Hockney Style Joiners

In my photomontages, I use different objects and ways to create them than David Hockney. In David Hockney's photomontage, he had to glue them together piece by piece! In mine, I used photoshop to piece all the images together. I took a picture of a doorknob, and David Hockney does more scenic and portrait photomontages. That is how my photomontage is different from the creator of the photomontage, David Hockney.
                                               
 Images can have a positive and negative effect on viewers. How? Photo's that are truly amazing or inspiring can make someone feel energized, happy, or any other emotion that the picture gives off. These are pictures with a positive effect. Yet sadly, some can give off a negative effect. There can be sad pictures, or pictures that are inappropriate, for example a picture meant to tease someone else. That is how images can give off a positive and negative effect. So when you are on social media and looking at pictures, find the positive ones!

For my final photomontage, I want to show people my love for soccer/football. This is my favorite sport, and I just love playing it. I am going to try to edit it so that it is interesting and inspiring. I want to make people want to just get outside and play some old fashioned soccer/football. I want a positive effect on the viewers of the photomontage. This is what I intend the viewers to see.

                                                         
My school
photomontage.

                                                 David Hockney                                                 photomontage.

                                     

                                   My final photomontage -->

2016 Aspirations

For this new year, I have 5 (and a bonus) goals that I want to achieve. I want to at least score 5 goals in the upcoming soccer season. On scratch, I want to start a new game that will be really fun for users.  I also want to learn how to cook more things, because I love cooking. On my youtube channel, I want to hit at least 40 subscribers. I also want to help a lot of people with tutorials. And as a bonus, I want to get more views on my blog. Those are my goals for this new year! Have a good 2016!

The most important goal for me this year is scoring at least 5 goals in the upcoming soccer season. This is very important to me because I am aiming to becoming a pro soccer player. So if I do reach my goal, I will know that I have improved dramatically and I will gain confidence as I make my goal bigger and reach it. Reaching this goal will be a massive milestone for me. That is why that is my main and most important goal this year.

I will do as much as I can to reach my goal. I will practice almost always and always try hard. This goal will be hard to complete because my position is not always forward. I will always try to get to practice on time and every time we have it.  I will not just try to get 5 goals, but more! That is what I will do to reach this milestone.

These are my top
three best picture for the photo-a-day challenge so far.

                    

Scratch Game Design

CONTROLS: Use arrow keys to move. In level 1, touch the red square to get to level 2. In level 2, touch the blue square to get to the boss fight. Press space bar to shoot lasers at Randy Orton. Do not touch him! The orange pool in level 2 is deadly lava. WARNING! This game is super hard. Beat the game before the time runs out. Good luck. In level 2, keep hitting the up arrow to sort of glide above the lava. Once you hit the space bar, you can not press any other arrow!




Scratch Chase Game

How to play: Touch red part to score. Do not touch referee or else you will lose points. Use arrow keys to move. Get to ten points to win. 

Experience from playing other games gave me ideas that would really be useful. It made me think of the players and how they should play it.  Therefore, I decided to make easy controls that most people are used to; the arrow keys. I made it so that up is obviously up, left is left, right is right, etc. I made my games moving pretty smooth so that it would not be disappointing. That is how experience helped me create a better game!

My platformer game and my chase game are very different. The two games have two things in common though. First, I customized thew characters in both games. Also, there is an enemy in both of my games. Now the differences. In my platformer game, there is a boss fight. Also in my platformer, there is way more code than my chase game. There are obstacles and time. There is even levels! Those are how my two games are alike and different.

My best code in scratch was definitely in my platformer game. My best code was either my shooting script which was actually simple yet super effective. Also, my levels took a while to code. It was again, simple, yet also effective. My hardest bug fixes was also in my platformer game. I could not figure out how to stand on my platforms. It was very simple, but at that time I did not know much about scratch. That is a wrap of my best code and my hardest code.

                       

Invention Commercial

This is my teams commercial. It took us quite a bit of effort but it was worth it. Hope you enjoy!!!

My teams main goals in our assignment is to make our commercial convincing, entertaining, and unique. We might be able to achieve this because we have funniness in it, which helps with entertainment. We explain pretty clearly what it does, and we have an invention nobody has made. I think we can achieve our goals. Our invention commercial is hopefully top notch!

The best moment my team had while filming was when we were editing the video. We found awesome music for our commercial and added something funny to it. One of my teammates, Treysen, had a part where he had to act all serious to pick up a weight. We played some intense music and then when he picked up the weight, he fell. When he fell, we added a descent noise and added text to say, "Ouch". That is our teams best moment (or at least what I think was) and why it was.

In our commercial, before we went to editing, we had important roles. Max was the camera man, Treysen was the one who did b-roll, and I was the spokesman. We all did somewhat good at our jobs, and our finished project was very good. We were one of the teams who were on the top and finished first, but we still had to edit. In editing, I was in charge of the music, and I think I found pretty good music. Max was in charge of transitions, and Treysen was in charge of sound effects and text. We were quick yet smart about editing, so we were finished fast.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

This is my groups video of composition techniques. Enjoy!

I think that contrast in content is the most important composition technique because it makes the subject really stand out. The definition of contrast in content is in the link. The contrast in content makes the eye notice the subject immediately, from the difference in color. This composition technique will be very useful in a shot where your subject needs to stand out. If you want a natural object to stand out, you should put the object in front of non natural things. For a man-made thing, do the opposite.

I think the most challenging composition technique is leading lines. First, you must find lines in the world that lead to your subject. The lines must end where your subject is. When you finally find leading lines, it will bring the eyes of your audience directly to the subject. Though it is challenging, it is worth it. I can use it much more so I can make a better video. That is the composition technique I think is the most challenging but one of the best.

My teammates in this project were very helpful. We would never have finished if one of us gave up. We all rotated on being the subject, camera man, and the speaker. We finished pretty quick from doing this. My teammates in this project were Treysen, Max, and me. This project was fun, yet challenging. This project really made me think about the composition techniques and I am going to use them in filming projects to come. My teammates are really helpful and nice.

 These are not the techniques I talked about but they are also some of my personal favorites.

Cracking the Code

 I think everybody should learn to code. I think this because coding can open up so many job opportunities. You can create a system that millions might use! Coding is a very important skill to have. If you want to code or not, you should learn it as a backup. Coding is pretty fun when you get the hang of it. If your job is coding, you will love it. The places where you work are unique and creative. There is so much to do if you chose to code!

My first experience of programming was just a week or two ago. I have never even seen code until I stumbled upon it a few days ago. I am very excited to do more programming. I have heard of coding and I have always been dreaming of creating a good game! I hope I will be able to. I hope I learn a lot about coding and am able to do more. Coding sounds exciting and I can not wait to start.

 If I could design any program or game, I would create a survival game with such good graphics you would swear it was real! You have to survive, find other humans, and create a city! My game would be awesome! I would create more games after that, and more and more! My first game will be a simple game, and then I will move on to harder things to create, such as my dream game.

These are screenshots of the code lessons I took and my certificate for finishing. 

My Humorous Monologue

I have learned so much from my comedy joke project! I learned to keep trying, even if some things were distracting (which they were). I learned how to write a good joke. I learned what b-roll is (added visuals shown while there is speaking in another clip). I had to be responsible in this project because I had to sign out a camera to film my b-roll and I must take care of that camera. I also had to return the camera the next morning, at least in the shape I got the camera. This project helped me to understand time management, because of the deadline.

Their is something in filming called padding. This is a strategy you use for filming. You say rolling when you hit the record button, wait 3 seconds, then say action. That is the beginning part of padding. In the end, you say cut, then count to 3 in your head, then stop recording. This strategy is very useful because it usually take 3 seconds for the camera to actually start and stop recording. You need to use it so that some of your video is not cut off. You can always cut the "action" and "cut" parts. That is padding and why it is useful.

My weakness in this project was the special effects. Every time I added transitions, my visuals went all over the place. At one point, I had to start editing all over again! I think editing was somehow also my strength (not the special effects included). I was one of the first people to put in my visuals. Although it was tough, I handled it well. I could improve by figuring out how to organize better. My visuals at first were all in the wrong spots. I should have organized them better and it would have been easier. That was my weakness, strength, and my ways to improve on this project.                                                    
                          THESE ARE MY GRADES  (The majority gave me a 3)