Music Video Finale

For the last project of the year the music video my team is Kacie Burns and Alina Puig. The song that we chose was Eye Of The Tiger (survivor). The song " The Eye Of The Tiger " is basically like a fight song and as girls we didn't really want to do like fights and basically the original storyline so, we picked a food fight in which it involves food( which is amazing ). For the beginning of the video we wanted to start it off with us just laying around and watching our favorite show supernatural all day with our friend Adelina walking in and calling us lazy and that we've been here all day ( which is so true ).

My favorite fast edit sequencing has to be when it switches between like in our case three people really fast and the effect makes it look really cool. For instance if you stare at one of the people for a really long time you only see them even though it's constantly switching between three people. Another one of my favorite fast editing sequences is when the screen is split in two and theres two people but in different shots ( so cool ). when we first started editing I was working on the photoshop document for our Music Video Poster and I thought it turned out pretty cool because I actually made it a GIF. I made 2 different posters and my team and I are going to decide which one is best which I think is gonna be hard because I think they are both amazing!

I think this Music Video will showcase our best work because I believe that when you are having fun the product your making becomes even greater and if you watch the video you can tell that we were having so much fun with filming. BTW we had so much BLOOPERS we didn't have enough room to fit them or the whole video would be like 6 extra minutes attached onto the end!

EYE OF THE TIGER

BY: SURVIVOR

Rising up, back on the street

Did my time, took my chances

Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet

Just a man and his will to survive

So many times it happens too fast

You trade your passion for glory

Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past

You must fight just to keep them alive

It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

Rising up to the challenge of our rival

And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat

Hanging tough, staying hungry

They stack the odds still we take to the street

For the kill with the skill to survive

It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

Rising up to the challenge of our rival

And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Rising up, straight to the top

Had the guts, got the glory

Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop

Just a man and his will to survive

It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

Rising up to the challenge of our rival

And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger

Animated Life Lessons

So this term my teammates were Kacie Burns, Raja Counts and of course me! My personal traits are a perfectionist and trying to make everything well... perfect. Kacie's personal traits are being a nerd and being a marvel and supernatural fangirl. Raja is the cheerleader and is obsessed with everything she does. In the story our personal traits aren't exaggerated all that much because of our complications with puppet warping.

There isn't all that much humor in our animation because of complications but some people might relate to the fact that not everybody is perfect and we all make mistakes. Also, another way people might relate is the fact that some people judge people by how they look or act and sometimes our opinions are wrong and we should accept people for who they really are and not by how they act.

Since we had to get in groups of teams with people we never worked with before I'd say we did a pretty good job considering the fact that we barely know each other. The biggest challenge was to get some people in our group to concentrate instead of walking around and talking to her friends when we have work to be done. The best moment I would say would have to be when we finished the project even though it isn't that good, we were relieved when it was over.

MOV Film Festival

The keywords connect with the audience because of what words were chosen and how they kind of explain what our movie trailer is all about. Another reason why our keywords can connect with our audience is because they are constantly in the narration and they kind of pull you into the story and help you relate to it easier because at one point you or a friend has been bullied before and what we're trying to say in the film is to treat people the way you want to be treated without expecting something in return.

Our overall message is like I said in the 1st paragraph to try and tell people to treat people like you would yourself. Also we wanted to do this film from the bullies point of view (played by Jaesha Mata)and to tell the story from her eyes and also the eyes of the victim (played by Kyllie Belmonte). What my team and I have learned over filming and writing scripts is that we each individually have had experience with bullies and we have overcome it with friends.

The biggest challenge that we faced was getting everyone together to film the scenes. Also, while we were filming one shot we were getting attacked by mosquitoes because we were completely surrounded by trees and bushes also little puddles of water. The other big challenge was getting the shots ready and keeping the camera steady like on one scene we had to film it on a trampoline and you know how hard filming on a trampoline is unless you want to have a shaky shot and it's supposed to look like that. Overall the biggest challenge was filming because it took forever like 3 hours for a 2-3 minute film and we still don't have enough film to be completely done.

Character Development

I am the type of person that can be outgoing and has a lot of energy. I enjoy playing soccer and sometimes go to the beach. Some imperfections that I have are trying to make everything perfect because I have partial OCD and being a perfectionist and all I can't go by a day without having a mental breakdown and having to fix everything all over again. For example I have a set of pens that is color coordinated and the tips are perfect and my sister decided she wanted to use them the problem was she doesn't lightly draw with the pens, she SMASHES them until there's pretty much NOTHING left!

Some character traits I plan to exaggerate are being a perfectionist and having mental breakdowns over everything. Some other things that I plan to exaggerate and make myself look life like and possibly animating to make everything look as real as possible and then again at the same time make it look animated. While helping put input into my partners animations. For Kacie we would make her insecure and kind of exaggerate her obsessions like youtube and of course marvel. For Raja we would have her cartwheel all over the place because she does gymnastics.

  The step by step process of creating the GIF is to first of all cutting out your picture from your background and making an animation. Next you have to start moving your character while making other frames and adding puppet warp by going to edit and puppet warp. Next you have to start adding your points and voila, you have an animated GIF. I personally like my GIF character because of how I animated it and yes it does look like I'm trying to fly but it was fun to make and overall it turned out better than I would have thought.

Tiny Spherical Worlds

In GT we have been working on a new project called tiny spherical worlds and to make them you had to take about 10-15 pictures to make a panorama in photoshop by photo-merging the pictures into a panorama the reason why you need more than 1 composite image because in order to make a spherical world you need to overlap photos and make it into a huge panorama, if you do only take one picture then your out of luck and might want to reconsider your position and take some extra photos. If you do have only photo then it may be possible to do it but it would be harder to do to make a panorama and a little world with it being big enough to see. Another reason why 1 composite image isn't enough is because then that one image alone wouldn't be able to stretch far enough to make a tiny world. 

The difference between a spherical and polar world is in the spherical the background is white and the polar background is black. Next, the polar has the sky on the inside of the world and the spherical has the sky surrounding the world as if it's floating in space. Another reason why they are different is because the polar when it's a panorama you have to flip it 180 degrees so it's upside down then you have to go to the polar coordinates and make it into a tiny world on the other hand the spherical world you don't have to flip it upside down.

Something that makes my tiny worlds convincing is for one they are circular. Two they are trees and mountains that are in a world. 3 they are very colorful and look realistic. 4 like this <- it looks like one house on the world which I live in. Lastly you can't see any seams sealing the world together with the stamp tool. Overall I think that my worlds look pretty realistic because of the background and there are no people on my world other than me ;)

Hockney Style Joiners

David Hockney's photomontages are different from mine because his photos are professionally done and he has been doing this for years and we just started for the first time. On my photomontage I took the pictures outside and I took mostly took them of the tree that my subject Alina was underneath to make it look like it was covering her like a giant umbrella even though the tree didn't look that big in real life. Another reason why my photomontages are different from David Hockney's is because his photomontages show emotion but we just started so it doesn't really capture emotion. 

I think my photomontage can send a positive message by if you look at it you can tell that it's for hula and by that I dance hula. I'm not sure what kind of emotion it would bring other than confidence for me when I dance at the hula Hoike on stage with my other hula piers.

What I want my audience to see in my final is that it's like a commitment and something that is very meaningful to me personally. I think that it's pretty clear to see the image like what it supposed to be even though it's mixed up. The audience might see it as okay it's a photomontage of hula stuff or they might see it as a drum and bamboo sticks but they have a deeper meaning than just a couple of supplies for an activity it helps me do what I love even if I'm in doubt I can depend on perfecting it throughout practice with me knowing I can do it no matter what.

2016 Aspirations

My five goals for the new year I will attain in 2016 are (1) not to have a new years resolution (BTW this has been going for the last 8 years).(2) Finish the whole Harry Potter series books and of course also the movies.(3) Convince my parents to get another dog to keep our other dog bailey company.(4) Get straight A's in 7th grade and possibly the beginning of 8th.(5) Lastly I NEED to convince my soccer coach to stay and wait till we graduate so we can all still play soccer.

The most important goal to me is getting straight A's in 7th grade because I have always been close and off by just one or two B's so this quarter I'm determined to complete my goal. Another one of the most important goals for me is to convince my soccer coach to stay because without her I don't know who would coach me or the rest of my team for soccer. she has been my coach for about 4 or 5 years so she can't just leave now but, then again she's been threatening us by saying she's leaving us to go to vegas but then again she's been saying that for the last 3 years but still we have to convince her to stay.

The steps I will do to make sure I ensure my success are making sure I keep up in my classes to get the straight A's. The next one is to complete the Harry potter series every year as a tradition my sister and I started ever since all the Harry Potter movies came out. Next I have to never have another new years resolution because it's too much to have to keep track of what your gonna do in the new years so now I stick to the easiest resolution... not to have a resolution and to be honest it's going pretty good so far.

Scratch Game Design

I think my user experience influenced my game by wanting the smoothest way for the octopus to move. I think I wanted to do more and make my game like really good but if you played my game you would understand that it isn't all that good so I'm gonna be working on it again and see if i can fix it to be better and possibly make more levels to be more challenging and fun at the same time. Another reason my user experience influenced my game by helping me program my game to be bug free and making it all different. 

I think the best features in my games are that they move smooth and easy and that the colors all either contrast and stand out or they have the same color scheme. My personal favorite is the sprites and how they look and the colors they are. Another one of the best features on my game is that they are challenging but fun even though they aren't done

Invention Commercial

My team is Kyllie Belmonte, Alina Puig and me Cara Griffin. Our main goal was to make a product that would be quick and easy to use and it would be able to do your hair for you and it would turn out amazing! (I know it's a little, okay a total crazy idea but it was so fun filming it). We ran into quite a bit of problems but we just went with it and to be honest we had some pretty funny bloopers from Alina but we didn't have enough time because it had to be within 30-50 seconds long so I guess it's okay though :)

 I think the best team moment was when we were done filming we all started jumping everywhere because we were stuck in the bathroom for about 2-3 hours so we went totally crazy. After that my mom kicked us out of the house for jumping around to much and said for us to just go on the trampoline so we did but... we brought tons of water balloons on the trampoline and then got soaked in the hose and had to wait outside to dry off for about another hour. I thought just to waste time it would be a brilliant idea to start rolling down our concrete hill but :0 bad idea we went to fast and got rocks implanted in our arms but to be honest it was pretty amazing ;)


When we were editing I went on the computer next to Alina and started looking for sound affects to add for music or like the sound when Alina popped in the shot and it made the cork popping sound. Alina and I also found the music we would put in the background instead of it being just plain voice overs. Kyllie was the one telling us if we should lengthen or shorten the video clips and checked over the final product. All three of us all think that we did a pretty good job over all. The reason why Alina edited on her computer was because on the last project we edited on my computer I picked the music because it was last minute when we realized we needed background sounds and Kyllie overlooked the final product and helped edit because she was the team leader and she decided who did what.

We were also one of the top three winning inventions in the class critique!

Composition Scavenger Hunt

Leading Lines

I think that leading lines is the most important composition technique because as you can see it was the one that my class had the most hard time doing because some of them didn't know what it actually was so they had a hard time filming it for the project. Another reason I think it is important is because leading lines can sometimes look like an illusion and it also can be fun filming it.


The most difficult composition technique I have to say is probably macro because it's hard to get so close to the subject and having to steady it at the same time but then again it's also really fun filming. Another reason why I think macro is the most difficult technique is because Kyllie, Alina and I are the most hyper kids there is so we constantly shake the camera and can't get it to focus.

My teammates for this project were Kyllie Belmonte and
Alina Puig. Alina came up with how we were gonna plan the shots and kyllie came up with the name braidenaider, and last but not least I came up with the idea of a compartment for installing die into it to streak your hair. After all the 3 of us came up with the idea of a braiding wand that does your hair for you any style any time whenever you want.

Cracking the Code

I think that everybody should learn to code because it requires quick thinking and it is a fun challenge. Another reason why I think everybody should learn code is because when your just sitting down you can pull out your computer and do a fun coding challenge it can be an occupier that doesn't take a lot of time. Then after you finish your coding session you get a certificate like the one to the left for completing. Again as I said everyone should learn coding because it requires a good memory so you can remember how to get your little coding character to their destination.

My first experience with code was easy but as you go further into the session it gets harder. Coding is in apps and it is the main building block to making a game like apps on your phone or video games on Wii and x-box. When I first did coding I thought it was really hard and to be honest it was really fun and easy. It was a distraction and I lost track of time and soon it was the end of class.


If I could design any program or game I would make a game that anybody would enjoy no matter what age. The game would be based on going through a maze and collecting little gadgets but the catch is that they are mystery gadgets so you wouldn't know if the prize is gonna be nothing or possibly explode on you and if you tunnel deeper into the maze you have to be careful you don't get trapped in the dead end . Also the further you travel through the maze the prizes go from nothing and explosions to pieces of maps telling you the way out and sometimes secret passages that are like short cuts but the catch to this is you never know what the passages hold and it might be a trick to where you have to search for the key to unlock the door out of the maze and if not you have to get out of the tunnel and start over.

My Humorous Monologue

In this project we learned how to work in iMovie and make fabulous videos like our comedic monologue. I enjoyed doing this project because it was a challenge but at the same time it was easy because I knew how to do it from last year. We also learned how to pad and uploading our monologue into the server folder and my favorite part was watching all of the videos on the big screen and judging to see who has the best movie.

So your probably wondering what the heck is pad, well padding is when for example if your in iMovie padding is when you extend the movie to your desired length to make it appealing. Another reason why padding is good is because I believe it makes the movie or video look better and also it can alter the length of the video and during this project we use padding quite a lot to shorten and lengthen our b-roll (footage).

Some of my weaknesses in this project is that I had a harder time with shooting the b-roll because I turned it in late and did it at last minute and to be honest I think it turned out pretty good even though it was late. Some of my strengths are that I have some experience from last year with working in iMovie and with all of the tools in the program. I think that some ways to improve with this project is we could add more b-roll and for me I think I should improve it by maybe fixing my b-roll to make it match up and make it better in every way just to get a better grade and make it better so people want to watch it again and again. 

Griffin, Cara [Final Comedic Video Project Assessment]

Question	Count
4: Exemplary	1
3: Accomplished	15
2: Developing	10
1: Beginning	2

Comedy Writing

Sense of humor is an important trait because it is important to make everybody happy all the time because you are happy. I believe that humor is contagious when somebody is happy everybody seems to be happy. Sense of humor isn't just being happy all of the time part of it is your just part of your personality. My sister thinks that if your all smiles and laughing all the time you either got a problem or your just slightly autistic, but honestly there is nothing wrong with that it's totally normal because isn't everybody like that unless your like completely EMO and have absolutely no emotion. ;)

Now I will give you 5 tips on how to write a humorous or funny narrative. Number one you always need to make your joke appropriate for your audience depending on if it's children or just adults. Number two you need to be funny. Number three you need to know your jokes and try not to stutter unless it's part of your joke. Number four you need to make eye contact and last but not least, Number five you need to make sure that even if you have a microphone on that the whole audience front to back can hear you clearly with no problem. 

My comedic monologue is about my sister,and how I hate it when she does my nails she does it either to chunky or to thin and it just smudges and washes right off. I think that my comedic monologue is funny because most girls can relate to me like seriously younger sibling painting your nails isn't very pretty they completely ruin the whole thing and paint everywhere but they still they do a pretty good job for their first time I guess :0 . Another reason why I think my monologue is funny is because at least everybody has had that moment where you forget like everything and you have to ask the person to repeat what they said over and over again it's actually pretty funny if your the person watching your friend forget what they were saying unless it's you then it's no longer funny.      

      

Motivational Poster

The requirements for the motivational poster are to have your manifesto, your personal quotes, three symbolic images and a self portrait of your face. For design requirements you need to have both of your text layers kerned across the page so that there aren't any blank spots or and holes. You need to have 2 accent colors and 1 dominant color to make it look visually balanced. Lastly you would need to have blending options and adjustment layers on all of your 4 images.

 The first thing I did to make my motivational poster was I put the photo's in the photoshop document and then I started to write my motivational quotes and my manifesto then you start kerning. Kerning is adjusting the space between the letters to make it visually pleasing. For the kerning you have to make the text look like a blanket completely covering the page. Then you adjust the colors of the pictures to match your triadic color scheme. The colors that I picked were blue, yellow, and a red pink color. After that you have to pick the colors for your text layers to make it pop out and so you can see it better.

 My biggest challenge when we did this project was I didn't finish it I had the text layers to color then I would be done but I didn't have enough time to finish it so I had to turn it in as it was. Luckily Mr.Sanderl gave us some extra time to finish kerning the next day so I figured that it would be a good time to finish up the coloring of the text layers and for now I am still figuring out what color I should do it (it's so complicating but so much fun). Overall in my finished product looks pretty good to me. :)    

Personal Manifesto

Some interesting about me are one I like to ride my motorcycle because it is amazing and I like to ride. Second of all I enjoy jumping off of the waterfall into the water.I also enjoy playing soccer because you have to be quick and fast in order to play. Lastly I like to draw I like to draw because I can put my thoughts on paper and let it flow free.

Live your life how you want to live it not how other people want you to live. Do what you love all day every day. If you don't like the things you do then don't do them. Life doesn't need to be this hard make it easier for yourself enjoy your life don't dread it. Make every moment count don't let anybody bring you down no matter what they say. Sometimes getting lost can help you find the things you need most in your life. Believing is the first secret success. Life is short be faithful and be happy smile every day. Never take no for an answer

I think that my manifesto relates to my readers because it is inspirational and motivational it also gives you confidence. Another reason why I think my manifesto relates to my readers is because I think that they can understand from where I'm coming from by the quotes that I chose saying that you should never let anybody bring you down and that is the biggest thing that I live up to because when I was still in elementary school I used to get teased because I hang out with the kids that hang back and we usually are the ones that are more quiet and keep to ourselves so the other "popular" kids would tease us because we had different personalities and we were considered different from everybody else. That's why I now can say never ever let anybody bring you down and always stand up for yourself no matter what.

Animation Outtakes

    In our new animation project we had to pick our own teammates and make an animation based on their life or life experiences. Our animation is Farmers support community. My teammates are Daileen, Michael, and Zephen. Some interesting facts are that Daileen is a farmer, Michael moved here from florida, and Zephen plays football and soccer. 

So stop motion animation is when for example someone is walking the person has to take a step and you take a picture then they take another step you also take a picture then you repeat the process until you have about maybe ten pictures then you can play it on the camera or put it in photoshop to animate it. After you have it all set up you can play your animation and it looks as if the person is just sliding across the screen. If you saw the bouncing ball int he beginning of this post that is a GIF. A GIF is when in this case the ball is bouncing across the screen you have to make it in photoshop so you separate the sky from the ground the you make a ball you would the have to make a new slide and move the ball slightly and you would repeat the process until the ball moves completely out of the screen or it can roll back down a hill.


 In our animation we are telling the story about how farmers like Daileen support the community and the process of growing and caring for the plants. I believe that people should take this into consideration because of the fact that there are many GMO crops. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms these are when the plants are man made  and they make the foods look bigger but to be honest they natural ones aren't pumped with chemicals and they taste better so that's why you should care about the crops and for your own safety of eating the chemicals.    

Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait photography is a picture of someones face and sometimes a background and the full body like when you take pictures with your family you would take family portraits for maybe christmas cards or special times when you family comes for dinner or a special occasion. It can relate to a profile view and silhouetting by a profile is like a picture of someones face but only seen on one side but it's still a picture of a face. Silhouetting is related because it is an image of an animal, person, or an object in a scene that represents a solid shape or singular color. All of it relates by a profile being a picture of someones side of their face, silhouetting being a picture of animals ,people , and sometimes objects but each of them mean a picture of a persons face.

Double exposures are created in photoshop by taking a couple pictures of textures and a profile of someones face and you use the dodge tool in photoshop to outline your face in white so you can make it into a multi exposure picture also so you can see texture in the background

Finished 

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