Animation Outtakes

For our new 4th quarter assignment we have gone the path of animation and other similar like It. We are now learning how to make Gif's. Making a gif In your perspective seems to be a video but Its not. A gif Is a motion of pictures made to make videos but In stop motion. To make a proper gif each picture or slide should only be 0.1 seconds so like If you make a 100 picture gif, It would be about 10 seconds long. For a beginner like myself, I chose to bounce a ball because Its only one movement In all the frames.

On this project we will be making animation videos of stop motion and that's It! We will be making an animation movie and ours Is me saving marine life from by helping the community with the trash and littering problems on Kauai. Our plot Is putting the people who litter realize what can happen and what Earth Is gonna look like In the future. The story Is owned by my solution on Chazz because his play Is to be a tourist and he makes poor choices to litter. Most parts of our story Is done by the magic of photoshop and our fingers to make about 500 or more pictures to make our animation of a minimum of 60 seconds!

The story Is actually about the community and Its problems of over polluted trash on the grounds of our one of a kind island. Also on this island we have hazardous winds some almost all the trash on the ground blows Into the ocean and other life such as marine life. Our main message to the viewers Is to "picking up your own trash", which means don't litter. On this set we had some wacky moments like doing a scene that you will see on my next blog post. Some wacky facts about my teammates were there option to roll down a hall way at any point of the movie and to just randomly start dancing, and the answer Is we are some awesome crazy people. Thanks team!

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Typography Images

TYPOGRAPHY PORTRAITS are a way of photography which needs a portrait words that describe yourself, and the words match on you making look like a biography on a person but a layer. For me I think Is a cool way to express yourself because you show anything you want on yourself In letters and they can make a unique of art. In school I am making two typography portraits one for my math teacher and a two an old inventor of history Benjamin Franklin. I think this can affect me and most artist In a way how to try a new tech way of art which can show off new paths. Its hard to do this but when Its done no one would regret It, because you can make It any style you want! So In a way we are INNOVATORS!

The biggest challenge I had In this project was the KURNING because my text were really messed up and It took awhile to get It In one collage of words. The other main challenge I had was getting the picture In OUR requirements and this project did take awhile because getting the words fit In the shadow and be fading away depending how dark the section Is. To overcome the issue was actually really simple and It was to go back to the tutorial we took and finding the blank spaces that we had In our portraits. This project seems like It takes more steps to make more than any other project we did, and was hard to memorize step by step, but we have no option to stop so we have to keep on going no matter how good or bad you think It Is because there Is always room for improvement. So for my final practice It looked cooler than I thought It would be, the words perfectly lined up as the portraiture angles.

For my share In my work made to be done, I had to make three Typography photos. One was dedicated to my favorite man that fell down In history. Two a picture of a teacher, which had to be with no shaded color but an outline of the face In bold visible colored words. Three I had to make one of myself and this one was the hardest of all. We had to follow thru one of my most confusing tutorials yet! I didn't have much help besides my super smart neighbor, but somehow It took me the less time of them all and I think that because I have finally gotten the steps thru me like blood. Then my last steps not from the others was to tricky and It was to double check. It was a good
project while It lasted but It was not nice to me or others.

Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait Photography Is a photograph of a person and his profile and In that case Is why Its called a portrait. Photography Is a work of art that people make with a camera to take pictures with. When doing a portrait there are two profiles, one on the the person and the silhouette. When taking the pictures Its hard to have a good lighting on the person and there also has to be something special or right about the background, even If Its a flat color or a rule of thirds with the person. Making the rule of thirds Is the photographers part because he can move the camera angles at all times so It can be just what he needs for a portrait. For rule of thirds there Focal points which means the portrait has to look onto leading lines for perfection.

Made and produced and photoshop means lots of steps and skills but a tutorial will do you good. First up you need to take about two-three photo's, one picture has to be based on a profile and then the other two are a foreground or a unique pattern that could literally match on your head! Next up upload photoshop and and go to file, scripts, and then load files into stack. From there you use the dodge tool that kinda hidden and outline your profile and 100% opacity. After that you would have the other photo's of a pattern and use the blend tool= "command-D". From there bars of options should appear and the picture Is all yours to play with and suit what you like. To make one would not be good news but we have to so the process has been pretty cool to me at least.

Im my last two project finals I think I did ok because I went threw the requirements and used some and I also broke the rules a bit so It my my needs not the teachers, and as he said Its good to break rules but have the requirements needed. They turned out good and on my second one It was my best one yet because everything was right about It In my head. On the first one was a school practice which was a blend of leafs, and a tree. My second blend was a skate park and a basketball hoop, which In that case both of those pictures represent my life In adventure. So for a final swished It and won In my game, and I am happy with what I got!

HDR Photography

HDR photography Is short for High Dynamic Range, It Is used for pro photography levels. It Is used for photographers because the human eye Is better then the cameras, so we adjust It the right way to stand out. We use It to find the right colors and for this reason Is why I like It because you can change It within your choice. This way of photography which Is hard but when you get the hang of It Its actually pretty awesome. For me I like It but Its a long process of the making to the final step.

To create a HDR picture step by step you have to take seven pictures, but with those seven pictures you adjust the brightness and the darkness. On each picture you take seven pictures and have one picture on the brightness and the darkness like this; -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3. Then once you import the pictures on to the computer In one document you can open photoshop. In photoshop In file, automatic, and merge to HDR you should then get the pictures and move on. From there they give you options on the photo and then what I do Is play with the adjustments and see I like and think what people will like.


For my last to projects with HDR I had to take four-teen pictures, but seven for each requirement. The two pictures had to be of 1.) A Landscape and 2.) A Portrait. I did the portrait first because I needed to be done what Is the hardest, and It took me several tries but I got It at last. The landscape pictures seemed harder because I didn't have a tripod, but I found my spot of focus and did my best to stay still. To turn It In on time was also hard because I had to use my dads camera for the project so he trusted me on taking the memory card with me so I could get my credit on time. This was a cool and unexpected project and Im glad I did It.

                                     
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Movie Trailer Critique

For the final "exquisite" critique, we weren't the best, but we weren't the worst. For us to make this movie trailer we grew a few gray hairs of stress, but It was complete at last. For me I always have a backup plan to succeed as for my crew too. We did not have the right scenes and especially no editing done a week before the critique. We had to have our "A" faces on and 110% focus on what ever we needed to finish for the video. Our team of four which was me-Nathan, Leilia Panui, Ethen Garrison, and Shanden Matsushima, we truly did fine with the deadline, and the ratings overall. The movie had Its own way of going on In the setting. For our planning It worked out as planned but could've had more B-roll.

Our requirements were to have a movie poster, a video clip longer then 1.30 minutes and shorter then 2.30 minutes long and not
including slide of text or other, and was to turn It In on time. We needed Five scenes, text lay-overs, foley, dialogue, and It to be acceptable to 1st graders. Our team did succeed to finish the video but we missed the opportunity to turn It on time. From that loss we had a maximum of one point erased to our original one. From the ratings It did not compare It was only the students rating us as a way to give tip about what you do, or any other case. Our average rating from my classmates was a 3/4, which Is a good thing to know because you passed. Added to our grade the rating were added the right way to our teachers opinion and we were a success! We could've made It longer but we made the best of It.

The results was not only good for us... because our whole class succeeded. From these results It really showed that the people enjoyed It and had fun making It to! This assignment was a surprise due to our major change of teammates. We had to learn to work together because four brains are better then one. As for the team there Is always room for improvement, and more B-roll or any other of these helpful tools, we did It, but not 100%. Our team really tried, we had funny moments In our shooting of the fights. We had fun and thats all that mattered beside our lost In the evaluation. Now that we know even more, that Its never enough and to push the limit.

Movie Poster Promo

In my movie for G.T. Is Big Hero 6, and this has many main characters but the one that Is Bay max, the movie super hero. His abilities are taking commands after what his master says ''  Hiro ". He was started to be a killing machine hero but had no experience, although Its a robot It has human traits and has to learn his unit of doing his job which Is fighting off villains. He Is always with Hiro, because he would be lost and confused on his own. They are usually In session with training and trying harder to there final success. Each time they train or do something there Is always a twist to show a character trait or something funny.

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Our title explains Bay max because there was a strarting Five heroes but now there are six with Bay max and he Is the six hero and the sixth threat. So for our poster Each person In our group, ( Leilia Panui, Shanden Matsushima, and Ethen Garrison ) has to make our own designed movie poster for our project and the best one Is gonna be the cover for our exclussive video commercial from us about Big hero 6. In our video for our poster the best option Is to do Kenburns effect which Is the best and novel way of showing our poster on screen. Another way of a better movie poster Is kerning, which Is moving to letters and words so It fits the best and looks well organized. Having a good poster Is good advertisement to the movie and the makers of the movie. Anything we put In It has a reason even If Its just a layover or any other technical requirement.
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The overall impact all the details on the layer effects, filters, and text layover worked out to be the finest I or my team could do, but I could see a misplace to be fixed or be better. Our finished poster Is and looks very well detailed and well organized with all the lay overs and the effects we have chosen threw out the process. These details on our poster well inform of the way the movie plays and which direction the movie flows with. The poster Is an image that when Hiro Is creating and making Bay Max In the way Hiro wants Bay Max to coordinate In. Every way the movie plays there Is a twist but It has effects too.

Proactive or Procrastination?

From my full honesty I think Im a procrastinator because when school Is out Im always trying to go somewhere or play sports, Its my passion I have to do It. Although I always get my work done in time with no stress, Its prohibited in my life! Weekends give us both time and homework, I use my time wisely unlike some people. Being this kind of person shows me opportunities for the future and trying to be the person I want to be when I grow up. Always doing something make me be me and being at my finest.

My level productivity relates to my amount of free time because they both have me going and improving both of my fundamental skills and academic skills at the same time, I improve things so I can enjoy it and have fun at the same time! When Im 120% focused while doing my school work or any job I can get the job done faster then when Im not as focused. Both my play time and work time have one thing in common, and its putting the effort. Having a safety net Is always good, like If we don't do It at home we can do It on the bus of any opening of our lives. Trying hard as possible Isn't enough. Here In middle school there Is always an extra step then usual.

A way to improve my productivity level and my free time I have to do my work before the weekend starts so I have more time to focus and just to cut to the chase. Doing this will result In more time to play and less time doing homework, " A kids dream, homework doesn't exist". Having a better result improves almost everything except doing more homework. Although In the future I will graduate from high school, Im going after another challenge! I wonder which university I will continue my journey on!