Taiwan Life

If you have a travel in Taiwan, I can talk about many interesting things in Taiwan. Taiwan is well know for Taiwan snack. But watch out on the road, the traffic in Taiwan also a specular situtation you also have't seen before.

Taiwan food is very popular in many country. You can find many night markets on the corner and see specular food that you have not eaten them before. For instance, stinky dofu is very popular food in Taiwan. Maybe you can't stand the aura. But you should try it the diferent food and it not very awful after you eat. Taiwan drink is famous for the pearl milk tea. You must drink it because you can not find it any area except Taiwan. You will like it!

After the night market, you might be surprised the traffic jam and many many scooter on the road. These scooter jusk like the wild horses and they presper running very crazy. Don't worry that, the traffic is a common situation in Taiwan.
You could clam down your mind and view the Taiwan's sky and crowd when you have the heavy traffic.

Finally, if you are interested in Taiwan food and want to jouning it. Why do yo plant your travel now and you experience it by yourself. It will be better than you have not come before.

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workshop from 28 June to 9 July

In 28 June, I very luck because I participated a workshop in National Yunlin University of Science a& Technology. My four friends with me taked the train for taipei to younlin. We enrolled my data and take our baggage to dormitory. There were thirty students participated this workshop and they came from different universities.

what did we do in this workshop? In fact, it was about animation workshop. the sponsor invited four animators who came from Pixer, Disney or blue sky. Some students went to foreign universities by this workshop evey year. The thirty students had to compete each other period from 28 June to 9 July. The four foreign animators can teached me some of skill and we had assignments in this time.

Beside this workshop score, English score also very important. If students did not have a good score. they did not enroll foreign universities successfully and it only seven person were allowed in every year. In fact, It is exchange students, not any diploma. But if you were selected by many competition. You can enrolled foreign university and it is free because it is pay by government.

To sum up, many students wanted to join it because they wanted to study to foreign university one year. The workshop score, English score and works were equal importance.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, soccer is a popular sport and it take many people joyfulness and entertainmen.I not only talk about the FIFA contest, but also introduce the mascot that is the symblism of the FIFA. His name is Zakumi.

The character has a green hair as like the football field. The mascot is a africa leopard, he can run very fast jusk like the soccer players run in the football field. His name is "Zakumi." The "ZA" is mean south africa or we can say it is abbreviation. The "kumi," the word for "ten" in servral African languages and this year also is 2010. So his name is appropriate for both the location and the year. And a important thing for this mascot, Zakumi was born in 1994. The apartheid was ended the same year. It is very important and symblic for South Africa people.

The mascot can take many funny and the world cup also take many expection in the world. In fact, Chile, the county in South American, there was a huge earthquake in Chile in 2010. The earthquake killed five hunderd people. The residents in Chile want to their soccer term win every contest. Because the soccer can take many joyfulness and entertainmen.

The mascot or the soccer, there are also have many nations and coutures in FIFA. Zakumi's story or soccer's signification for countries. but we konwn the soccer is common entertainmen for every one.

SHOWREEL

SHOWREEL from jerry on Vimeo.

HEEHA

quote to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLtLfs8sNQ&feature=related

Today, I introduce a funny short film. The film was maked by my friend and it is her graduate work in the summar, in 2009. It is a good short film and the story is very good. As title, "HEEHA," the word is a sound and cowboy is symblio of sound. Cowboy, bar and western town usually come to mind when we hear "HEEHA."

At first, the film's story is talking about a cowbay walk in a bar. And there is a tense situation in the bar. every person want to fire and all persons are very nervous. however, many huge knife attack the cowboy from the sky. The cowboy do not konw why many hug knife attack him. The scene change suddenly and a girl is playing her toy. Finally, the toy who is the cowboy and the cowboy putted out his hair by the girl.

The layouts and characters are very good in this film. Let audiences guess the end of the story and the cowboy is a toy. The characters' design also exquisit.

Will We Have a Second Pixar In Taiwan!?

In 1994, the first 3D animation movie presented in Unite State. At first, many people were not this movie have best sticket sale even the boss, Steve Jobs also wanted to sale he company to Microsofe. But he was not. The first 3D animation movi was successful, it is Toy Story 1th.

Without a dubet, The successful company is Pixar. In the word, many company also want to become the second Pixar. Many professionals forecast the second one will be situated in Chinese area. China or Taiwan? In fact, this only a forecast. But we convince a thing, no hard no grain.

We have to the first thing is imitation. It is not shameful to imitate other's works. In the imitation processing, we can learn many techinque and understand what stlye and story set a animation fashion at different period.

The second, we have to create the new character and new story. We not always to follow other's footsteps. But a good idea is not easy. We could cooperate with forgien company or even have a joint venture. For example, George Lucas has Taiwan CG company's stocks. he also have a cooperation with Taiwan. Star war series are successful case.

To sum up, no matter when the second Pixar will be situated in the world. A company will be a second Pixar need many try and expensive. From imitation to creative, we shourld make hard continuouly.

Dominoes

WWF Knock-on effects (Dominoes) from Wyld Stallyons on Vimeo.

quote by http://vimeo.com/6849198


This short film use Dominoes and simple layout. It want to encourage people to become activists for environmental change. Only a little event can also change all the World.

At first, The color only have black and white. Many people are living in the monotone society. Many people think about the common thing and they want to destroy the environment. "What can I do?" It is a improtment informatin because the question change the story.

However, one man send their message and many message are just like a domino effect from this area to other area. The domino pass many environment saboteurs and animation throughout all the worldwide. The ending slogan is " Make A Different". This sentence respond to the first question. Everybody can make different thing and even chang a huge event. We can also say a simple act also be a super hero.

Although this short film is only a ad, but this film is a wonderful animation. The soundtrack is lovely,too. They did it all in just over three weeks.

Disney VS Dream Work

From May to August during the summer. Here's some of what eager moviegoers can expect to see movie. Toy Story 3 and Shrek 4 are the two main animation movies. They are made by Disney and Dream Work. Many people expect the two movies specifically.

Disney company is a old and huge animation company. Before decade, many people liked to see many 2d fairy-tale animation film. Disney animation is many people memory. Now, they not only have 2d movie but also have many 3d movie. Toy Story series are Disney main works and Disney first try to made 3D movies and very successful.


quote by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHtwHQ_Phiw

The fourth shrek film is made by Dream Work. They want to against Disney and very weary of the same old fairy-tale contain. Dream Work three main partnership directors want to challange it and event knock out Disney, so they spoofed traditional fairy-tale characters. At first, Disney did not expect this company and movie. But they are successful.


quoe by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIlv9OgRnTM&feature=related

To sum up, whether it's mischief fairy-tale characters or traditional fantasy. Many people also are eager to see those movies.

2010 YOUNG DESLGNERS' EXHIBITION

http://yodex.boco.com.tw/

I went to the 2010 YOUNG DESLGNERS' EXHIBITION and it hold from 21.May to 24. May. Many students usually show their works that spent a lot of theri time in the period of their senior life and dedicate to their sleeping.

Thorse students are come from different univerity in Taiwan, while they are also design students. The exhibition is contain animation, industrial disign, cisual design and multimedia design...etc.

In fact, they have to spent a lot of money on stage or ground,decoration, publicity and printing due to this is a young deslgners' exhibition annually. For those students, the exhibition is a deslongers' target in Taiwan.in addition, this action can appeal to people and expect to have many communication and interaction or even increase the range of visibility.

Although it hold very huge, it have many events can be improve. The exhibition place was crowed with people just like traditional market. The common publicity and no bells and whistles at each action. If they have a lot of interaction opportunitys with foreign university. After all, we are not limited to Taiwan students' designs.