Forest~Joyce

Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, UP, Cars. Theses are all animation films produced by Pixar. There are still many other animation titles produced by Pixar.

Finding Nemo happens to be my all time favorite animation. And do you know that this particular animation took 3 whole years to produce?

Ain't you interested in how the animation looked like at the very first stages?

Thanks to Omy.sg and the Science Center, I got the chance to visit the Pixar Exhibition held at the Science Center on Thursday.















In the exhibition, we got to see the many sketches of the animation's characters at it's early stages. Not forgetting sculptures which are used in animating the characters.























Other than all the great art works of the animations, there are two main attractions of this exhibit which are the Artscape and the Zoetrope.



Artscape



Zoetrope



More photos!


















Ash was there too!



This guy got to go all thanks to me. LOL!


I quite enjoy myself at the exhibition, looking at parts of the storyboards of the animation that I loved. And of course, I'm a media student and hence I have a different perspective on the exhibit. Why do I say that? Well, I would say that this exhibition is like an art exhibit as quoted by the organizers. You will not see life sized figures of the various characters at the exhibit. But in a way, you can see how the story was created.


In my opinion, I think that this exhibit is more for Pixar lovers and also people who love art or those interested in animation. XD

I was a graduand and now a graduate.





It took me three years to be on that stage to receive that certificate from the Director of SBM.




It took me three years to earn this certificate with my name on it.

And then, it marks the very end to my three years of poly life.

I am now officially a Diploma holder.

Three years, it don't only earn me this certificate but also long lasting friendships with my fellow classmates.

MS0702, the best I ever had.

Thanks to OMY.sg, I had the chance to watch the movie, Robin Hood before it's official release.





This movie talks about the period of time before Robin Hood became an outlaw. It's like a prelude to his adventures as an outlaw who robbed the rich and aid the poor along with his merry men.

Robin Longstride was his name and he's the son of a visionary. He was an arch-man under the service of King Richard the Lion Heart in his Crusade in France. Robin fled with a couple of mates when the king died in battle. He happens to found the knights protecting the king's crown after an ambush and they took over their identity as knights and sent the crown back to England. He also received a sword from a dying knight with a last wish to send the sword back to his father. 


There's words engraved on the sword which ticks off Robin's memory of the past and he made a decision to fulfill the wish of the dead knight after returning the crown. King John, the brother of Richard took over the throne. 


Off to Nottingham with his mates where Robin met Marian, the widow of the dead knight and was attracted to her. He return the sword to Sir Walter, father of the dead knight and was told to stay and take over the place of his dead son by Sir Walter. In return, he will tell Robin about his roots. 


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Before I go off typing out the whole story, I shall stop here. 


From where I stopped, the movie continues in telling the story of how Robin helped the poor villagers of Nottingham by becoming the men in 'hoods' and how he remembered his father. Followed by how he went to war against the France who was invading England with the help of a spy, whom was King John's childhood friend.

The scenes of the war near the end was remarkable! I adore the cinematography! It was really awesome. Although they were scenes of war, blood and violent, I really must say it was very very well done. The cinematography was really a joy to watch. 

To me, this movie is really well done. However, it's also a movie that not all will appreciate. Some might find the front part a tad draggy. But to those interested in the medieval times and legends of such like me, you will really enjoy this movie. 


To me, every minute of the whole 2 hours 20 over minutes was good. Not a minute was boring!


I rate this movie a 4.5 over 5! (There's always room for improvement! XD)



Robin Hood will be officially release in the theaters on the 13th of May.

That on my birthday, I can actually see fireworks from USS! XD So lucky right? =)

After enjoying the fireworks, we went to Sushi Tei for dinner! Been wanting to go there for quite sometime le!































































And of course, a group photo! XD


Am really thankful to all of you who spent this day with me. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for the cake surprise when you all said that there's no cake and present but you guys will have dinner with me.(Dutch!LOL)

I am really touched when the guys appeared with the cake when you said you guys are heading to the toilet.(Which I actually suspected, but still I am really touched!)

Thanks guys! I've enjoyed myself.

The only bad thing is, I have hit the big '2' and is now officially 20. LOL! =P

*Photos Credits to: Andy, JingLong*