For a Greener Future

Title: For a Greener Future

Duration: 50 seconds

Ok ok ok... diatas merupakan video iklan untuk Jerneh. Must have been the easiest video I made so far. It took only an hour of shooting and 3 hours of editing. 4 hours! Man! It goes to show that with good planning, I can actually save time producing stuff like this.

1. The funnest bit would be the part when I sweep the floor with my bare hands.

2. The least fun would be the throwing part. The recycling bin was apparently locked beside the staircase so it was effin dark so the visuals are not so... erm inviting. It is as if by throwing papers in recycling bins, there's a slight chance of us finding a dislocated limb or an abandoned baby, or worse, a bucket of KFC. That'll be torture. It's a whole bucket of Hot & Spicy BUT it's just beside a dirty bin. Oh God Almighty, what am I to do?

3. Aaah, and the magical hands... You may notice that some of the timing of the hand motion is slightly off... Blue screens can be tricky at times, especially a homemade one.

4.Yes apparently I have lady-like fingers. Fingers that can be very misleading to any near-sighted makciks.

"Ini Bendi berapa ringgit?"

The Call

I'm in the process of planning special effects for my upcoming commercial/public message. I think making music videos or commercials are my favourite form of design because it delivers instant understanding that will last a lifetime. When I'm making a video, I will absolutely do nothing else. I will eventually hate all my previous videos for its flaws and I think that's how I learn, by mistakes and failures. With success, not so much.

I love to live my life this way, with ideas and newfound techniques revolving around my my mind. And the torment of producing something is excruciatingly wonderful. Though it burned a hole in my pocket, I don't really mind. Skipping meals has never been more worthwhile.

So now I'm planning and buying stuffs for a Jerneh commercial video competition. I'll be on my way to my friend's house to borrow his digital camera (and belanja him makan)

Check out the music I'll be using for the commercial. Naik bulu roma dengar. The Call by Regina Spector. Watch out for her other hits like On The Radio and Fidelity. You might remember this song if you have already watched the new Narnia movie.

Lovely isn't it?

Luvvit to bits!

afiq-o-matic

Title: afiq-o-matic

Directed, acted, edited and produced by Afiq Deen

Featuring Shasha (the cat)

Enjoy!

Description:

Afiq trying to defy his age by means of transforming himself into an electrical appliances-human hybrid. Tengtedengggg....

I like criticism so don't be afraid to bash my video. I'll take it like a man. (I'm a man already you know... being 21 and all.)

I'm still saving up to buy myself my own video camera. Just imagine what I could do with it! I can make short films and shit... and I don't have to borrow my friends' digital cams anymore. No more pixelated and poorly define videos no more no more... ... ...

Happy Birthday!

How cool is this? I have the same birthday as the guy who'd made me fail my additional maths and physics exams several times, the most hypocritical american idol judge, the guy who compared the prophet with satan and the laziest cat on earth.

Great.

: D

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth. -Blaise Pascal

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on. -Paula Abdul


The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected. -Salman Rushdie

Once again I'm saved by the miracle of... lasagne! -Garfield the Cat

The Day Before the Day After Tomorrow

Sepahchendra Palace

I'll be turning 21 tomorrow. 21. Oh my God. 21. I'm officially an adult.

Gosh. Aisehmen. Alamak.

A Man. That's a word I will learn to deserve and when I do, I will own up to it.

Unlike any of my past birthdays, this year's is a bit different because I reflected my life a week before my birthday. A week of contemplation is a selfless journey back to infancy. I locked myself in my room to sketch, write, read and plan. I swam every night, spinning, twirling in the womb-like warmth of my conscienceness despite the icy cold pool water. All this, all this to prepare myself for tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Tonight will be the night of forgiveness. Tonight I will forgive those who had wronged me. Of all the people who had caused me strain, I am the capitan violater of myself thus forgiving myself is of vital importance. Let go. Let go and live. Let go and live and lead a life of greatness for life without greatness is the sea without its blue-green serenity, sun without its red-blue hue.

Tomorrow.

He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find

Their loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds of snow;

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,

Must look down on the hate of those below.

Tho' high above the sun of glory glow,

far beneath the earth and ocean spread,

Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow

Contending tempests on his naked head.

I've the hankering to swim today. So I will.

Wo-tah

Icy water. Metal showerhead. Towel. Trusted loofah and foam. Heaven. The moment the stream of icy water touches my ears and covers my head I thought, this is so Godly. So heavenly. So heavenly Godly. In this brief moment, warm drops of tears mingled briefly with the icy Gombak water. God is Great. God is Great.

I guess this simplest form of pleasure will not be any different if I were to shower in a 7 star hotel suite at Burj Al-Arab or bathe at the Sungai Pusu waterfall. Water is the only property that constantly invades the intimate privacy of our bodies. It lingers and it flows. It clings it knows. Although sooted by society's expectations and money, small silly things like taking a shower will somehow bring us back to the very essence of pleasure and enjoyment.

Hmmm....

*Rereads entry*

I've always wanted to go to Air Terjun Sungai Pusu. Maybe I will, tomorrow.

Maybe I will...