Critique 1

Research topic: Social problem

Topic: Homelessness in Kuala Lumpur

Background:Homelessness is an emotive word that conjures up in people’s minds image of an individual walking the street, smelly, dirty and hungry, or the alcoholic, loud and drunk. Thus apart from the negative connotation, there is no clear understanding as to what constitute a homeless. The stereotyping has also act as an obstacle to tackling issue of homelessness. In Malaysia there is no proper and adequate definition of homelessness yet. Affairs of the homeless are lumped under the category of displaced and marginalized groups which fall under the broader umbrella of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD) with enforcement duty mandated to the Social Welfare Department (SWD). Currently running of MWFCD is guided by four major policies, the National Social Policy, National Policy on Women, National Policy for the Elderly, and National Social Welfare Policy. None of the policies have direct bearing to houseless and homeless persons implying that thus far this type of marginalized group have not been receiving much attention.

Problem Identification:

What are problem that homeless people face?
Every day problem
What homeless affect the society Malaysia??

The effects of homelessness on a teen can be devastating and lead to such problems as violence, prostitution, drug abuse and severe depression. Because many teens who live on the street do not receive adequate medical care in a prompt manner,. Depression is a major issue among many teens on the streets. Those with depression or mental illness before they landed on the streets many times are left without their medication. Dealing with the stress of being on the streets in addition to the ordinary issues teens face every day, can lead to violent outbursts at times, as well as suicidal tendencies.

Aim and Objective:

Many people are not aware many village people in Malaysia come to the KL to get job but when they come there is no job for them here and they become homeless and they have no money to go back to their village

Motivation:

Working with an NGO Reach Out have made me realize that just in Malaysia itself we have a serious homeless  issue that need to be share with people. We are losing our humanity and many people who live in the city do not realize this problem.

Ideation and Concept:

My concept on this topic is to provide a video documentary about homeless in KL. This video will provide the information about how they become homeless and how we can help them

Review, Analysis and Precedent Studies:

Research topic: Environment

Topic: Waste incineration

Background:Each day, Malaysians produce about 19,000 tonnes of garbage (2,100 tonnes in KL), and all of that waste has to go somewhere. However, out of convenience, instead of proper waste management, people would rather choose to conduct harmful ways to get rid of waste including waste incineration.

Waste incinerators are toxic to public health and as well to the economy, environment, and the climate. As a matter of fact, the Housing and Local Government Ministry plans to conduct a three-week "working laboratory" from March 26 to study the best incineration system for Malaysia in order to combat the unsafe procedure.

Since the issue, in this context, is the lack of awareness and understanding of the citizens towards waste incineration, the research aims at establishing this information and instill in the people’s minds of the knowledge of proper ways to manage waste. 

Problem Identification: 

• Public health..
•  Air pollution  
•  damage to the earth
•  damage to future generation 

Aim and Objective:

Many people are not aware of the effect of waste incineration like climate change, landslide, flood, biodiversity, and etc. How are we going to live in the world if the earth is getting weaker due to our own fault. Creating awareness about this important issue so that we can prevent more damage to the earth and the future generation can enjoy the earth as much as we do now

Motivation:

I just realize that just in Malaysia itself we have waste in issue that need to be share with people. We are losing our future generation by our hand. We need to wake up and see that we are losing our future generation.

Ideation and Concept:

My concept on this topic is to provide To create and about motion graphic on Waste and the effects in our life also encourage people to recycling in order to sustain the earth for our future generation

Review, Analysis and Precedent Studies:

Design Approach:
In Motion graphic