DD Chan Sze Nga

Portfolio

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School Project

(2014-2016)

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2014 Set design project (Drama)

<Riders to the Sea >

For my concept, my set designs which to show this family with loneliness and helplessness in this isolated place. That's mean it

present a place of trapped just like a jail or fish tank, to lock all of the people that you can not leave and try to leave even

you died. For the actor in this place of trapped, they are locked and cannot escape. They live in a broken, dirty, little old

cottage, which lost their dream and hope gradually. They only have despair until the story ends. The audience itself seems to

be secretly watching this family's life, yet remain passive and is only there to observe the unfolding of a tragedy.

The idea of my design is from an Irish farmhouse (cottage) reference, which cut off a section to show the interior of it. It make

me further develop my concept to combine reference, then design the set which is cut a one point perspective shape to

create a peep area for audiences. The set cut off a section to show the outward of cottage and interior, so that it can

create more layers to show the inside and outside physical and emotional change coordinate with lighting.

The black borders and legs in the set are mainly used to highlight the center of the stage, guiding the audience eyes to only

focus on the happenings in the small cottage kitchen. I want the lighting and sound effects to be the only things that inspire

the audience themselves into imagining what kind of a setting or environment this little Irish cottage is in.

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 Set Rendering (water color)

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2014 Set design

project (Drama)

<Death of a

Salesman >

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2015 Set & Costume design project (Opera)

<The Turn of the Screw>

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Characters costume design (Sketch)

Characters costume design (Water color)

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Live,&Laugh,&Love�

Loveland�

2015 Set & Costume design project (Musical)

<The Follies>

 

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Characters costume design (Sketch)

Showgirls chorus costume design (water color)

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  Showgirls costume design (water color)

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  2016 Set & Costume design project (Drama)

<An Inspector Calls>

   

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Characters costume design (Photoshop & Graphics tablet)

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School Production

(2014-2015)

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2014 Set & Costume designer for Two Music school composition

department students’ graduation production

<Folding Mind Production>

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2015 Set & Costume designer for ‘Choreographic Workshop’

<漣環>

"一是全部,全部是一"

The stone to represent dancer, before you drop the stone into water, dancer is

a an individual (ONE); stone become a part of water after the stone in the

water(ALL), stone is stone also is water; Stone moving can flow create different

size of ripple,———First, ripple is individual, then ripple flowing together to

create different size of ripple from two to four ripples, then in the last ripple

return to individual and flowing away.

The ripple to represent single to different interpersonal communication from

small group to big group and back to single.

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2015 Set & Costume designer for

‘Choreographic Workshop’

<Some nights I had some dreams about

my sardines>

The sardines represent children and salt pig-hand represents bad guy or heterogeneous people who hurt others.

Dancers (Sardines) present children that have a pure and naive interpersonal relationship to group together. But they get hurt their

mind and body from other people (salt pig-hand) during growing. After they become adult, they just believe themself and like

being alone finally.

 

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2015

Set Associate Designer for

<The Wilderness>

I think the character Chou Hu is like a tornado. He comes very suddenly. From

his coming to killing Daxing, and dying in the end of story. These things happen

in a very short period, just like the weather turning into a tornado until it

dissipates. This process is very short and sudden.

Moreover, Chou Hu destroyed everything in the story. So his action made the

forest from tidy became messy in the end.

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2016

Costume Designer for

<Macbeth>

I express the main characters are cruel, and the ruthless of war, the

main color tone are blue, black and grey. And this color combination

made the last bloody scene more conspicuous and standout. And I

design the costumes of this story are designed based on the style of the

European army uniform from 19 century to 20th century. Besides, I

defined the witches are from another dimension space, using science

fiction style as the main key design element for their costume design.

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Others

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2014-2015 Life Drawing

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2012-2015 Street Sketching

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2012-2015 Drawing

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ddchan912@gmail.com

T+852 62448400

http://ddchan912.wix.com/ddchan

Qualifications

2013-2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree in Theatre and Entertainment Arts

(Four-year) graduated at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

• Major: Set and Costume Design

2010-2011 Foundation Diploma graduated at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

• Foundation Diploma in Theatre and Entertainment Arts

2006-2009 Higher Diploma graduated at Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education

• Higher Diploma in Interior Design

2001-2006 F.5 graduated at Liu Po Shan Memorial College

• Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (2006)

   

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Professional Experience

Ocean Park Corporation

A Part-time Dresser for Ocean Park Hong Kong Halloween (2012&2013)

Cubedecor Workshop LTD

A Project Coordinator (Contract) for Ocean Park Hong Kong Halloween 2012 (2012 Jun-Sep)

A project coordinator (Contract) for United Arab Emirates (UAE) 40th National Day event “Spirit of the Union” (2011 Aug-Dec)

- Worked under the instruction of Costume Designer from Ocean Park Corporation (2012)

- Work with The Generating Company; Worked under the instruction of Costume Designer (2011)

- As a Wardrobe Assistant for the show “Spirit of the Union” in Abu Dhabi, UAE (2011)

Collaborate LTD

A temporary Interior Draftsman (2010)

Liu Po Shan Memorial College

A temporary Art Assistant (2009Dec-2010 April)

Language Skills

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Specialized Skills

Set Design

Costume Design

AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, AI

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Microsoft Word, PowerPoint

Hand-drawing, Model making, Scenic Painting, Sketching, Painting, Fashion Image & Styling

Prize Awarded

2016

HSBC HKAPA Mainland China Study Programme 2015/16

2015

Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarships 2014/15

Artech Prize for Best Potential in Design

2014

Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation Scholarships 2013/14

2003

Outstanding achievements award in Mid-Autumn Lantern Design Competition (Secondary Division)

Extra-curricular activities

2015

Participated in Volunteer for Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2015 (July-Aug, Tokamachi Japan)

Participated in Supporting Team for APA’s exhibition at PQ15 (June-July, Prague)

Participated in Art Director for FTV school graduation project 01(2014 Dec-2015 Jan, Hong Kong)

2014

Participated in Peking University Summer School summer course (June-July, Beijing)