Composition Scavenger Hunt

I think the most important composition techniques is the unusual angle. It might seem like it isn't that important but unusual angles go a long way. It makes big difference of the quality in the film by making things seem more interesting then they actually are. It makes the shot way more atmospheric and filled with emotion. I think this composition technique is most useful in movie trailers which would make the viewer intrigued and want to watch the movie. Unusual angles in my opinion is the best yet the most simplest composition technique to use.

I think the hardest composition technique to use is macro mostly because of how close the subject is supposed to be to the camera. If you don't have a camera that can manual focus then macro shots are even more especially difficult to correctly take. For auto focus cameras (which is what we used in our composition technique video) whenever something is close to the lens, the subject gets blurry and unfocused. This ruins a macro shot because it needs to be extremely focused for a macro shot to be truly astonishing. A camera that can manual focus is probably the best option if you want to take macro shots.

My teammates are Kalani Young and Lester Garcia and in this project we all switched roles. For the filming part of this project we switched roles a lot. one person would be the camera man the other would be doing the voice-over and someone else will be the subject of the shot. In the editing part of this project we split up all the work. I organized all the clips into the right order and added the music. Kalani put in all the transitions between every composition technique clip and Lester put in all the text layovers for each clip. 

Cracking The Code

Coding is a way anyone can communicate to there device and make it do what you want. This generation is turning digital and most people don't even know how to really communicate and understand coding. Coding can help you do everyday things easier such as unlocking your car, texting, communicating, etc. There are also millions of job opportunities out there that involve coding and pay well. A lot of these companies try to motivate people to learn code by promoting coding websites like Code.org.

My first experience with code wasn't in this class but was in summer break when I was learning code from website a called codecademy. The first thing I learned was HTML and CSS which were the two basic coding languages. I kept a notebook to take note of all the important things I needed to know about HTML and CSS. It was easy at first but after it got to CSS things got a little more challenging and hard to understand. Despite the challenge I completed the course in 3 weeks.

If I could create a a game then I would make a simple plat former like mario and release it in the app store. Or I would've created a program that lets you search for a job next to your location in a way simple way. I have many ideas on things I could make with code most of which were games. Another game I would've created is a game like flappy bird which is simple but really addictive. In conclusion, coding is a important thing to learn and is essential in our newly digital world.

My Humorous Monologue

We are now starting up our first video project of the year and it is called "Comedic Monologue". I
have learned that this project resembles what every comedian's has to go through to make masterfully comedic piece. A piece of comedy needs planning, thinking and preparation. The ideas you have for a comedic piece need to go into a organized template where you can add things to your jokes, figure out the tones, organize your joke and just plan every detail out in general. Jokes aren't the easiest things to create but these templates can really make your jokes stand out to their full extent. Every comedian has to plan his joke, no comedian just thinks of a joke and tells it to the public immediately, it needs planning and memorization.

Padding is the extra video you take before you start your actual scene and after your scene is over. This helps with making your transitions a lot more fluent and smooth. The camera man will usually first say "Rolling," which means that the camera just started recording and then following up with an "Action," which means the actor can start his scene. At the end of your scene tell your actor to stay in there position for at least 3-5 seconds before you stop recording for a nice end padding. Padding is also more pleasing to hear rather than sudden cuts in the audio, which might confuse your audience.

I am the orange part.

I think my weakness was actually coming up with the idea of what my comedic monologue should be, which I took about a week decide. I got my idea from our teacher Mr. Sanderl when he suggested that someone do a comedic piece of being sarcastic about middle school. I think my strength was the editing part because to me that is the easiest part of the whole process. It's also the part of the process where it is actually fun.I think I can improve by being more proactive because during filming I was procrastinating a lot and had to do everything at the last minute. Overall, this was a fun project and I hope to do other projects like this again.

Comedy Writing

I think that a sense of humor is an important trait because that says a lot about someone's personality. It might give you an idea on what someone likes to do or how they have fun. It might show you someone's opinion on things by just seeing what kind of comedy a person likes. I think comedy defines someone. Everybody prefers a type of humor that they laugh and chuckle. I think someone's sense of humor describes how much fun a person has. A sense of humor is many things, it can be a coping mechanism, a way to lighten up, a way to just feel good or to make things better.

The 1st tip is to see what kind of things everyone can relate to and you can make a good joke out of. Then you have to pick what kind of tone your going to say your joke in which can make or break the joke in my opinion. After that you need to find out the every word that is going to be put into the joke to make the most out of the it. You've got to make a physical plan to organize your joke. Finally you got to practice it in front of people for practice to see if you get the intended audience reaction.

Middle School isn't the best place in the world to be, my comedic monologue emphasizes that opinion. It is presented by making sarcastic jokes about middle school which is completely relatable. The voiceover is overlaid by funny and applicable b-roll which are appropriately timed. Anyone who is going through or already has gone through middle school will find my monologue funny. The A-roll and B-roll are also appropriately timed to make even more of a comedic effect.

Motivational Poster

The layer requirements are that you need 6 layers in total. The first 2 layers were supposed to be your quotes and manifesto. The other 4 were supposed to be your images, which were your portrait and 3 symbolic images. We also had to use the move tool wisely and arrange the images artistically. The text requirements are that you've got to kern the  text so that there is no blank spaces or holes in the text. We also had to have a triadic color scheme on our text using the color wheel that was provided to us, 1 dominant color and 2 harmonious colors. Then we had to add effects to the text layer using option like stroke, drop shadow, bevel and emboss, glow and much more. For the images' effects you had to add thing like levels, curves, exposure and color balance.

First I spent a lot of time kerning my text by choosing the word in my manifesto and quotes that really stood out to me. Then I had to choose specific fonts and sizings and much more to fit the specific word I kern. I also needed to make sure that the ALL the text was kerned and fit the page perfectly. After I was done with the tim consuming kerning, I uploaded my images. I started arranging the images after I uploaded them and then realized that I needed a triadic color scheme. So I went to the website that was provided to us to go find a color scheme. After I chose the color scheme I added it to the text and moved on. Then I added effects to my text so it can stand out and can be visible in front of the images. After, I added the exposure, brightness and contrast, levels and color balance to the images to get a turquoise color overlaying the images. Finally, I added some finishing touches like arranging the text layers and image layers for the last time, then I was finally DONE.

I think the biggest challenge was the kerning because we had to make sure that it looked good as well as make sure that it looked completely aligned at the edges. After which I had to arrange the images to fit the text perfectly. I also tried make the effects not block the text because we needed to see both the images and the text. I think the way I could improve it is by arranging the text better. The text could of looked more organized which could've gotten me an "A" instead of a "B".

Personal Manifesto

I was originally born in Austin, Texas and lived there until I was seven and moved to Hawaii. I am 12, 5'8" and I am in the eighth grade. My favorite subjects are math and science. My ethnicity is a pure Indian and my parents were born in India. My favorite hobbies are playing games and fishing. My favorite fruit is watermelon since I was two.

DO NOT tell yourself you're going to do something the next day because you will never get it done. Do what you think is right because that is all that matters. Get a job in what you're good at and not what you would like to do. If something bothers you fix it and don't ignore it no matter what it is. Pushing yourself to the edge physically and mentally in everything you do is being the best you can be.

I think like most manifestos mine also does the job of giving the audience some tips to be successful at life. I gave advice on how to not procrastinate when you are trying to reach a goal because a lot of people try to reach a goal and procrastinate and forget all about it. I also think that people should get jobs on what they're good at and not what they want to be because just because you want to do something doesn't mean your good at it and could be successful from it. I believe that if people have problem they should fix it and not ignore it and I am mostly talking about bullying because ignoring it doesn't help. Some people don't know what their actual limit of the physical and mental body is, and going to that extent is actually being the best you can be.

Music Videos Rock

Everyone in our team all cooperated well in this project and we split the work up. I will do all the editing, Michael did all the filming, Lester did most of the production plan and Kaz will do the album art in photoshop. After all the filming is done Michael will help me edit the piece. Lester will then go and help Kaz to do the album art. This is one of the rare times where everyone in the teams I've been in, where everyone has all contributed.




                   
                                                                                                Kaz, Michael, Raghav 

                                                                                                                                                         

I think my audience will most likely enjoy the comedy and acting. Me and my teammates chose the song because it was upbeat and we could do something creative with and like we said funny. We made sure everyone was equally included in every scene. I think the audience would like The fact that we expressed ourselves in the group lip-sync. We made it so there was some giggles in the audience. I think the funniest part would be the bloopers which already proved to be successful in the rough cut.

We used intelligent effects in the right place and in a creative way.

We used the ken burns effect which is when you make an edit to a picture so it zooms in a specific way. We used text layovers for some parts and made it better.

Another thing we learned from the year that we used was expressing ourselves. 

This was the only video I ever expressed myself a lot.