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.

Comedy Writing

In our GT class we have another project called comedic monologue. This project is similar too our visual poems we did last year. A sense of humor is a important character trait because everyone should be happy and laugh. I think its good if everybody knows how make someone laugh. The positive attitude you have will not just affect you but it will also effect the people surrounding you.

I'm going to tell you 5 tips on writing a humorous narrative. The 1st tip is that telling racial jokes are not funny. It may seem funny to you, but for some it may seem very offensive. My second tip is that you can make a joke about yourself. You can use a funny story that happened to you and it will be really funny. Third, if you don't have a humorous story to tell then use sarcasm. Choosing a subject you believe is annoying and saying you love is very funny. Fourth, when saying you joke make sure you voice is not just the same. Say it like you actually telling a joke using hand gestures, changing up your voice at points of the joke where you need too and make sure you say it nice and clearly. The tone of your voice will help you because if your saying it really funny then it will be really funny. Most times when I'm telling jokes their not even funny and people usually laugh because of how I say it. My last and final tip is that when finished making your joke try get someone to read it for you so you know that someone else thinks its funny. When asking someone to check it you can get feedback and you will feel for good about the joke you made.

My comedic monologue is about pure sarcasm and not offensive at all. Mine is about being sick and how I love it. To be honest there are some good things about being sick that you might actually love. Like for example not being able to go to school is a bonus but there are consequences you get for just missing 1 day of school. My comedic monologue is funny to me because I take the things that people hate about being sick and put it in a joke. Just pure sarcasm and I believe that a very funny joke.

Motivational Poster

In our Gt class we have a project called motivational poster. In this motivation poster we have requirements. One requirement is that we need 2 text layers called Manifesto and Personal Quotes. For my text layers we haft to kern our words. That means we haft to evenly space all the words so it fill up the page with spaces. Another requirement we need is 4 image layers. Out of those 4 image layers are my 3 symbols that represent who I am The other photo is a portrait of my self. In our images we need adjustment layers and we also need blending option in our text. Another thing we need in this motivational poster is a triadic color scheme. Overall I believe that visual balance is what need the most beside our text layers.

The first thing that I did was make sure I have all my symbols, personal quotes, and manifesto. After that made a document and then made a layer for my personal quotes. I would start kerning them until its fills up part of my poster. When Im done with kerning my personal quotes I make another layer called Manifesto. In that layer I copy my manifesto and then start kerning them until I a have no more spaces in my poster. Then after that I would upload all my picture and start dragging them into the poster. I would then start organizing my pictures so it has an equal distribution. When Im done with those I finally choose my triadic color scheme. My triadic color scheme was yellow green and a purplish color. Finally I would do my adjustment layers. For adjustment layers I did curves and color balance. Finally after I did that I save it as a jpeg and turned it in.

While making the motivational poster my biggest challenge is that I had trouble is kerning. Kerning was really hard because I didn't know how to make my personal quotes into a box/rectangle. But when it came to kerning my manifesto it got harder because there was more words and it was way bigger than my personal quotes. Eventually I had to ask another GT student named Shaday and she helped me with my kerning. She told me that I should just play around with my kerning and I did. How I could improve the next time I do this is play around with kerning. The reason I would do this next time is because I found it really helpful when spacing my words and getting all of my manifesto and personal quotes to fill in the empty spaces.

Personal Manifesto

Hi guys its Jhoanna and Im back. For this blog post I will be sharing 5 interesting/unique facts about my current self. My first interesting fact is that I like to go out more. I seem to be more active and I like to be more daring. My second fact is that I got more weirder that usual. My third fact about my current self is that I read more and I seem to like the type of books I usually would never read. My fourth fact is that I reached 2.3k on one of my Instagram fan accounts. Final my last interesting fact about me is that I turn 13 in a couple months.

I'm not a very creative person but here are my creative 2015-2016 Manifesto. Do what you love. Life is short. Find your passion. Be kind. Be helpful. Live life like its the last day. Different is good. Achieve the impossible. Nothing is impossible. Be happy. Life is precious. Stay focused on the present not the future or past. No task is to big. Be confident. Don't let someone bring you down. Face your fears. Be outgoing. Don't change for someone else. Your happiness means more. Have fun. Dream. Imagine. Laugh. Smile. Be who you want to be. Make everything count. Use your time wisely. Follow your goals. Cherish the small things.

My manifesto applies to my readers by me saying that life is a one thing in a lifetime and you should make the most of it. Everyone should be happy for who they are and no should make you feel bad about that. You only live once so you should cherish everything you have because you never really know what you have until you lose it. All the small things in your life can mean more than you know so enjoy the life you have and follow your dreams. Remember life should be spent doing something you love instead of doing what others want you to do.  

Music Videos Rock!

In our music video we have 4 people in it and each one did a something to contribute. Radien contributed by being one of the main people, he mostly was the person we filmed a lot of. Kyla contributed by being one of the other main people, she is mostly in the story and did some lip sync parts. Ashley contributed by being the camera person and doing most of the lip syncs. Finally I did most of the lip syncs with Ashley.

In my opinion I think that the audience will enjoy the bloopers more than the actual music video itself. But besides the bloopers I believe that they will enjoy the story. The reason I believe that is because its about love and everyone will find one, one day. In our music video the story behind it is that Radien wants to get back with Kyla. But is doesn't turn out the bet because Kyla doesn't want to get back with Radien. In most clips its a flashback of when Radien and Kyla were happy together. I also believe that the story will probably relate to someone.

This music video will show what we learned by our editing, camera angles and etc. In most clips we had rule of thirds, and creative angles. Also in our editing we have different transitions,effects, and etc. I believe that all of those made our video look more interesting and fun to watch. We probably never put everything we learned on to this but this project was fun to make and also fun to watch. Even though we had our up and downs working on this we made it work. In the end I think the music video turned out great even if some lip sync were off.

Lyrical Livelihood

I have different types of music that I like. One genre of music that I like is r&b. That type of music makes me feel really bubbly and happy for some reason. When I listen to pop it makes me feel like really jumpy and it makes me want to dance to it. I like all different kinds of music whether its classical music or alternative I will listen to it. I listen to music when i'm doing my chores, homework, reading, sleeping, and also everything I do everyday. Right now my favorite song is Five Four Seconds by Rihanna. Its my favorite song because its different then most of the music I listen too. I basically live off music, I listen to it 24/7.

My teammates are Raiden, Kyla, and Ashley. Our team pick the song Sugar by Maroon. To be honest we let Raiden chose the song because he was the only boy. I don't really mind that our song was Sugar because I really like that song and I thought it would be a good pick. I ask Raiden why he chose this song and he said, "because it was sweet."

The visual story that our music video will tell is about love. In the music video Raiden is chasing after Kyla to get back together but she refuses too. So in parts of the music video he get flashbacks of how they were so happy and had a such a good time with each other when they were together. Our music video will tell how much Raiden need Kyla in his life because everyone needs a little bit of sugar. The sugar Raiden needs is Kyla. At the end of the music video, Raiden gets Kyla.