Final Assignment: Affection
It has been so tedious coming up with a theme to work on that has direction for us to take. It must include a SIngaporean-ness to it. It must mean something to me. It must connect with the audience. It must be interesting, challenging, etc etc etc. How the h*** can i possibly achieve all these?!
Down to work
So eventually we decided on capturing PDA or public display of affection in Singapore, since it is still considered quite a taboo in our society. We as youths may dismiss such things if we see it but the older generation may not. How than can we address this issue? We wanted to show that PDA doe snot neccessarily equate to a negative thing the moment someone mentions the term. It could also be shoing one’s affection in public to an elderly, helping him or her across the street. kids could be sharing an icecream, an elderly couple quietly enjoying each others company, a young teenage couple simply holding hands. There are just so many ways to display and express one’s affection to another.
Finally, we decided to simply capture Affection. Singaporeans are affectionate about so many things in our society; men and their cars, women and their shopping during GSS, students and their grades, crazy people and their hello kitties, etc etc. we wanted to show what normal Singaporeans are affection about in this country.
Hence, while some Singaporeans, especially the youth, may deny any form of loyalty and affection for their nation, we are pretty sure they are affectionate about something IN this country that keeps them here, be it family, friends, or way-of-life.
Here are some of the things i captured, mostly about relationships that keep us where we are.
This is what i mean by awesome. Look at kids these days, so unafraid of what other’s think. It broad daylight and they’re making out! I feel that its a real good thing that the next generation might be the ones liberalising our society. I think i’m feeling old and a tad bit conservative now…..hmm…
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