Cracking the Code

For this new quarter, we're learning about coding which is new for GT students since Mr. Sanderl never taught coding. In my opinion everybody should learn how to code because it's something you don't need knowledge and something easy to learn. As far as I know, not that many people has jobs, some doesn't even like their own jobs but coding is fairly easy to learn. If you're insecure about how smart you are, worry no more. Either you're smart or not, none of that smartness will really get into coding. Just easy tying and making up codes for everybody to use, think about it. You'll be helping other people to get smarter, internet changed our lives! If you see the future from now, think about how much impact the internet will have on humans and who knows, coding might help a lot of people on getting jobs and the internet will expand. Can't you just imagine that, to be honest without coding the apps used today won't exist. So thank coding on making such amazing, useful, fun apps.

My first experience for coding was actually the first time we did it in Mr. Sanderl's class. I've seen people doing coding but never tried it myself. It was actually really fun and semi-hard since I can't tell apart my left and right on a computer screen, it changes within the direction you're in. Who knows left might be going up and right might be going down or totally different ways! Other than that, it's a pretty easy thing to do (because it's for beginners) so easy. Overall, I would love to learn more about coding, I do know that it will eventually get harder and I'm ready to take that challenge. At least I'm going to learn something new, even though it will get hard I won't give up (I almost did) I got through the first one and got my certificate.

We've been practicing our coding skills on a website called code.org (it's obvious what you're going to do.) For the last few levels and the last practice we had, there was a level where we could make up our own game. There were multiple (I mean a lot) of codes that you could choose from to make your game. I totally knocked that down, knocked down every level except for the last one. Also, you could choose your own character, if you want one or two you could, you can make them touch, shoot saucepans? I know it's funny to think about, back to my game I haven't really made it up because we had limited time. My plan was to make a game that had Baymax, Hiro, Elsa and Anna (so they won't be alone from their movie) basically they would play a game by shooting a random item to each other. The teams are separated from left and right, they dodge forever at whatever the other team is throwing at them and you can control either Hiro and Baymax or Elsa and Anna. In advance, all that didn't happen just in my imagination that couldn't put into real life, but I've gotten Elsa in position you can control her and also Anna. I will still work on it, if I can accomplish my plan and if I do that is just amazing (since I barely got through the first lesson.)

My Humorous Monologue

For our new project called Comedic Monologue that we started on about 1-2 weeks ago I've learned some things I never did last year. For example, I learned some new functions of the camera I never knew about. Also, that deadlines are technical things, a deadline is a deadline. Nothing's a joke whenever it comes to deadlines, the closer it gets we get stressed out and panic. You have to be doing your work as early as possible so that you don't have to worry that much. Another thing is that you can make a joke out of boring things. Can't you believe it, you're making something lively and humorous out of nothing, take my joke as an example, homework. Plain boring homework turned into something actually useful (well it is, just turned into a joke that you can laugh at.) Although my jokes not that funny.

One crucial thing we need to have and know about is "padding." Padding is when you wait for 3 seconds after pressing the record button, then start talking when 3 is over. This way your voice won't get cut because the camera starts recording for about 1 second after you hit record. Do the same thing when you're about to hit the stop button, this will also help you by not cutting your voice. Remember that padding is one of the biggest thing you need to know when recording, if you don't pad most likely some of your introduction and ending is cut off.

Can't you guys believe it that I got a vote! I know right, I can't either. Believe it or not I expected some 2's but I got 4's and 3's which is good. We critiqued our videos and voted for who's one was the best which was Makaio's, you can check out his blog on my blog if you want to see his video. Anyways, this project had me have my ups and downs and show my strength and weaknesses. This project was not that easy as you think, I mean think of making your own joke that makes people laugh and it has to be 30 seconds or more. That's not the only hard part, signing out a camera with more than 20 people waiting in line after school and if you don't get one, then your more likely to not finish your work. Although, with your friends to help you out, that's something good right? Of course, and also laughing at other people's joke (but not mines because it's not that good.) There are more of my strengths and weaknesses for this project but the ones I listed above are the main ones. (Not that much strengths, but hey this project wasn't meant to be easy.) I could improve by making/creating a magnificent joke that will make everybody laugh. I would check out a camera at least 2-3 times and get better shots, that's basically it. The flaws on my video, I would change all that to make it al least close to perfection.

Comedy Writing

Sense of humor is an important character trait because it expresses and reveals who you truly are. By laughing hysterically and making non-sense jokes reveals part of you. Your shy self if you are, becomes shameless and their creativity takes place. Positive emotions are coming out of you and everybody likes that, it makes them feel a sense of satisfaction in their lives. You have a good laugh a day and you'll remember it for the rest of the day and this will make you smile.

To write a humorous narrative follow these 5 tips. First, think about and consider something that you think your audience will laugh at. Remember to connect to your audience and tell a joke that'll make your audience laugh and not only what you think. Second, think about current events because those events can make an excellent joke material that you never knew would. Third, watch out on making any controversial topics that might hurt somebody's feelings without you knowing. Fourth, try figuring out what kind of joke structure you want. For example a one liner punchline, remember that less words on describing your joke. If you write a whole story, that will bore your audience on how long it takes until you get to the joke. Fifth, add some sarcasm and exaggerate some words, this way you are enhancing your joke. After all that, if you think that you have a good joke, practice your joke to a friend before telling an audience. Other peoples opinion on your joke will help you so you can revise it till' its great.

My comedic monologue is about homework and originally got the idea from Mr. Sanderl. It's pure sarcasm and won't offend anybody. In my opinion, my comedic monologue is funny because we have our point of views with homework and if you add sarcasm to it, it'll make it funny. Sarcasm makes everything funny and that's why I used that technique. Here's my joke, "Homework, the BEST thing you'll ever get from school! Just spend 8 hours in school and another additional hours doing homework is the bestIf you don't turn it on time, OF COURSE you're not going to get a bad grade. Just a few warnings and a few calls home, but that's not a BIG deal. Maybe just a few "You can't do this" and "start doing this" on your everyday basis. Just to get you started on your LOVELY homework. EVERYBODY looks forward on having homework over the weeken because isn't it the best!? I can't wait to see another lovely pile of homework to do, just GREAT I LOVE it SO MUCH!"

Motivational Poster

In our new project called Motivational Poster we require 2 text layers, 4 images, kerning, triadic color scheme, visual balance, blending options, personal quotes and our manifesto that we made in our previous blog post. The two text layers are personal and manifesto and the 4 images is our symbols and a portrait picture of us. Kerning is required because there shall be no empty space and the whole entire page should be filled with words filled with our personal quotes and manifesto.

I made my Motivational Poster by having all the things I need like my manifesto and personal quotes. First I created a text box for both of my text layers. Then I left aligned my text so it's easier to create a box, I used the kerning tools to do so. After that, I added my symbolic images and a portrait picture to create my background. Next I started to add my triadic color scheme, adjusted my colors to match my background. It wasn't that hard to do as kerning. After that I adjusted my background by going to Layers> Layer Adjustment and adding color balance to match my text layers. I also added curves but I don't think that's a must. After that I just saved it to a JPEG and turned it in on time.

The biggest challenge I faced and mostly everyone is kerning. Trying to fit everything without any space is just hard. At first I thought that I wasn't going to fit everything together but I did and it only took about a week or less. How I would improve my kerning is just adjusting my text size so it's easier to fit everything together and it doesn't take that much time to try and fit small texts throughout the page. I also think that if I hadn't gotten that much words and could've just had little text so I only had to adjust the text size and fill the page completely easier than the hard way I took.

Personal Manifesto

Hey guys it's Kyla and I'm back from summer!

Here are 5 interesting facts about my current self. Nothing really has changed from me, I'm still weird like always, still stubborn, fun to be around with, makes a lot of friends, and I love being around with kids. This starting of the school year I had made a lot of friends that are mostly six graders. I'm pretty sure they know that I'm weird but don't worry they are too. I'm not that stubborn in my opinion, although my friends probably thinks I'm still stubborn like always. Kids makes me happy, their so cute and playful like me.

Give Chances to People! Follow your Heart. Take Risks! Set Goals for Yourself! Live Life the Fullest Way Possible. Nothing is Impossible. If you want it, Work for It. Extend your Dreams. See the World. Discover. Be Grateful with what you have. Find Love within your Loved Ones. Learn to Love Others. Love Yourself and Others. Adventure throughout your Life. Learn to Forgive, Forgive and Learn. Make Friends so you’re not Alone in Life.

My manifesto applies to my readers because overall what I'm trying to say is that live while your still a kid. Do all the things you've never tried so your childhood was worth it. Your not going to be a child forever so cherish it before you turn into an adult and do work all the time. The most important is setting goals for yourself, only a portion of people can explore the world. I suggest to make a list and work on it till' you get to the point where you are proud that you achieved your goals you set.

Music Videos Rock!

My teammates are Raiden, Jhoanna, Ashley, and I. We didn't have that much things done but we still stay productive. For our music video my teammates contributed by helping out. Ashley helps us film, Jhoanna tells us some advices on what to do, me and Raiden does our parts in the music video which is about half of our plan. Raiden is a hardworking teammate, he makes sure that we get things done and tells us what we do so we can stop doing it. Jhoanna is like a person who cheers for us when she isn't doing anything but when it comes to her part she will work. Ashley likes filming so she is somewhat our filmer and does a great job at it. Were eventually going to do Ashley and Jhoanna's parts when we can, for now we are doing me and Raidens' part first because we have a lot to do and we should to the hard things so everything else is easy work.

My opinion on which part our audience will enjoy is the story. The reason why is because its about love and you know people will find one, one day. It can probably relate from your past or your upcoming future. That's basically the part that I think you guys will enjoy, there are some other parts to see but I don't know if your going to enjoy it. Either or I think this music video is going to be enjoyable for all the people out there. I find it interesting that most of the teams has to do something about love. Love is such a strong word to start off with, so we will probably encounter some problems.

For this music video it will show what we learned this whole entire school year by our editing. How we use transitions, effects, etc. because that makes everything more interesting. Also how we can use simple effects to make such a great impact on to the film. For example slow-motion can make things all dramatic and adds emotion. To make this music video awesome we have to work together and put together our brains to make it work. Even though we learned a lot of things, I forgot some of them. That's why we have teammates! To make us remember things. This project I think tests our skills, if we listen closely do Mr. Sanderl's demos, and to have fun. There is some ups and downs doing this project but we will work it out.

Lyrical Livelihood

In this new project my teammates are Raiden, Ashley and Jhoanna. We had the choice to picked a song to lip-sync and we decided to pick Sugar by Maroon 5. My favorite lyrics in Sugar is the chorus. In most of the songs I listen to my favorite parts are mostly the chorus. I am in-charge of part of the chorus which I will lip-sync. The lyrics of this song makes me feel hyper thinking about sugar.

Our music video is Sugar by Maroon 5, we picked this song because we agreed to it. How this song is organized, by the beat and all makes it a remarkable song. We know the song and it's lyrics so we don't need to spend our time to memorize it. Also, this song has a very catchy chorus that we can easily dance too, but we don't know if we are going to dance. It does have some high pitched points but we can deal with it.

Our visual story for this music video is about Raiden "chasing" me which relates to love. If you listen closely to the lyrics it talks about how he needs loving. Although he is singing to people who is getting married it still relates to love. We are re-creating that by having Raiden as the man who chases a girl (me) because he wants her back. We are going to add some flashbacks to make it look like they had loved each other.