Hockney Style Joiners

Hey guys it's Hailee. This weeks project was photomontages. I think David Hockney's photomontages are different from mine because, he would take his pictures on poloroids, while I take pictures on my iPhone 6 and Mr. Sanderl's camera. After a while, David Hockney switched to oil paints, then to acrylic paints.

Images can send a lot of emotions to people when they first see an image. Just like the quote, "A picture is worth a thousand words" you can feel either positive or negative emotions. For an example, whenever i see a photo with a lot of  light blue or purple, I find it very calming. If i see a picture with dark clouds or an image with gloomy colors such as gray, I feel a little sad or depressed.

For my final photomontage, I took a picture of my dog, Persephone. The reason why I picked her to be my main subject for our final photomontage is because we had to take 25 photos of something meaningful to you. Persephone is meaningful to me because she is my first pet. When people see my photomontage of Persephone, I want them to feel happy because, when I first got her, I was happy. Also, if you look closely at that photo, you can see that Persephone is smiling. I hope you guys liked this blog post. Bye!

         

2016 Aspirations

Hey guys it's Hailee and Happy New year! I have a feeling 2016 is going to be way better than 2015. To make sure 2016 will be a better year, I have made goals.  My top 5 goals for 2016 is to improve my drawing skills, to take nice artsy photos, to spend less money, to explore the world, and to be a better younger sister. So far, I have been doing great to meet my goals.

All of my goals are really important to me. But, if I had to choose the most important goal to me it would be improving my drawing skills. I personally think I can draw pretty good. I just want to get even better at drawing. The reason why this goal is really important to me because, ever since I was little, I  always loved drawing. So, I want to keep on drawing so I can improve.

In order to reach my goal, I came up with some with some steps to help me reach my goal. First, to start the new year, I bought a new sketch book to help inspire me to create new sketches. I also bought a bag to keep all my art supplies in it to so all of my supplies will be organized and easy to find. I also have been watching tutorials on Youtube. So these are my goals for 2016. I hope you liked this blog post and see you in my next post!

Scratch Game Design

Hey guys Happy Thanksgiving! This week of G.T, we have made Chase games and Platform games.  My chase  game is about A gorilla named Bobo chasing after a  monkey named Banana and my platform game is about a unicorn trying to catch all the birthday cakes. When I started making the game I had to choose my sprites or a computer graphics that adds complexity in the design of the game. I chose a gorilla and a monkey because I thought the monkey would be a great character to control, and the gorilla kinda reminded me of Donkey Kong so, I decided the gorilla would be the villain. I chose a unicorn and a cake because I thought it would be a fun combo.

I think I did a great job on the platformer game but, I need to work on my chase game. Since this was my first time making a video game, I had some difficulties making this game but, I think it could of have become a little better by watching more tutorials and using my time more wisely. Although, I think I could have done better by making them run more smoothly and also instead of Banana rotating while he moves, he could walk form side to side. I also had a hard time figuring out how to set up the timer and score board.

What I like about this project is that everybody's project was the same game but in a way, they were different. For an example, not everybody made a game about a gorilla chasing a monkey or evil bats chasing a sprite named Nano. In fact, my friend Tierra made a game where instead of having the game programmed to chase you, you would be the one to chase while you would get points. One of my favorite chase games are made by a friend of mine named, Kaile. Her game is about a My little pony being chased by a majestic unicorn (which are one of my favorite animals). During Kaile's game, you can even earn points by collecting tacos! Please make sure to check out their blogs to try out their awesome games!

Invention Commercial

Last Monday at G.T, we were watching the commercial videos my classmates have made. In our team, our main goals is to explain how our invention works without confusing our audience, and to also entertain them with some jokes we added in our script. For an example, our homeroom teacher mrs. Fujimoto agreed to be Tierra's grandma even though she is not, which made the whole class burst into laughter. Even mr. Sanderl when we were about to upload it!




I think the best team moment during the production, was when we were filming the part when I threw the flower at Christina. I think it was the best team moment because we really bonded and had fun. Plus, we all laughed when we watched myself (in point of view) throwing a flower at Christina, while she tries to dodge it. Another great team moment during the production, was when we filmed Tierra standing next to our homeroom teacher, mrs. Fujimoto. This scene was also was very funny and was fun to film with my team.




During post-production editing, we took turns on different jobs like, events, visuals,and audio. I mostly did the events, Tierra did visuals, and Christina did audio. Overall, I think this is one of my best projects and I think it was a great idea to be partners with Tierra and Christina.I hope you liked this blog post. Also, I hope you guys will have a great Thanksgiving. Bye!

Composition Scavenger Hunt

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Hi guys it's Hailee with another dorky post! Last week, I did a Composition Scavenger Hunt with my friends Christina and Tierra.

Their is 20 different kinds of composition techniques but, we all only got 10 composition techniques to film depending on what our team number was. In this project we had to make a video on some filming techniques using objects from school. I think the most important composition technique is contrast in content. This is my opinion because it draws the viewers eye to the subject by color, shape, or objects. In my opinion, I think it's a great way of capturing a pop of color in everyday life.
To be honest, I think the most difficult composition technique is forced foreground. Even though I did not film this technique, I saw the videos my classmates made and then I noticed some of them had a hard time filming the object they were holding. Instead of the camera focusing on the object they were holding, the camera was focusing on the person holding that object. Forced foreground is one of the composition techniques I have learned. You can use this technique more by placing the camera as close as you can to the object.

For this project, we would alternate who would film, who would read, and who would be the actor. I was mostly the actor even though I filmed a lot and explained how to use that composition technique. Tierra would mostly film and speak and Christina would sometimes speak. I personally think we could of done better by using pad because some of our clips were cut off. Some shots we can approve on is Rule of Thirds scenery, Leading lines, and Framing.Even though we need to improve some of these techniques, I think this was a great project and was very fun to do. I hope you liked this blog post and make sure you check out Tierra and Christina's blog. Bye!

Cracking the Code

Hi guys its Hailee with another blog post! So, this week i've been learning how to code. In my class, we have been on this website called " Studio Code" and have been practicing our coding skills. I think that everybody should learn how to code because, most jobs include coding. Also, coding can give you many ideas about inventions that would include coding.

Mr. Sanderl assigned us our first lesson of coding on a coding website. The website was designed to teach kids how to code. Their would be different levels from 1-20 that we would have to solve in order to get a certificate. So far, I have passed lesson 1 and will move on to lesson 2, 3, 4, etc. During my few days of coding, I am starting to enjoy it and excited about what comes next.
If I could design any program or game, I would create a program that would be called "Artistic". In this program, it will have mini lessons on how to become a better artist. Also, their would be a search bar to search up any character from a cartoon, a famous celebrity, scenery, etc. to learn how to draw. It would also have a social media section, where you can discover what other users have been drawing and learn how they drew it by following them. I hope you guys will like my idea bye!

My Humorous Monologue

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Hey guys its Hailee with another dorky post! So last week we started filming our monologue and clips. In this blog post, I will be explaining what have I have learned from this project and why is padding your clips is important . So far, I learned how to use iMovie, how to take care of something with full responsibility, how our projects will be graded, and steps to make a very humorous joke. I hope you guys enjoy this post.


Why is padding important for your clips? Well, I did some research online from a website called "Blogger buster". According to blog buster, "Padding defines the space which surrounds the content within an element. " Defining the padding of each elements may be crucial in achieving a user friendly template design." That So, thanks for the definition Blogger buster!


To be honest, I actually liked this project way better than the motivational poster project because, it was very interesting how everyone else's video came out. I think my weakness was my topic because it was kinda hard to create 10 different topics on why alarm clocks are amazing (no their not). I think when you first pick a topic, try find one that you know that everybody would find funny. For an example, try do an impersonation on a famous youtuber like Miranda Sings! Wear a collared shirt with blue stripes and apply red lipstick all over you lips! Anyway, I hope you liked my post and see you in my next blog post. Bye!