CREATIVE COMMUNICATION IN MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY
Communication is the process of conveying an input which is a message or information is being transferred from sender to recipient. For example in MMU a lecturer (sender) is conveying messages to the students (receiver) through method of teaching student in class. The students would then reply (feedback) to the lecturer by applying and comprehending what has been taught in class. There are two types of nonverbal communication that consists - body language and gestures. For example, sometimes MMU students indicates their feeling bored and as end result, they would show some common gesture such as yawning, tapping pencil on the table, or showing unnecessary movement in class to show that they indirectly wanting the lecturer finish the class early.
The word aesthetic brings the definition of the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and expression of beauty, as in the fine arts. For example, when we want to show that we like someone we can express the feeling through singing or poetry and such. Apart from that, paralanguage also is communication that goes beyond the specific spoken words. It includes pitch, amplitude, rate, and voice quality of speech. Paralanguage reminds us that people convey their feelings not only in what they say, but also in how they say it. For example for black peoples we can differentiate them through their slang because we understand their culture of they speak and sound.
There are many things that we can relate in communication is either directly or indirectly. To be creative, we MMU student think that object also can be related into communication for instance pen flower and camera. Why pen? It is because in our life, we indeed using pen to write and draw. Pens are much closed to the students which they use pen everyday to write. When we were small we have been sent off to school to learn a word. Through the word it helps us to read and write so that we easily communicate with people around us. Sometimes they write a letter to express the feeling such as love letter because many people maybe too shy to tell someone how they feel or does not how to relay these emotions. By using the letter they can express feeling without uttering words. Other example is during World War II, Japanese troops invaded Malaya. Malaya people used the radio to communicate but unfortunately it has been confiscated and keeps by Japan soldiers. Therefore it obviously show us how important newspaper writing during that time because there is only way to communicate and get to know the information through the newspaper writing. From the newspaper writing its cultivate Malaysian spirit to independence because with their press they can communicate and unite to resist colonist.
Drawing is a natural mode of communication for example young children they rarely resist and that offers a way to express feelings. That it’s a good way to express ourselves without words. Words have a strong impact, and we have been able to see for ourselves that a drawing can have just as much of an impact as words. Just like words, it's how you say it sometimes that gets peoples attention. That is what some people get excited when they draw something to express feeling. Besides that, have you ever wondered what were some of the things that ancient civilizations did to communicate before there were televisions, telephones, cell phones and pagers. During the ancient civilizations they communicate by drawing the symbols to express something mostly was found in cave. They wanted to show to the future generation what has happened for the past year back.
Flower also can help us to communicate in creative way because sometimes flower brought a symbolic meaning, for example red roses are given symbol of love, beauty and passion. Poppies are a symbol of consolation in time of death. In UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, red poppies are worn to commemorate soldiers who have died in times or war. Lilies also use for burials as a symbol referring to “resurrection/life”. It is also associated with stars (sun) and its petals blooming/shinning. Some people believed that daisies are a symbol of innocence. In Multimedia University a bouquet of flowers are been giving in graduation ceremony to congrats their beloved children and friends.
Can you imagine camera also can help people to communicate? Why camera? Camera is a method to capturing image. So with variety image people also can express their feeling through picture. Image also helps student to memorize what they had been taught in class. With their own creativity they using mind mapping like we all been taught in Creative Studies. How camera can help you to your social life? As I mention earlier camera produce picture plus now day’s people are crazy about social networking so they will upload picture of their activities via Facebook for example then when people recognize us from picture they will continue communicate with us. It’s that awesome?
Pen, flower and camera are one of the methods that Multimedia University student used to communicate with each other. In our life, sometimes we didn’t rely that things that we’ve been using in our daily days is one of the method to communicate to each other.
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and our concept design is "see things in different ways"
Final step
We have to do some moving object for our presentation so we decide to do short video, so this is our group video
"Creative communication" in plain English
