Scratch Game Desisgn

In Mr.Sanderl class lately we been learning about scratch.User experience influenced me by helping me get better at my game. When I first heard about code and scratch I had no idea what it was. It also showed me how to make the time, score, and how to move a sprite.

With these two games the plat former and the chase they have similarities and differences. One thing that is different is the sprite I chose, the background, and simple things that you can tell. Something that you can't tell was how complicated they were to make from each other. Things that were the same about the game was using the same blocks to move my sprite. Another thing that was similar was that I had problems with them and I still do.

Out of these two games I would have to say the chase game was more easy. The platform was more hard because I had more problems than the chase game.The most difficult bug fixes is I had for the chase game was when my score stopped working. When I went back to fix it I couldn't find it so my chase game still has bugs in it. For the plat former game I had a lot more bugs then the chase. My sprite would stop moving and when it land on a plat form it would go right through. I wasn't the only one and I got so worried but I wasn't the only one. I still can't find what is wrong with these two games.

Invention Commercial

For this project we had certain goals that we had to meet. We had 3 main goals that we needed to meet. First goal that we had is, is it entertaining. Second does the video show how your product works. The last goal was does it work and that we need it and can't live with out it. Meeting these expectations for our team was kind of tough.   

The best team moment that we had together was when we were filming. When we were filming it was actually starting to get fun because we were talking and just hanging out.  Another moment we had was when we were editing because we were playing around with the computer like with the transitions and things like that. Another moment we had was when we were doing the song part because we forgot or we stumbled and we kept ruining it.

When we were doing this project we all did different things. I was mostly being the main character. Jaesha did filming and editing. Mike did filming and editing with Jaesha. I didn't film because I was the main character.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

Recently we had a project about composition techiques. The best composition techique to me that I think is contrast and content. To me I like it because it has something that stands out. An example would be having the backround all brown then having a bright bird that stands out. It would be your first thing your eyes would see because it stands out. 

To me the composition techique that I find that is the hardest would be unusal angle. I find that one hard because you wouldn't be standing up. You would be in a weird spot. I could use unusal angle more by using it in videos. An example would be like squatting and having the camera facing up but not that much as low angle. If you are in a weird position it would get the character in that weird position too.  

On my team there was Mike who was are team leader. Mike also did voice over along with Jaesha. Jaesha also did some voice over and filming with Mike. What I did was being an actor along with Mike. I also did filming with the rest of my crew.

Cracking the Code

I think that coding is a thing that most people should learn. In class we are learning about coding and right now it's fun. Coding is instructions in programming a computer or a device. coding can be complex some times. After when you do it awhile you get it.

When we first started coding we had a website about coding. When I tried coding for my first time it was hard to under stand. I didn't get it. I didn't even knew what it was. In class Mr. Sanderl showed us coding and what it is.

If I could make my own game I would call it maze shooter. It would be where your character would be in the maze and it has all traps. The way you would get away from getting traped you would have to jump in time or do a move to get out. When you get traped the game would go slower so you can see what to do. It would be kind of a challenging game for strategy and memorization.

My Humorous Monologue

KaneakuaZ_Comedy from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

From this project a few things I learned; One thing was how to work Imovie better. The second thing was how to tell a joke better. Another thing that I learned was about sarcasm like when there being sarcastic and when they aren't. The fourth thing was how to import.

A pad is when the visuals cover the audio in the empt space so you don't see a blank space. Padding in a movie is important because it goes over your monologue so we don't see you just speaking. You use your visuals to go over your audio so you have something to look at.

The parts I was weak at was getting the visuals. It was hard because some parts I had to use my other camera for it because a part was in the ocean. Parts I was strong was putting in effects. The parts I could improve was better footage, having parts stable, lighting should of been better, and no windy noise.

Comedy Writing

Sense of humor is an important character trait because to have a good joke you need to have a sense of humor. Sesne of humor is to perceieve humor of a good joke. It is also important because having sense of humor is also finding ways of jokes that people will like. You don't want to have a good joke that you would like and then you have no one laughing but you only get it so you want to have a sesne of humor so not only you get but other people get.

My comedic monologue is about three people that are hiding from the cops. There is a Filipino a Hawaiian and Portugese that is me. At the end The cops look for the portugese and he is at a potato field and they say is anyone there and instead of being quiet he says POTATO. It's funny because instead of being quiet he / I speak and portugese can't stop talking.

Motivational Poster

To meet the requirements for a motivational poster, you need to have all your words kerened with no spaces showing. The second requirement includes having outter glow, drop shadow,stroke, bevel and emboss. The third requirement is the triadic color scheme. You need one domaint color and two harmonious colors. Then you need to have color balance, curves, and exposer. The last requirement is visual balance, meaning equal distribution of visual weight for artistic appeal.

To do this you first need two text layers. One of them is for your manifesto and your personal quotes. To size your words for your quotes and manifesto you need to kerning. It's when you space out the letter to make it fit or make it the way you want it. Your second layer includes three symbols that represent you and a portrait of your face. You can use the triadic color scheme to make the color you want for your manifesto and your quotes. You are using the triadic color scheme to find that color. The triadic color scheme is when you blend 1 dominant color and 2 accent colors.

The hardest part for me was kerning and getting the right color. Kerning was hard because you have to space it out and get it the perfect way you want it. It also was the longest part of the project along with the triadic color part. With kerning you have get the outer glow and all those other effects. I had to find the right color that I liked and as you can see in my finished product I didn't use the same colors as my pictures.  The color is only on my quotes and my manifesto.

Personal Manifesto

My name is Zephen and here are five interesting facts about me. My first interesting fact is that I like to play football. The team I play for is Kapa'a Eagles Pop Warner but in K.Y.F I played for Kapa'a Warriors.  My second fact is that I like to bodyboard. My favorite board brand is science.  I also have plenty type of fins like Kicks, Da Fin, and Vipers. My third fact is that I like to go fishing. The biggest fishes I caught was two papios and a kumu or goat fish. I also like to go surfing. I like to use long boards because they're easier for me. My last interesting fact is that I like to go diving. I haven't gone diving because of the weather.  It's been rainy and the water has been dirty.

Always go out, go 100%, never give up. Set your dreams high and if people say you can't, it's that they can't.  Life is short so make your dreams come true while you can. It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.

My mainfesto is talking about don't give up and always go out and try your best. When people say you can't do this or whatever it is don't listen, go where your mind is set. If you have something that is hard and or you just can't do it, go your hardest. When I said " life is short so make your dreams come true while you can" do all those things now and life may seem long but really it's going to go fast. 

 




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Music Videos Rock!

P3T9 Watch Me from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.


 On our team we have me, Shanden, and Steven. Steven is the person who wants to learn on how to get better at dancing. Shanden was the person who thought of our song.Me and Shanden are the teachers to go and help steven learn to dance. Steven is the character thta wants to learn on how to dance. Me and Shanden take turns on filming and teaching steven to dance. If its me and Shanden who are both in the video together it would be Steven filming. Everyone on our team contributes to this music video by doing something.

Im not sure the part that the audience will enjoy the most. I feel like the part that the audience will like is steven getting the hang of how to dance. The other part will probaly be me and shanden doing the whip and nae nae. I think they will like those parts the best because they get to see Steven dancing and they will see how much better he got at dancing. For the other part I think they will like that part because its can be funny and cool.

How does your MV show what you learned this year?
Our Music Video shows what we learned because we will try to get different angles, rule of thirds and the  other things that we learned. For the video we will be getting alot of different angles.We will be using that one alot because most of the filming is at our school so we will be getting different angles so it won't look like were at school. It going to be kind of hard but we will get it done.

lyrical livelyhood

I don't really have a favorite song because I have a lot of favorite songs.If I did it makes me feel relaxed because of just something I don't really know why but I just like listening to music. I usually just listen to music because I just want to or it's that I'm bored. Sometimes I also listen to music is because it can be catchy. Listening to music just makes me feel like something I really can't explain because its hard for me to explain but it makes me feel like something.

Our song that were doing for our project is Watch Me (whip and nae nae). We picked this song because Say that your at a dance party but you don't know how to dance but from this you would know how to dance but basically it going to show about building confidence.

In the video it will show me and Shanden teaching Steven to dance because Steven is sad that he can't dance and that he wants to learn on how to dance. Its kind of like the second paragraph because it explain the same thing. When we film this we are going top try and get different angles and were also going to try zoom in and out when we film.

Our Animation Story

Our focus statement tells our story because it talks about Daileen who experiences farming and how the farming supports our community and how it helps us. You will also see were some of your fruits and vegtables come from. We chose Daileens story because her farming help supports our community. Also we get to see how farming works and that it isn't that easy to be a farmer and that sometimes it can be challenging to grow your food.

In this presetation you will learn a little were some of your food comes from and how farming works. This video has a little lesson that working hard pays off. It's like if you want money and you do chores but you don't want to but then after you realize it paid off. Instead of money its more of getting your food that you want to eat. If you want something and it seems hard it will pay off at the end.

A few of our best things our team did together was getting our footage,
turning our things on time, and putting the project together and meeting
the requirements on time. It was good that we were able to get these things in on time if not it would be a whole different story.  Some of our worst moments as a team was srtuggling to plan, get the footage and getting our videos turned in on time. It was hard to get these things and something that was more hard that I found was finding a time to film since I had football it got in the way.

Animation Outtake

My teammates on my team are  Daileen, Michael,and Cara. One interesting fact about Daileen is that she is a farmer. One interesting thing about Micheal is that he came from Florida. Another thing is that he likes to travel. One interesting thing about Cara is that she likes to play soccer. 

Stop motion is when you take multiple pictures and add them all together to make a movie. When you do stop motion you would want to get high up so it looks like them actually doing that. A GIF is like stop motion but its an animation instead of real life. Its basically the same steps as the stop motion but its an animation and you don't need to take the pictures.

Our story is based on Daileen Experiences Farming. We chose it because that farming supports our community by giving us food and so they know how hard it is to get our foods. You should care because you get to see that it isn't easy doing this and that it shows Kauai agriculture.

Typography Images

Typography is a picture of someone with words on them that describe them. It lets them remember because of the words that express them. Also they get to see what they look like with words all on them. Doing this project is hard but also will be fun to.    

The biggest challenge for me about this project was almost every thing. I found it hard because you got to do that then this and I found it complicated. Also Iʻm not that good at technical things but if your more advance it should be easier. beginner . I found it that there was so much steps that my brain couldʻt handle it and then I forget steps so I found it really hard.   

The one that is the teacher final that is the finish product on what it would look like when its done. I could of improve by being able to see the words more clear and seeing the face more clear. The picture of Mr.Frank was showing who the teacher was and how close you have to be when you take the picture.

If your more an advance person here is a more advance way  advance

 

 Teacher Final

Mr.Frank

 sorry its not finshed

Double Exposed Portraits

A portrait photography is a portrait of someone and that shows what they like to do or things they like. For more information here is a link that can tell you it better, portait photography. It can be like a profile view because it shows there face but a portrait is only one side of the face. It also kinda like a silhouetting because it only show one side of there face but most silhouetting is one main color. silhouetting

To make a double exposure you first have to take a picture of you or someone. Then take 2 pictures of things you like or things you like to do. Then go on photoshop, -> file->stack files.  When you have the photos make sure the top picture is the portrait.Then you go on the dodge tool and only outline your body. If you want to size the any of the pictures hold shift. Then you double click layer
-> blend mode->screen. To have different colors you click layer-> new adjustment -> now explore.

The left visual was a practice one and it could of been improved by seeing the pictures a little better and adding some other features. The 2 textrues is a stick and a tree. It doesn't show who I am but my final one kinda shoes who I am. My final one is a picture of my football glove and my bodyboard. I could improve by being able to see the textures. You can't really tell but the glove and my bodyboard are the things that repesent me.

HDR Photography

HDR is when it makes the photo darker or lighter.What is HDR.  To me I like using HDR because it makes the photo look different and more pretty looking. HDR is for making the photo look different for example like this picture. Here is a link to help you to understand more about HDR example of HDR 

To create an HDR image step by step you first you mergre to automate to HDR. Then it says browse and make sure you have more than 2 photos. When you have the photos make sure u have a tripod or something to keep it stable. After you can do what you want on the photo After you save on what you want it to be called and  then walla.


The picture of the person is my papa. On that picture
I could of get at a different angle and have rule of thirds. On the pictue of my backyard I tried to get more of the tree and a little glimpse of the tree in the back with some sky too. When I took the picture I didnt want any movement on the pictures. The hard part for the portrait was the door i didnt want anyone to open it if they did I would have to restart. On the landscape I needed a place were my dogs wouldnt come so I had to keep moving till they stayed still.

Movie Trailer Critique

P3T8 Dumb and Dumber Tree from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

Our project is a movie trailer called Dumb and Dumber Tree. Instead of repeating the Dumb and Dumber Two.  we made a third Dumb and Dumber trailer. My team mates were Logan Noble and Stevan Villanueva. Me and Stevan were the two main actors. Logan was the enemy and the director. Everyone on  my team helped by acting or filming.

Some of the requirements for the project were movie poster, foley, dialoge, and more. Our team completed the standards for the movie trailer. We completed the requirements because we did our job and worked as a team. Well mainly for me I wanted a good grade basically.                

I agree with the results of our trailer because there were little things that could be fixed. Other than those minor things I think we did good. From this project I learned that if you work as a team you can get things done quicker. I also learned that acting can be fun. 

Movie Poster Promo

The Main charcters are Harry Dune, Lloyd Christmas, and Toad. The setting is going to be at Colorado and at the Great Games. Both of those places are going to be filmed at Anahola Park. On the poster there is gonna have Harry, Lloyd, and Toad.

Our title Is going to be Dumb & Dumber Tree. On the top Is going to say Dumb & Dumber Tree. Then at the bottom it's gonna have the names of the people in the movie. Kerning is spacing letters in your word. Kerning also lets you add special effects on your word like having a shadow with your word, make the word pop out and things like that. try kerning