She learns of the destruction caused by Joy's multiverse alternate — Jobu Tupaki — a being who possesses the ability of reality manipulation and has formed a nihilistic icon in the shape of a destructive everything-bagel. Evelyn struggles to understand and fight Jobu, while emotionally distancing herself from her real Joy. As chaos builds, Evelyn starts to lose her sense of identity and control.
Act 3 – Resolution:
Evelyn realizes that defeating nihilism is done through compassion and acceptance, not brutality. She begins mending her shattered relationships — being gentle, appreciating her ordinary existence with Waymond, and showing empathy to Joy. In doing so, she breaks the cycle of destruction and gains balance between worlds. Evelyn finds peace in her current reality in the end, with imperfection in perfect clarity and love.
2. Inciting Incident:
In the IRS building, Evelyn is approached by Alpha Waymond, who tells her that the multiverse is collapsing and that she must fight an omniversal threat. This revelation disrupts her ordinary life and initiates the dreamlike adventure.
3. Midpoint Scene:
Evelyn unleashes the full extent of her multiverse powers, encountering countless other existences — and has a face-to-face meeting with Jobu Tupaki. The universe is plunged into chaos, and Evelyn starts spiraling, embracing Jobu's nihilism. This is where she loses emotional and moral ground.
4. Climax Scene:
Instead of fighting Jobu Tupaki (Joy), Evelyn shows her love and compassion unconditionally. She stops attempting to fix or change her daughter and just chooses to listen and be present. This uncut emotional moment, not a fight, is the movie's powerful climax.
5. Theme of the Movie:
The underlying philosophy is existentialism by acceptance and love. In a mad multiverse of endless options and meaningless outcomes, the film proposes that choosing kindness, togetherness, and love amidst absurdity is what gives life meaning.
Week 3
Quiz
Week 4
Quiz
Week 5
Quiz
Shooting Practice
This week, our group was formed in preparation for Task 2. After a round of discussion and planning, I was assigned the role of Art Director. We clarified each member's responsibilities and began brainstorming initial concepts together.
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