Cracking the Code

Hey guys, so recently in our GT class we are learning about code. I believe that everybody should do code because coding makes you think. Like you don't even haft to be a genius to learn it. Even if you don't want to learn about coding then everyone should just learn how to do the basic stuff. But in my opinion I do believe that everyone should learn it but if you don't want to do then you shouldn't feel like you haft to do it.

My first experience with working with code is when I was about 11 years old. I remember my cousin asking me if I want to try something new and I agreed. So when I first started doing coding I did the flappy bird one and I did pretty good. But with me I got stuck on some because I didn't really read the directions. I'm the type of person who get very impatient, like when I finish a level I don't want read something because I just wanna keep going without getting stopped.

My first experience with working with code in our GT class I got stuck on a lot of them. Like I said in my last paragraph I don't really like reading directions. So I was on level 5 when I got stuck and I was just very confused why I got stuck. I remember reading the directions and then I realize that I'm doing it correctly its just that I didn't know my left and right. At first I thought it was my left and right so that's what I kept doing until I realize that its the birds left and right. But basically I couldn't get that though my head because I kept thinking it was my left and right. In the end I had fun and I really enjoyed it.

If I could design any program, game, or app, I would make an app that could help you reach your goal in a short period of time (not sure if there is even an app like this already). I would call this app the IAchieve. So this first thing that would happen when you open up this app there will be this profile set up thing to know what goals you want to achieve and when do you want to reach this goal. Then after you would like get a list of recommendations on where to start and some tips. It also gives you reminders to do this and that today plus it will give you a daily video to inspire you to keep going. This app can be very helpful for people who like want to start a business and you have no clue where to start then you could use this app. This is also a good app for people who would want to lose wight faster, grow their hair faster, train for a marathon, or maybe help people save up money for like a vacation they want to go to. The IAchieve could also help out student get good grades or improve on school. It could have a daily reminders to tell them to check if their is homework and will give you tips they could do to help them study and be organized. The IAchieve is perfect for everyone who wants to achieve a goal. Even if its a small or big goal it help you get reach in the time you want to achieve it in.

My Humorous Monologue

Hey guys, as we continue the comedic monologue project I'm going to tell you what I learned so far. Most of the things we learned so far are things I already knew but it was good to refresh my mind with things I might have forgotten over the summer. But something I learned that I totally forgot about is padding and I will tell you guys more about it in the next paragraph. One thing that was good to refresh my mind with is the cameras. I remember I was so happy to use them but then totally forgot what some of the buttons were used for. Yikes, but as we learned more about them I became more familiar with them like I used to be. For me I think its good that I refresh my mind with thing I forgot over the summer but hopefully I learn new things as we progress into the project.

Like I said in my other paragraph, I will talk more about padding. For me I think padding is the number of seconds you wait until you start talking. I believe padding is crucial because I for sure don't want anything I said to be left out. When you press the record button, the camera takes about 5 seconds for it to start actually recording it. That's what I think but I could be wrong. Last year I remember that the ends of my visual poem audio got cut off and I had to film a new voice over again. That's why I believe that padding is very important.

So in this paragraph I'm gonna tell you about my weakness, strength, and what I could have improved on. So my weakness in this project is getting my b-roll. So for me when I thought I had exactly all my b-roll I actually didn't. So basically for me when I was trying to put in my b-roll to match my audio I realized that I didn't have the specific one for that line. But overall I think that I covered it up pretty good. Also another weakness is my acting. Every time the camera was on me I ended up laughing and it took forever to film. Also it was getting darker by the minute so I had to work fast and cooperate with the person filming me.

For me I believe that my strength were editing and putting it all together. Like I said in my last paragraph I didn't have all the b-roll for my humorous monologue so I had to work with what I had. The reason I believe that editing was my strength because I already knew how to work with imovie and that I manage to cover up the b-roll I didn't get. Overall I finished on time and no one knew about my b-roll being missing. If I could go back in time and fix what I could improve on it would be getting b-roll clips. The reason I said that because I used some clips twice and also because I know I could've done better.

So as you can see in the picture, they are my results on my humorous monologue. On Tuesday we watched everyone ones video and graded each other by our rubric. As you can see 16 people gave me a 4 and 16 people gave me a 3. I think this was a reasonable grade because I knew I could've done better. I'm pretty happy with my results because I really do agree with them. Fun fact, this is actually the first time I agree with the results. In the end of this project I learned something and that is always check if you have everything. When I say everything I mean everything.