My Humorous Monologue

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Our latest project that my GT class is working on is Comedy. We are making our own video on our joke. During this project, I have learned quite a few things. Some of those things are.... of course how to write a joke. I learned how to use IMovie a little better. And all about punchlines for your joke. I also learned a different grading criteria, and what is needed for each grade. Lastly, I learned how to import in IMovie and how to create different folders to be organized to know which is our folders that hold all are video clips and all of the things we need to edit.

In this project, I've learned a filming technique, called padding. Padding is basically the space between the start of your video and the space between the end of your video. It helps if you say "rolling" when you first click the button to start recording and you count to 3 in your head then say "action" so that the person your filming knows when to start speaking. At the end of the video, you would say "cut" a few seconds after their done speaking so they know you've ended the video. Padding you clips is crucial because if you don't wait a few seconds before and after your fiming, it can get cut off and you wont be able to hear the very begining and end of it. 

 

In this project there were weaknesess, strengths, and way to improve. Some places that I had a little trouble doing is filming with bad lighting, when I first filmed the lighting was a little dark. But, I did re-filmed with better lighting and it paid off! Another weakness is my time limit, I had to cut some parts out so it was more closer to the time limit. Since, I am a advanced student I knew how to do a lot more things than last year. Some of my strengths are adding my affects and the audio. Also, getting different filming angles so my video is a bit more appealing. Some ways that I could of improved is mabey some of my shaky shots. Overall, I think I did pretty good according to the class critique.

Comedy Writing

Are next project that my GT class is starting is comedy writing and comedic performance. In comedy we need to have a sense of humor. You may know a few people that already have a sense of humor that just comes naturally. Sense of humor is an important character trait because you can have the ability to laugh at others and their jokes. Most people with a sense of humor can be very outgoing. Having a sense of humor can also help people out, if they are feeling sad or angry you can say or do something funny and it would most likely cheer them up.

In this project my class went over some tips for writing a humorous narrative. Some of those tips I learned are one, to make sure you know that your narrative is actually humorous or funny, you can do that by sharing with others and if they laugh then you know that your narrative is funny and accurate. Second, you can think of a narrative that you actually experienced that you thought was funny so it makes sense. My third tip is too have expression while your sharing your narrative, that will help the audience have a feeling of how funny your narrative is. My fourth tip is the setup of your narrative like, your punchline, make sure it makes sense so the audience gets an idea and understands. My last tip is too make sure your visuals make sense as well, it will help the audience understand your narrative more.

My comedic monologue is about my sister, and how we make trouble to each other. And how she comes at me like a bull when I make trouble to her, but when I do the same I don’t come and attack her. Also, when I tell my parents on her she’ll get like a “stop” or a cut it out” but when she tells on me I get yelled at, after I’ve just gone through my sister attacking me! And it’s hard to fight back because I am laughing so hard because she makes like she’s a gigantic bus coming at you or when a cat gets in that position where it’s saying it’s going to attack or come at you. I think my comedic monologue is funny because you can just imagine this little girl just coming at you like a bull and attacking you because you were making trouble to her. And it's funny because I'm getting beaten up by my little sister! In my video you would probably get a better idea of why it's funny because it will show you what actually happens. I also think my narrative is funny because I'm here like "what.... wh...why!?" because I get yelled at and when I tell on her its like nothing. I came up with this idea for my narrative because it happens to me at least everyday, well the attacking part. To conclude, I hope the my audience thinks my narrative is funny and enjoys my video.:)

Motivational Poster

The current project that Mr. Sanderl's GT class is working on is are Motivational Posters. For this project there are several requirements that we need to have in our poster. Those requirements are that we need to have two text layers which is our Manifesto and our Quotes. We need to have 4 image layers which is our 3 symbolic pictures along with our portrait picture. For our design requirements, we need to have Kerning on all text layers so that every space is filled.  Next, is our triadic color scheme, that is 1 dominant color that is balanced with 2 other accent colors. We also need are visual balance which is a equal measurement of different elements divided into a design. Lastly, we need blending options on both text layers as well as are adjustment layers on our 4 images.

To complete this Motivational Poster, I had to go threw a lot of different steps to get the final product. The first thing I had to do to get started is get my Quotes and my Manifesto ready to be kerned. I first got all my words together and placed them where I wanted across the page. The goal for the kerning was to make sure that the text filled up all the space and so that the spacing is even and has no holes. So, I tried my best to that before I did anything else. Next, I had to get my symbolic pictures and my profile picture in photoshop. To do that, I went to finder and opened all my pictures in photoshop. I then, used my move tool to move all my pictures so that there was visual balance as I made sure to hold down shift! It took a little while and some help to place everything so that it looked good. Next, it was time for the fun part!....Text layers. I went to the triadic color scheme and chose the colors I liked. I went back to photoshop and put all my text layers on like stroke, bevel and emboss, outer glow, inner glow, and drop shadow. I also arranged the colors from my triadic color scheme on the color overlay. Now that I had my text layers done I had to do my adjustment layers on to my pictures. I went to layers, adjustment layers, and added color balance, levels, curves, and exposures. I also tried my best to make the adjustment layers match my color scheme so that it looked a little more pleasing, yet still colorful. Finally, after I was satisfied with what I had, I made sure I had all of the requirements needed and saved it and turned it to the server folder.

Going threw this project, I have faced some challenges. It wasn't easy! Some of those challenges were doing the adjustment layers so that it would match my text perfectly! It was a little hard because you have to adjust it the way you want and they didn't have the exact colors I needed, but I tried my best so that it would match. Another challenge I faced was were to place my pictures. I needed to have visual balance so that it would be even still in a pleasing way so, I asked Mr. Sanderl for help and the problem was solved! The last challenge I have faced was just recently when my class had to take screenshots of are text layers with no effects and are pictures with no effects. When I opened my photoshop document the layers disapeared and I couldnt take screenshots of those seprate layers so, I asked Mr. Sanderl what to do and he said "to either take screenshots of what happened or to redo it", I chose to explain. What happened was the layers were merged or combined into one and I could get them to be seprate so, down below I have pictures of the layer seprate to show you that the layers were not seperate and a picture of when I saved it because I might of saved it the wrong way. But, I do have a picture of the final product to show you how it turned out. I also could of improved on a couple things in this project, like adding a little more exposure on the adjustment layers and I could of made my kerning a little better. As you can see at the bottom line the kerning is a little off because the leters are very close together and theres not that much even space. Overall, I was satisfied with what I had at the end and bummed that I could screenshot the seperate layers. I enjoyed doing this project.:)