Movie Trailer Critique

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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

Proactive or Procrastination?

I'm more of a proactive person. I'm a proactive person because I like to get things done before the due date and not do it at the last minute. When I do things at the last minute, I struggle and slack because I don't have enough time.  To me it's better to be proactive than to procrastinate because you won't worry and you can just relax.

When I have free time I like to rest for awhile. When I'm done resting, I do my homework so I won't have to worry about it. Even if I want to play I still do my homework first. The work can be hard but fun at the same time. To help me be productive, I eat or listen to music. I usually do my work in the living room and some times it can be loud in there.

So, I can change my habits by going to my room instead because it's more quiet. The quietness can help me because I won't get distracted easily. It's a good place because no one will bother me and ask me things. It's also a place that relaxes me when I'm getting stressed out.

My Visual Poem

My visual poem is about my pop warner football practice. Some of the pictures are of my football team doing warm ups, drills, and scrimmages. I think the visuals helps make an impact by making my poem more interesting.  People can learn from it and may want to know more about football.  They may even want to watch other videos on football.

I am not satisfied with my results because I needed to add in more special effects and work on my timing with the pictures and my voice.  Also I accidentally cut out the last line of my poem because I pressed the button too early.  I could make my visual poem better by having the last sentence in my video.  Then my visual poem would be more complete.

Finished News Story

Our story is about Coco Palms getting rebuilt. After getting hit from hurricane Iniki, Coco Palms was destroyed and closed down.  Then on the fourth of July (2014) parts of  Coco Palms were burned down.

The people who contributed to this project were Neliza, Makena, Shanden, and me (Zephen).

 Our final project turned out good because we met the standard for this assignment.  I am happy with our project because we got one of the highest scores.  I agree with our group's score because we had some camera movement, were not that clear and had other tiny problems. Even though we didn't have the best Hiki No Project, we still did good.We did our best as a team.

Real World Report

My World News report is about the lava flow on the Big Island, Hawaii.  The lava flow started from Kilauea volcano back in June.  It's now headed to Pahoa village.   The lava flow moves 5 to 10 yards per hour.  Now the lava flow is about less than 100 ft. from 40 to 50 homes.  The lava has been flowing over grass lands, trees, and tall bushes.

I think Hawaii should care about the lava flow because it's giving off lots of smoke.  People who have respiratory problems can get sick from breathing in too much smoke. Also if the lava flow doesn't stop it will take over a lot of land and houses.  A lot of people may have to move because they might lose their homes.

My opinion about this issue is that people in Pahoa should be prepared to move just in case the lava comes.  They should pack their food, clothing and their special things.  If they are not prepared, they may have nothing left if the lava burns their house down.

Lessons Learned

The most interesting part of our project was learning how to use final cut pro. I asked Shanden for help because it had complicated parts that I didn't know how to use. It was kind of confusing at first but later on it got easy.  Even though I had a hard time using final cut pro it was still fun because I learned something new.

The most valuable part of the film making process is to work together to film, edit and make our project.  It's important to work together as a team because you'll get more work done.  To me, our biggest roadblock was communicating because Neliza and Makena are 7th graders and me and Shanden are 6th graders.  Me and Shanden are quiet and it's our first year at Kapa'a Middle School.  By the end of the project me and Shanden felt like we were able to communicate with them more.