I take back my words on saying there's nothing much going on in my life in my previous post. Yes, there is something to blog about, now that I think of it. The Pixar Exhibition.

I went with Say Hwee there last weekend, and it was really cool! The price wasn't too bad, because it included the 3d movie (which was Toy Story 2 that day) and the entrance to Science Centre as well.

Once we went into the Science Centre, we got lost. At the entrance. Haha. We were like, "Hey wait, isn't this the Science Centre? So where's the Pixar Exhibition?" There were no signs and we were foolish enough not to grab a map before we entered. So we debated on whether to exit, grab a map, and come in again. In the end, we decided against that. Luckily we did, because we found the exhibition inside later. We explored the souvenir shop first because the movie was half an hour later, and we didn't want to go in the exhibition yet, in case it'll take a long time. The shop was filled with all the usual souvenirs, so we just walked around and I spammed Say Hwee with loads of Arashi news... Haha.

And the 3D movie. I realise I've never watched Toy Story 2, but still had a vague image of Jessie in there. So I'm not sure whether it was the original Toy Story 2, or they remade another one for the 3D version. Haha. Neither did Say Hwee. It was a hilarious movie, even though the 3D glasses were heavier than the usual ones at Westmall cinema somehow, and it kept slipping off. So I had to constantly push it up if not I'd be viewing the movie half 3D and half non-3D. But it was a really fun movie, and now I'm tempted to watch the Toy Story 3D movie coming out soon. Haha.

After that, we went to the exhibition. The exhibition was so amazing. It was about how the Pixar artists go about producing a piece of work. They talk about the plot, characters, animation and stuff like that. And there are loads of artwork, such as backgrounds of certain scenes in different forms of art. (I still have no idea what digital media is... is it printed out?) I love the pencil sketching style the most. They even have figures (made by some... resin or something) of characters of their movies displayed. There are also early drafts of ideas of characters, so you can see loads of different ideas for 1 character before deciding on finally using that idea. It's really cool. And I really like the approved drawing from the director. Haha. (It's the cartoon version of his face)

I really cannot believe how gifted all these people are. I do have friends who can draw professionally and one is actually studying under people who work for Pixar. But this is just amazing. I don't get tired of looking at all those drawings at all. I can never be able to draw the same character twice, but all these people have drawn thousands of drawings of the same character (and in different perspectives too) and it just really awes me. The background drawings are extremely good too. They really take into account every single detail. And I'm sure they did a lot of research, such as the ant's structure and perspective in A Bug's Life and the different types of fish and what lies in the ocean in Finding Nemo.

My favorite part must be that turning thing. Okay, only those who's been there will know what that is. Haha. I can't really explain that in words. It's this technique (I think) which inspired by the Bouncing Totoro by Miyazaki Hayao (that's the only thing I could remember from that entire long introduction). It's something like when you draw a character doing something in a book with slightly different actions on every page, and when you flip the book real fast, it becomes a continuous action. In this case, the figurines of one character (in there, there are loads of characters) are positioned in a circle, so when it spins really fast, it's like they become animated (with the help of the flickering light above). Okay, this is confusing. I give up. Just go to the exhibition to view the thing. (Tan Min's blog has a better description. Haha.)

After viewing all those exhibitions, I got really tempted to go to Japan's Studio Ghibli museum, namely the works of Miyazaki Hayao (which has Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, and all sorts of others). I really want to go there right now. Haha. It's truly amazing.

I feel like I could really spend the whole day in the exhibition. I'm sure you'll like it, if you're interested in art and animation. They have a lot of art pieces over there, so it's really cool.

And we saw the 3D TV, without 3D glasses on. It really is 3D, like it'll pop out and all that. Haha. It'd be cool if families in future will have that, because they wouldn't need to worry about their children sitting too near to the TV. Haha.

After the exhibition, we got hungry, and Macdonald's there was really crowded. So we went off without even visiting the Science Centre itself. Haha. But anyways, that entrance fee plus the movie is only $4. So we just went off to IMM to eat. Pepper Lunch (for dinner)!!!! I got Say Hwee addicted. Yay.

That was a great experience. Now I really want to go to Japan. Haha.



I hope I finish everything by tomorrow...

P.S. I want to change to wordpress now because blogger does not accept my Japanese kyaa emoticon. Because they think it's a html opening brace. That's unfair. And wordpress is so much more organized. But wordpress cannot put multiple line breaks. Sad. And I forgot where my livejournal account went. I love wordpress now. Haha.

Why do I hear someone's cellphone ringtone and think it's Spiral by Arashi? Even though it's not. But it sounds like.