Hockney Style Joiners

What's up and hello to all of you guys out there that are reading this. This is going to be the 2nd post that has been written and published in 2016. Instead of talking about my 2016 goals, we are going to talk about David Hockney's photomontages and of course my photomontages! This paragraph specifically is going to talk about how David Hockney's photomontages are different from my photomontages. What you have been waiting for has been stalled by me so that will be enough talking for me so you can get to the blog post! One way that David Hockney's photomontages are different form mine are that he is inspired to do a photomontage of anything that he sees or wants to do. For our photomontages, Mr. Sandrel chose what we had to do for our photomontages while David Hockney, he got to decide what he wanted to make a photomontage out of. Another difference is the style that David Hockney has to make photomontages than the style we have to make our photomontages. For example, David Hockney's photomontages portraits have like faces all around the photo to show difference and we however try to make our photomontages look exactly how the thing would look like in actual life. Also, David Hockney made his photomontages differently than how we made our photomontages. David Hockney spreaded his photos on the ground and make a new picture while we did the same process as David Hockney did but we did the process digitally. Finally, David Hockney's photomontages are different from ours by the way his photomontages come out. His photomontages look sometimes really weird while ours, we try to make it look perfect. This is how David Hockney's photomontages are different from our photomontages. If you want to learn more about David Hockney, press the link that is on David Hockney.

School Photomontage
The remodel of James Kessler

Final Photomontage

Did you know that images can actually show you a positive or negative message?! Well, if you didn't, I will explain to you why images can send positive or negative images. Images can send positive or negative messages because when you look at the picture, it will send a message to your brain. The brain will process what you see and will tell you if that picture sends a positive or negative message. Any image that you see has a message. For example, if the picture has inappropriate content, that would mean that the picture is sending you a negative message. If an image is showing you a forest, it would show you a forest represents peace and that is an example of a positive message. The brain can interpret an image's message so fast, that you can't even count it!!! That is also how fast your brain can think! Not only can images just send positive or negative messages but some characteristic about the image. For example, if you see a picture of a cow, you would see how that can show a message, but it can. A message of a cow would be that no matter how small or bug you are, you can do anything. Pretty much any image can show a message even a snail. To learn more quotes from me, you can select the linked word "Personal Manifesto". That is how images can send positive or negative messages.

I want my final photomontage (the one that has the bike and other things in the image) to show my athleticism and things I do to show that I am an active person. In the image, there are 6 items in my picture. The first item that is in the image is my soccer ball and goalie gloves. My soccer ball and goalie gloves show my athleticism by the positions that I play to support my team to win the game, lose, or even have a tied game. I am mostly goalie in soccer because I am really good in defense and especially in goalie. The second item in the image is a pair of goggles. A pair of goggles shows who I am by when I swim, I will use my goggles to help me see in the water and it shows that I am an active person. The third item in the picture is the football. A football shows my athleticism showing my stamina and skills that I have in running and in catching. The fourth item is a basketball. A basketball represents my athleticism by displaying that I can adjust in very tough situations and I can be aggressive. The fifth item is a bike. My bike shows who I am by I can get through tough times even though what ever I come across is really hard. The final image in my picture is my Frisbee. My Frisbee shows who I am by telling you that throwing power is very strong and I can dive to get the ball. This is all for now folks! My birthday is coming up and guess what day it is on. It is on SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!! Hope you have a good Super Bowl Sunday. Byeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

2016 Aspirations

#kmsgt_flower

Hello again for another time and with another blog post! Welcome to the new world of blogging and posting with another year going by and now sailing us into the new year of 2016! I really hope that you had a Merry Merry Christmas and a really Happy New Year. But now what you guy have all been waiting for? The blog post for today!! Today I will describe 5 different goals I have that I will attain in 2016. My first goal is that I will try to make my blog writing longer and better in quality and quantity. I will improve on my blog writing by that I will spend more time on my blog writing and after I am done, I will use the spell check to make sure that my grammar is correct. Another goal that I will attain is that I will try to maintain my grade in all of my subjects and even including my elective classes. I am an A student, but still unexpecting things can happen to me that will cause my grade to have a down fall. For example, I could get distracted or I could lay some slack on my work and then get  bad grade. Thirdly, I want to improve my soccer so that I can be on offense. I want to go on offense because I really want my team to be proud of me, that I can score goals for my team, and also be more helpful because right now, I am only being defense and goalie. My fourth goal is to be closer of becoming an Eagle scout. An Eagle scout is the last rank in Boy Scouts. To get to Boy Scouts, you need to go through Cub Scouts. The ranks for Cub Scouts are Tiger, Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, and a Webelos. The Boy Scout ranks are Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and then Eagle. The final goal that I will attain is that I will win first place in the 1-15 age category in the Kauai Half Marathon. I will attain this goal by swimming at least ten laps every week, running hard everyday, and bike up steep hills at least three times a week. The goal that I will mostly concentrate on are trying to get first in my age category for the Kauai Half Marathon and to concentrate on  becoming more close of becoming an Eagle Scout. These are five that I will maintain the whole 2016 year!

#kmsgt_tree

My most important goal that I have for 2016 is training hard to prepare for the Kauai Half Marathon and trying to get first place for my age category. I chose this goal as the most important because I want my training that I will preform in 2016 to payoff and to show people that know matter how small you are, you can accomplish anything. Last year, I won third in my age category and the other top places were people that were older than me. To prepare, my training will involve to swim at least 15 laps every week, do at least 20 pushups a day, and run everyday(I do this at school). I will do this training until September 4 and that is when the Kauai Marathon is. I could run the Kauai Full Marathon, but I fell that I don't have enough stamina to run all 26 miles while the Kauai Half Marathon is only 13 miles. This is going to be my second run that I will do for the Kauai Marathon and I know more about what I will have to overcome during the run. Last year, I did really good at especially for my first run and there wasn't really much any steep until the last 2 miles of the run. There were at least three steep hills and I was kind of struggling because I was tired out from sprinting and jogging at my fastest pace. So, I gave it all I got and made it through those steep hills. After that I was wondering "How far do I have till the run is done?" I kept on running and then. I see the finish line! The finish line was so close but yet I was tired from runner no up the steep hills. So, I go to the finish line as fast as I can and get the time. Two hours and fourth-nine minutes!!! I was so happy that I finished the "Kauai Half Marathon". That is the goal that I want to accomplish but I will get first place in my age group. This is my most important goal that I have for 2016.

#kmsgt_sky

To prepare for this goal(like I have said) I will train really hard for the Kauai Marathon. The training that I will do will involve swimming at least 15 laps every week, do 15 pushups every day, and run everyday(I do this at school because we play a running game at recess and lunch recess). This training I will maintain until  September 4, 2016 and that is when the Kauai Marathon is. My training last year involved swimming 10 laps every week, running everyday, and biking. This year, I am more experienced on the course because last year, I was so confused about the course because they never told you where you go if you are running the Half Marathon or the Full Marathon. Since I was running with my acquaintance, I was staying with him. Until when I was so bored running so slow, I went ahead and I kept on running that pace until I got tired again. This happened on Mile 4 of the Half Marathon. Anywho, I was so scared after I parted with my acquaintance because I didn't know if I was running in the wrong marathon. I kept on running and then on Mile 12, I see a sign that tells which way you go if you are in the Half Marathon or if you are in the Full Marathon. I run in the direction of the Half Marathon sign and turn there. Then it comes to the hills. This part is in the body paragraph and how hard it was. That all for today with the blog post! Hope to post another blog post soon!!! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Scratch Game Design

Read this before playing my Chase game! Instructions: Use the arrow keys to move the diver away form the shark. You will gain a point every 4 seconds. If you touch the shark, you will lose 1 point. You will win the game by reaching 20 points and you will know that you won by the shark sprite has stopped moving. Good luck!!!

Read this before playing my Platform game! Instructions: You have only one very high jump so use it wisely!!! After you use the jump(or before) you have to hold the up arrow to go up the platforms. It will take a long time, but you will get to the top before the time runs out because I have set the timer to 130 seconds. And to move side to side, you just need to move with the arrow keys. Good luck!!!

Read this before playing my Chase game! Instructions: Use the arrow keys to move and to get Tera back to his family. You will be faced with obstacles that you can't control, but you overcome them. hope you luck!!! 

What's up guys!!! And yet it is already almost Christmas!!! This is another blog post but it is going to talk about my new scratch game. My user experience with my Scratch game made me feel to challenge myself more. I could have challenged myself to make the diver change costumes to look like he is actually swimming.  I also could have made the game a little bit more challenging. For example, I should have increased the speed of the shark and the diver, have added one more shark sprite to make it more challenging and to make levels. Finally, I could have added music and some more entertainment factors.The entertainment factors I am saying are a another background with a "You Won!" and make every time the diver gets a point, it would make a noise. Also, music would make my game more entertaining by it will give more depth into the game and it would make the user feel like that the game is fun. These are the things that I gained from my user experience for my game.

The game I made has multiple personalities. One feature is I have a relating sprite background. The background is underwater because my sprites are related to going underwater. That leads to my sprites. My sprites are a diver and a shark. I made a diver getting chased by a shark because I didn't want to have really boring sprites, so I decided that I want to make the characters look non-boring. Finally, my diver and my shark sprite goes upside down. I really don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Well, I think it is a good thing just because sometimes, realistic divers will actually go upside down, but I don;t know if that will happen to a shark. If it does then, I don't know how to fix the shark to only go upside up. I would contrast and compare this game to other games by looking at the features of a game to another game. If one game had different features than another game, then the other game would be different compared to my game. same thing will be for comparing except for the fact of the game having similar features. That is the way I would contrast a game and those are some of my features of my game.

My best code was when I made a real working game and that it was possible to win. I had to do so much to make a successful chase and platform game. For example, I needed to make working movement by making the sprite move by the arrow keys, make an automatic moving sprite that always head toward the player(for my chase game), make the sprite stay on the platform(for my platformer game),using a variety of variables, and having to make the backdrop switch(for my platformer game). My hardest bug for my chase game was that my arrow key controls wouldn't work properly. For example, if I tapped the specific arrow key once, it would go all the way until the diver touches the edge. Good things I solved this problem!For my Platform game, my most hardest bug was when I needed it to make it jump. When I was going to duplicate my jumping script, I accidentally pressed the delete button so I made this advanced jumping and it doesn't work as well as my jumping script, but it would have to do. Now, to go up, you need to hold the up arrow and wait. I still haven't fixed this bug, so expect this in my platform game. That is all for now guys! I hope I can have another blog post posted before Christmas. If not, I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's!!! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Invention Commercial

My teammates for the Commercial video were Andrew James Galiza and James Kessler. They are the same team I had for the Composition Scavenger Hunt. Our Commercial was based on our product called "The HydroTravel. The HydroTravel is very like the imaginary HyperLoop but it is underwater and it is powered by the electromagnetic force between two magnets. We made the explanation of the HydroTravel enthusiastically by when Andrew used a special app on his iPad to make our video look like the lego men has the ability to move and we made a funny situation to fit along side to keep the audiences attention. this is the explanation of our Commercial and our invention and what was my team's main goal.

Our best "Team Moment" was when we went to Wailua Homesteads Park and filmed our voice-overs. Andrew and I got their early so we were playing soccer before James came. It was also fun when we were filming voice -overs. After our voice-overs, we played football and Andrew was the quarterback for both James and my team. I won only because I had one interception at the touchdown line. We had so much fun until it started raining and we all had to go home. It was very sad because if there was no rain, we would have kept on playing until we were told to stop playing. I also had the opportunity to go to James's house but my mom was just going to take my sister to softball practice so I couldn't go. This is all about are funniest moment we had as a team and friends. 

During post-production editing, my role was to do the Commercial plan that is down below. I have had to do the plan because James and Andrew have been busy so I had to do the script, visual, composition techniques, and the timing. That was my part. James's part was he was the one who did the most editing. He edited mostly because Andrew and I were filming voice overs while he was editing. That was his part. Finally, Andrew was the one who made the lego video. He used an app and downloaded it to a flash drive and brang it to school to import it. While James, he really didn't do anything because he was absent most of the time. Hope to do another post. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Composition Scavenger Hunt

3P Results

What up guys. Welcome back to another blog post! Today I am going to talk about Composition techniques. I think that the composition technique contrast in content is the most important because the technique draws the person's eye to the object. For example, you see a pot holding a flower and would it attract you to the flower? It probably won't because there has to be a feeling that you want to observe the flower. Another composition technique I think is also important is point of view because if you only see from the side view, it wouldn't be as interesting then watching from the persons point of view. For example, if your were watching an action movie, you would want to see everything in the path of the person because it gives more visual than a side view. These are two composition that I think are the most important.

The most challenging composition technique I think is forced foreground. I think that forced foreground is the most challenging because you have to put an object in front of the camera and the person that is holding the object in front of the camera has to be blurry so you can't see the person. I also think that the composition technique low angle is another hard technique. I think that because you have to be at a weird angle to film low angle. I can use it more to look at the bottom of an object.These are the most challenging composition techniques that I think.


Now, it comes to my team. My teammates were James Kessler, Andrew James Galiza, and myself.For the jobs, I mostly did the Commercial Plan. Andrew, did the slogan and the logo. And James did some of the script for the Commercial Plan and he did some of the visuals. I also learned things about my partners. I learned from James that he is always wanting to get the work done and I learned from Andrew that sometimes you need a laugh when you are stressed. at the bottom of the page, I will have the links to Andrew's and James's blogs. Hope to post another blog post. Til then, you guys wait for another post. Byeeeeeeeeeeee!

Blog links
Andrew James Galiza
James Kessler

Cracking the Code

Hi everyone! This is a post that involves the word coding. I know what you guys are thinking that the word coding means figuring out codes. Well, this type of coding means a written set of instructions for programming a computer to do something. Now, here is a question. Do you think everyone should learn how to code? You guys can comment on that, but I think YES because coding can open many new job opportunities. For example, it can open the job of people being more interested in computing. That is why I think what coding is why everyone should learn how to do it.

My first experience with coding was with Mr. Sanderl. My coding experience with him was kind of challenging in the beginning but I got through with the lessons and got the hang of the challenge. The first coding we did was on https://studio.code.org/hoc/1. In this link are the beginning ways of how to begin to code. The lessons involve characters like angry birds, Anna, and Elsa. I will have the links to the other lessons of coding down below. That was my first experience with coding. {The links will be down on the bottom of the post}.

If I could design a program, I would make a scratch game. The Scratch game I made was a game that you have to try hit the actor. To play you would need to use the up and down keys on the game. First, you will Actor 1 {Hiro} will repeatedly walk in random directions. Then you {Baymax}have to navigate to catch up to Actor 1 and shoot him with a random thing. Also, Actor 1 will be shooting you! You will have to be careful because you only get 1 life. When you hit Actor 1, you will win the game. This is my game I created and don't forget about the lesson links below!   


Lesson 2: https://studio.code.org/s/frozen/stage/1/puzzle/1v
Lesson 3:https://studio.code.org/s/infinity/stage/1/puzzle/1
Lesson 4:https://studio.code.org/flappy/1

My Humorous Monologue

BursonW_Comedy from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

Hey guys, here is another post but this time this post is more about my humorous narrative. From this project, I learned about iMovie and how to import clips on to iMovie. For example, to import clips on to iMovie, you need to put your SD card into your computer then you will press on your project and select the button import. I also learned about the grading expectations. The grading expectations are if you get a 4, your clip has great lighting, crystal clear audio, music, inspiring shots, transitions, and added effect. Then, a 3 will have 10 correctly placed B-roll clips, funny, 30-60 sec, and expressive narrative. Next, a 2 will have script not memorized and dark/shaky shots. Finally, a 1 will have incomplete/unfinished/unclear, rough editing, not quite humorous ,and confusing. Also, I learned how to edit with your 10 B-roll and your speaking monologue. You would edit by placing your whole monologue to under the box where your clips will show up. Then, you will cut out parts that aren't necessary to the presentation. Next, you will drag little pieces of your B-roll above your monologue so when you say something, it will match your B-roll clip. That's what I learned from this project.

Padding is when you leave a couple of seconds after a clip. Padding is crucial because so their is space between your clips. You pad to leave space for other things like another piece of monologue or B-roll clip. For example, when you pad, you give a couple of seconds space between clips for time. I think padding is crucial because it helps keep you organized. This what padding is and why it is crucial.

For this project, my main weakness was trying to put the transitions and special effects in iMovie to make my project interesting. I was having trouble trying to put special effects and transitions only because I forgot to detach the monologue . Another thing that kept happening was my clips came out to short when I added the transitions. One of my strengths on this project was importing clips to iMovie. When Mr. Sanderl explained how to import clips, I got it right away. Another strength was that I can do the editing easily. Mr. Sanderl showed us how to edit by borrowing someone's movie and showing us what we have to do. Finally, The way for me to improve on this project is to try be careful of people's monologue being in your monologue. Thanks guys for reading this blog post of my joke narration and keep out for more blog posts.