.MOV Film Festival

P2T3 Aunty Solves Bullying from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

The latest project that my GT class has been working on is film making for a film festival. We had to create a plan to know what we have to film to begin filming. One thing that we included in the plan was keywords. The keywords that my team and I chose are forgiving, insecure, suspicious, harass, bully, advice, and help. Our keywords connect with our audience because it tells the way the characters and audience should feel after watching our sitcom video.

The overall message is to help other people that are going through this type of bullying problem and to entertain the audience by giving the joyful yet humorous and warm feeling. Also, if someone one is harassing you, don’t be afraid to tell someone like a friend, teacher, parent, auntie or even your grandparents because they'll most likely help you or give you advice. Remember that it does not matter what things you are good or not good at, you are a human just like everyone else and don’t let no one make you ashamed of that! If you don't like what others are doing to you, tell them that! I'm sure they will stop and you will eventually put an end to it.

During this project of film making my team and I have faced some challenges. The biggest challenge that we faced was probably getting all of our film together. During the film day, after filming most of the stuff, both our cameras died! So in result of that we had to re-schedule another filming day to finish up. I'm glad that we got all our filming done even with that challenge. We all worked as a team and is satisfied how our Sitcom video turned out. This was an amazing opportunity and I hope we get to do more film making. I must say, film making is one of my favorite projects to do in GT, especially when we are entering contests and experiencing film festivals and critiques!:)   

Tiny Spherical Worlds

Another project?..... yes! The latest project that my GT class has been working on is spherical and polar panos. We are doing many of them; practices, school, and our final. When taking our pictures for our worlds, we have to take composite images. Composite images are when you take more than one photo but it has to be overlapping the previous photo you just took. The point of composite images is so that when photoshop does its things it can all be combined in a interesting manner. It will combine all of the pictures you took and combine them into one image. In our previous project we took composite images but in our photomontages you can actually see the different pictures because there bordered and our world images are all combined to one. Composite images make images look more abstract and surreal especially when we edit them. Most times they have a meaning, tells a story, or creates emotion.

The difference between polar and spherical panos is that polar panos include more sky then land, the land is directly in the middle but the sky takes up most of the space. It looks like your standing on top of your world for the polar portrait. Even without the portraits it still looks like your on top of your world because you can see everything like your in the sky. On the other hand, spherical panos are different than polar panos because the actual land space takes up most of the space and the sky is around it like a border. Also, it is different because instead of looking above your world the spherical effect makes like your actually on the land or in other words ground level. It looks like your looking up at the sky.
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Lastly, the thing that makes my finished tiny worlds convincing is because of how it really stands out and how abstract and surreal it is. Also, it also is convincing because it reminds me to always follow my dreams even if they are SURREAL! I can do anything I set my mind too. This project was something that stood out because of it's features like the portraits and edits. Kind of like me, I always like to stand out and be different from the rest. To conclude, this project was not the easiest but I'm glad I got the opportunity to complete this because I think there is a message behind it. It was a great reminder for me especially this time of the school year!!

Hockney Style Joiners

Our latest GT project that my class has been working on is photo montages. We are working on two examples, one as school pictures and one as are final which represents us. This project was inspired by David Hockney's work. His photomontages are different from mines because of course they are taken in different settings. But, he also takes more pictures than I do. In order to create a photomontage you have to take several pictures and then you combine them together. On the other hand, David takes about 100 more pictures as you can see in the picture below. I take roughly 25-50 pictures do to requirements.


Different images can have different meanings and can send positive and negative messages. Images can send positive and negative images by the emotion in the picture, if someone is smiling or laughing that sends positive messages but if the person looks angry or sad then that can send negative messages. Or if images are landscape or something else besides portraits they can send positive or negative messages by mabey the color of the sky, if there's bright blue skies with the lovely sun shining I would feel more happy and positive but if the sky is dark and stormy I would feel more on the negative side. Another example of sending a positive message is the filter like if the vibrance and exposure is up. If the filter is black and white I'd feel more sad and empty.  So overall, it depends on how to image looks.

Lastly, the message I intended my audience to see was a positve and inspried message. My photomontage is of the school campus to represent the person I am, hard working, determined , bright, happy, and joyful. School is also where I earn good grades to become smarter. I want my audience to be motivated and inspried to work hard and do well in school. I want them to know it's a safe place for anybody. To wrap things up, I just want my audience to feel happy and inspired when they look at my piece of art that I worked very hard on.:)

2016 Aspirations

Happy New Year everyone! It's officially 2016! The first goal that I will attain in 2016 is too continue too get good grades and always do my best work. Second goal is to always stay positive and too leave all the negative behind. Third goal is too to continue to treat others with respect no matter what. My fourth goal is too believe and push myself to achieve anything I put my mind too such as soccer and school. My last and final goal is to not be on my electronics that much and enjoy whats around me.

The one goal that is most important to me is my fourth goal which is to believe and push myself to do anything I put my mind too. That goal is the most important to me because I want to be able to accomplish anything I put my mind too. Like, going over my teachers expectations or requirements and getting better at soccer by using practice time wisely. At soccer games I want to always give it my all and do my best. I need to have the courage to push myself with motivation and positivity. I want to strive for the best.

The steps that I will take to ensure success is like I said earlier, always strive for the best and push myself with motivation and positivity. I also have to BELIEVE in myself. I can't let anybody let me down or discourage me from what I want to do. I also can't get to greedy with what I want to do in the future, always be HUMBLE. To conclude, those are my 5 main goals and the steps I have to do to accomplish this year. I have to say, I did start this year great and I'm ready for what this year has in store for me!!

Scratch Game Design

The latest GT project that my class and I have been working on is creating chase game in scratch. After our chase game is published anyone can play and have access to my game. User experience influenced my game by helping me understand that there has to be different codes to use to make the sprites move, adding a score board, sound, using key arrows to move, and changing the backdrops. Luckily, I had a lot of practice with coding to help me have more experience when creating the actual game. Mr. Sanderl also showed us different videos of other coding users about how they do things in scratch.

For this project we were to create a total of 3 scratch games. The first one is my chase game, second is my platform game, and third is my "operation freedom" game. All of my games are the same because they all use the arrow keys to move. They are also similar because they all have either timers or score boards to keep tract. My chase is different from the rest because there are two sprites and one is chasing the other to gain points, my backdrops switch, and the sprites are different. My platform game is also different because this game has a sprite that is jumping on platforms to get to the next level. Lastly, my freedom game is different because there is one sprite that has to go through a maze to get to another sprite to move on to the next level.

My best code is probably my freedom game. I think my freedom game is my best because my controls work very smoothly and I just love the type of game it is. I also enjoyed having more freedom for this game, I like my choices to be open and I liked creating something different. Coding is a very complex project. It wasn't the easiest for me. The most difficult bug fixes that I had to face is my arrow keys working smoothly in my platform game, at some point my arrow keys didn't work. My last bug I had to fix was getting the gravity engine to work for when my sprite is controlled. To conclude, this project was not the easiest but I was able to get through it.

Invention Commercial

P2T9_Invention from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

The latest project that my GT class has been doing are invention ideas. My teams main goal for this assignment was to make sure that are invention showed what exactly it does and how it works. Also, to make sure that it kept our audience entertained. We wanted everyone to be convinced into buying this product, even if it's not in stores we want them to think that it's something that they need to have! I also think that our products solution is based on stress, which is something that is very common especially when your in school.

Of course during this project my team and I have had some best "team moments". The best "team moment" was probably when we've turned in all our work on time. I think the best feeling is when you get your work turned in on time because the stress is gone and you don't have to worry about it. It also shows that my team and I are responsible for getting our work done and using time wisely. In addition, this wouldn't happen if we didn't work together as a team.

During the post-production filming, we've had to overcome some challenges, like making the time limit which was 30-50 seconds. Based on our commercial plan we were over 50 seconds. To overcome that challenge we decided to film all of our parts and cut out what we didn't need. During the post-production editing, I placed all the clips on and did the voice overs. Kiana added all the titles and other little things we needed to make our video a little extra awesome. Lastly, Shanden did the audio like the music and also helped with the voice overs as well. In conclusion, all of my teammates were a big help and I thought we did a great job working as a team and getting things done, yet still producing quality work!:)

Composition Scavenger Hunt

P2T9_Composition_2015 from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.
Lately, in my GT class we have done a composition scavenger hunt. We had to make a video about 8 of the composition techniques. The one composition technique that I think is most important is the "Rule of Thirds". Both the subject and scenery rule of thirds. I think the rule of thirds with a subject is most important because that's what helps the audience under stand the story more. For example, say I made a video about flowers, I would get a shot with the person in a field of flowers but, in a rule of thirds so they see the flowers in the back with look room. Also, rule of thirds with a scenery is also most important because it makes it more interesting and dynamic to the eye. It is god to know that according to the results, everyone in my GT class got both the rule of thirds scenery and subject all correct on the survey!

The composition technique that I think is most difficult is forced foreground because it is a bit hard to make sure that the camera is focused on the subject you want it to be focused on. It may take a while to make sure that it's correctly focused. Also, it's hard to make sure that the camera is not too close but still gives a sense of depth. I can use forced foreground more by making advertising videos. For example, right now my GT class is producing a commercial, and we are using forced foreground to advertise our product. Another way to use forced foreground more is by, using it for more parts of a project to get the audiences attention because forced foreground bring depth and interest to the eye.

For this project we had to choose teammates. I have a total of 3 teammates. My first teammate is Kiana Dea and Shanden Matsushima. They are both kind people. We all have different jobs that we have to do to get this project done. Kiana has helped with filming and helped editing by adding the text layovers. Shanden has also helped with filming and contributed with the editing by adding the music or audio. Lastly, me myself, has been doing most of the filming, also helped with the editing by making sure everything is in it's place. To conclude, we are all working together to get things done on time!:)