Scratch Game Design

Hello people so for the past few weeks we have been working in scratch coding games. We first started with a chase game where we needed to create a game where one sprite has to chase another. Then the second game we created was a plat former game where we needed to make a gravity engine to make a sprite get to an object and pass at least 2 levels.

User experience influenced how my game turned out a lot. I really liked the way scratch is set up for easy use and good instructions. One example is the side bar that has simple instructions to help the users code simple motions. Also Its very addictive because once you start you just want to make everything perfect. Like when you plan to make 3 levels and end up with nine. Or when you set a timer for half an hour and end up working on it for 3 hours. I also really like how scratch sets up their program so you can easily create, share, and embed your projects with ease.  At first I really disliked scratch because it made no sense to me, but now I know a lot about each block and what function it does. Therefore I really like scratches user experience I think its an amazing program.

Both of my games and many other peoples games have similar code and blocks. For example mostly everyone if not everyone has repeat forever or if blocks included in their games also "when green flag pressed" blocks. Its basically the same way with features everyones chase and platformer games should have all included a timer so the games ends somehow. Also everyones game should have included sprites which move around the screen. Some features that each game have that are different from each other is  that in the platformer game a way to jump with either a gravity engine or simple jumping. Therefore they both have very similar features and blocks.

I think that my best code so far would have to be my plat former game. This is for two reasons for 1 its the most complex of everything I have created. And the second reason Why its my best code is because it took me the most time, I pretty much worked on it for about 2 weeks in class then for about 3 hours straight at home. I had one very difficult bug fix to make and that was trying to get the "you win" sprite to show up at the end of the game. I fixed this by watching youtube videos and searching on scratch. Yet there still is a little problem still in my game, which I will try to work out. Overall I liked the way my plat former game turned out.

Invention Commercial

Hello, so for the past few weeks we have been working on a commercial for a product that we invented. This has been a pretty enjoyable project and was happy with the way my teams commercial is going so far.

 If you guys didn't know from my previous blog my team consists of me, Meleana Keawe, and Makaio Gonsalves. Our main goal for this assignment was to create a humous, informative commercial. So like almost all of our projects in our G.T class we strated with a project plan, in these plans we type in all the script and b-roll in and try to follow that plan throughout the project. So I mostly edited the commercial so I could try to complete these goals. Makaio seems to have the best creativity so he mostly gave ideas on shot angles and gave suggestions for jingles. And lastly Mele  who pretty much helped all around with editing and filming. With us all working together completing different tasks we met our goal.

Our teams best moment would have to be when we almost broke our invention (The car).
So we first planned to make our drive on water, land, and also air. This is when we almost broke it. As we were planning me and Makaio decided that it would be pretty cool if we could make the car look like it was flying so we made  a parachute with a plastic bag so the car would slowly go down. I got on a 6 foot ladder and we set the camera up, then I let the car go, it hit the cement, and the top black part flew of and the car broke. As soon as it hit the floor we both bursted out laughing. Although it broke we were both laughing because we thought it would work, but little did we know gravity is pretty strong. Then we brought it back into the house and got some duct tape and zip ties and fixed it all up.

So during editing we all contributed a fair amount. We all helped with the filming and building of the car and also helped with post-production editing.  Mele mostly gave suggestions on what clips, jingles, and sound effects would fit good. Makaio organized the clips in our project dashboard. And lastly I mostly fine tuned and turned in the project. With all of us working together editing we could create a commercial that we all liked. I think that we make a good team editing, and filming together.

Composition Scavenger Hunt

 Hello people so in our GT class we have been working on a commercial and we must include multiple composition techniques. Keep reading to learn more about what we have been working on.

 I  believe that the most important composition technique is rule of thirds both subject and landscape. I think this is most important because this technique is used most frequently. I also think it is important because if it rule of thirds the shot looks a lot more professional and complex. I think this is really important because if you take a bulls eye photo then the people looking at your photo wont be as interested. And the last reason why I feel this is most important is because it gives the audience a sense of complexity.

I think that the most difficult composition technique would have to be contrast in content. I think this is the most difficult because Its not used very much in our class anyway. I also think its difficult because Its kind of hard to include it in shots. Ways I can use it more is by trying to make more things pop out to the audience. I can use it to make plants, people, and other objects easier to see on a screen. An example of something that is contrast in content would be if you put a black dog and took a photo if it in front of a bright white dog.

Our team consisted of Meleana Keawe and Makaio Gonsalves, and Me. Mele enjoys Archery and Hunting. And Makaio likes to Play soccer and likes going to anahola beach. I think we make a pretty good team because we all have strengths and weaknesses which is good because we can be pretty productive and help each other out. So Makaio was the main subject in most of our clips mostly because me and mele don't really like being in front of the camera. Mele was the main camera person because she seemed to be the best and staying steady. And I mostly helped set up the shots and edited the project.

Cracking The Code

What is up guys, hows it going? So if you didn't already know our latest G.T project is Coding. Coding is pretty new to most of us in Mr. Sanderls class since he has not ever taught it before. I feel that coding is a pretty cool thing to know how to do. I kinda have mixed feelings about coding and whether I like it or not. So should everyone learn coding?, well although it is cool and you can make cool games I still think its not for everyone because some people may enjoy making games but others may not like this sort of activities. So with that said, if you want to try coding for yourself check out this link.

My first experience with code was in G.T class. We did lesson one which was trying to get the angry bird to the bad pig. I thought it was pretty fun to try and figure out how to get the angry bird to the pig. At first I was pretty confused with the whole thing, but after a couple of levels I got the hang of it. When coding you really need to read the directions and scripts carefully to succeed. I think that coding is a pretty cool thing because with code you can create cool games.

The scratch game I would make would be staying away from a scary monster dude. This game would kinda be like pac man. Basically all you would need to do is try to not get touched by the monster. At first you pop in and then the monster starts moving in random directions throughout the screen, then you try to stay away from it and if you get touched you lose a point. And the way would would get points is hitting the monster or getting things like apples and other things. I would make it by adding different blocks such as repeat forever so the monster keeps on moving all over the place. I would also position and time the characters movements. And the way would would get points is hitting the monster or getting things like apples and juice boxes.

My Humorous Monologue

What is up guys? This is the 8th week of our GT class and if you didn't already know our latest project is creating a comedic monologue. We have been working on this project for the past 2-3 weeks and its been pretty fun/difficult/interesting.

I have learned quite a bit during this project. One of the things I have learned is that B-roll is very important in making your narrative humorous because without b-roll the audience may not be able to visually picture it. I also learned that if we need to sign out a camera be sure to be there on the first day available. I also learned that you shouldn't procrastinate, because if you do you project wont be your best work. And lastly I learned that your not as funny as you think you are!

Pad is basically taking a couple seconds before and after you start and stop rolling. Usually you take about 5 seconds before and after your clip.  Padding your clips is crucial because if your don't, you may lose a part of your clip. Most times only about half a second gets cut off, but still will ruin your clip. This is really important because when your editing and don't have a clip you might not have time to get a new clip. I know it is really important to add pad because once I was editing one of my films and a part of the voiceover got cut off. So from now on every clip I film I make sure I add pad.


My weaknesses during this project was when my whole project got deleted after working on if for 2 days. This was when I struggled because I needed to complete the whole thing in one night! It was especially difficult because It took along time for me to film what I wanted and edit it how I wanted it to be. I think I next time I could be efficient and it wold be easier for me to complete my project. I believe that my strengths during this project would have to be saying my monologue. I think this was my strength because I believe  I had good expression and said all the words good.

Comedy Writing

Sense of humor is an important character trait because without it life would be pretty boring.

Also almost everybody loves a good laugh. It is also an important trait because you can influence people in a good way. Also you can pop a joke in awkward situations when no one is talking or something weird just happened. And last but not least it will help to make conversations more enjoyable.

Writing a Humorous narrative can be pretty difficult but Ill share 5 tips that may make writing one easier.  Tip #1 pick an event or subject and stick with it. Tip #2 Be funny not harsh. Tip #3 Be sarcastic, cause if your sarcastic and then right at the end you give a 1 liner about the truth it might be really funny. Tip #4 Make sure the narrative flow. And last Tip #5 When complete read it with plenty of expression and weird faces.

My comedic monologue is about how "great" school is. Its basically talking about how much I love school and how great it is.  One part says "I love spending 35 hours of my week in a nice hot humid classroom" which is obviously not true. I think its funny because Who really likes school??,  I certainly don't. I also think its going to be funnier when I add visuals because they will show sarcasm but the voiceover will sound somewhat believable.

Motivational Poster

Our latest project is a motivational poster, there are quite a few requirements. For this project we are going to be graded on a 4 point scale. The requirements are to have 2 text layers, the 2 layers should consist of your manifesto and our personal quotes. Also 4 image layers which should consist of 3 images that symbolize us and 1 portrait of ourself. To get all 4 possible points We need to kern our text to fill the whole photoshop document. Have a triadic color scheme, visual balance, and last to have visual balance to create an artistic appeal.

The first step is to write your manifesto and quotes, I did this by looking at what others have written and wrote my own. Next, I took photos of my symbols. Then I put my text and photos in photoshop. After the I got the text in I kerned it to fit across the whole document. After, I got the photos and arranged them using visual balance. Then, I Added a color overlay to the symbols. Next, I added layer styles to my text. Lastly, I saved the document as a .JPEG and turned it in.

The biggest challenge in this project would definitely have to be kerning the text. I thought this was the hardest and most difficult because this took the most time. One of the hardest part about kerning was getting the text moved around. Also I couldn't figure out how to make the text fit across the whole page. I completed this task by asking others and checking out the focus wall. Also, by using my knowledge and Mr. Sanderls demonstrations. After a lot of moving, sizing, and kerning the text I finally got the text to fit.

      

Personal Manifesto

       Hey guys whats up? So five interesting facts about myself are... I like to go to the beach with family and freinds. Another is that my favorite ice cream is "dulce de leche". Also I like hanging outside and fixing things around the house. Also One of my favorite things to do is to go to cool stores like Cabelas, bass pro shops, home depot, etc. Also over the summer I kayaked the  Nā palli coast. Another interesting fact about me is that I like buying little gadgets and cool things. And last but not least I like to ride my quad in mud and long trails.

life's life, do what you love if you think its hard, make it easy count your blessings, make them count Try your best, never stop do it good, If you cant do it, Try again share lots, love lotsHave fun, live lifeDream big, try hard take your time, do it good never quit, always try quality work, takes time live your life right, And you'll be alright

       My manifesto applies to all readers because everybody make choices and needs to do things in life. It talks about choices when it says "do whats right" because when we are faced with choices one is usually the better decision. Also it says to "do what you love" which means that if what you love is doing the right thing then you should do it. Also it says to " count your blessings, and make them count" which means that we should really count our blessing but we should certainly make them count.

Music Videos Rock!

My team consists of Makaio Gonsalves, Meleana Keawe, and me. I feel that everyone on our team contributes to our project equally. Makaio is a big help when it comes to the set up and break down of our equipment when it comes time to film. Meleana is a big help when it came to the planning and also the camera functions. So I thought id ask my teammates how I contributed, They said that I contributed by helping in the editing process. I think we make a good team and work with one another well.

I feel that the part the audience will enjoy the most is the beginning. The start of our music video starts with each of us lip syncing and I think its pretty funny when it cuts from one person lip syncing to the next person. It starts off with Makaio sleeping on the couch then suddenly waking up and lip syncing. Then it suddenly cuts to me lip syncing. Then it goes to Meleana where jason Mraz is singing. I really just think that the part the audience will like is when were lip syncing.

Lyrical Livelihood

My favorite song lyrics are from the song "Take your time" by Sam Hunt. I like the song because I like how the Sam Hunt expresses the lyrics. I really like the way that the song is written and the story it tells. My favorite part of the song is when it says" No, I ain't gotta call you baby And I ain't gotta call you mine I don't have to take your heart I just wanna take your time" because its basically talking about how he just wants to be freinds and get to know her.

My team is Makaio Gonsalves, Meleana keawe, and me. The music video song my team choose was "Everybody's Got Somebody But Me" from  Hunter Hayes Ft. Jason Mraz. We choose this song because we believed it was a good song that was appropriate for school. Also because the original music video had two guys singing which which is perfect for are team because we have two boys, even though we have one girl we can still incorporate her somewhere in our music video to make sure we meet the requirements.

The visual story that our music video will show is that you can easily make friends by just simply communicating with people and finding things that you have in common with them. It will show this by having our whole team in the beginning lonely with nobody then in the middle trying to find friends and at the end finding friends and hanging out with them.

Our Animation Story

Each team needed to pick one persons story. Our team chose to do a story about sophia and how she faces her fears. Our focus statement is "sophia faces fear" which is pretty self explanatory and shows how she faces her fears. So the story starts off with sophia reading the harry potter book then she goes into a dream which she faces her fears and wakes up unharmed at the end. Although it is pretty difficult to figure out what are focus statement is trying to show, I hope it somewhat makes sense to the audience.

When people watch our animation they will learn that sometimes you need to face your fears even when you don't want to. This will be showed because is shows and says that Sophia will face her biggest fears and she is scared but still does it. Also at the end sophia is given a trophy which shows that if you face your fears you can receive a reward. Me and my team expect to make an impact on people that are afraid to face their fears.

As a team we faces many struggles and problems. At first out team work was going pretty good, we could all agree on something, work together, and complete simple tasks together as a team. Then when we started to film things started off pretty good until we started to get confused on what scenes each other were doing and who should to what. Also everybody thought their idea was the best and right idea even though everybody's idea couldn't be right, right? I think out team struggled because we had 5 people on our team instead of 4 like all the other teams. All I can say is that i'm happy its over and that our finished product turned out alright.

ANIMATION OUTTAKES

 My teammates are Ashley, Sophia, kyla, And Micah. Our job is/was to create a real problem animation with unrealistic movements. Some interesting facts about Ashley is that she cheers for the kapa'a eagles and She wants to be a coach when she grows up. Some facts about Sophia is that she likes to play the piano and also volleyball. Kyla likes school and likes to learn new things.

stop-motion animation is the Process of taking multiple images of and object  which is unable to move on its own to look as if it is moving by itself. Or making a human or animal move in unrealistic ways. Many images are needed depending on the amount of frames per second (fps) which your animation is created with. the more images per second the smoother and more clear your animation will be.

The story we are telling is "sophia faces fear". In our story Sophia dreams about being in the harry potter movie/book. In our animation she faces her fears and completed many tasks. Her Challenge was to do scary things that she did not want to do. you should care because it teaches you to face your fears even when you really don't want to. Although it  really make sense of what the lesson of our story is I hope it is easy to understand after it is all tied together.

Typography Images

Typography is the style and appearance of printed matter. Typography can be either a portrait of someone or an object with a chunk of text placed over it. In our case were using images of people. The text usually shows the persons feelings, but can also represent other things such as their traits, interests, and hobbies. Typography can be used with images to make a lasting impact by making the image memorable.

The biggest challenge during this project so far was understanding how to add the gradient overlay. to overcome the issue I asked for help from Mr. Sanderls helpers and they couldn't seem to fix the problem as well. So I explored through the blend modes and I finally found One that showed the gradient overlay as well as the text. That blend mode was subtract btw. Also I couldn't seen to figure how to create my text brush. So I watched and re-watched the tutorial until I could figure it out

My three examples are of Steve jobs, Mr. Mchugh and Me. What makes each of them different is that they are all done in different methods. Although they are each done using photoshop there were 3 different tutorials we followed. Also they are all of course portraits of different people. My favorite one would have to be the one of Mr. Mchugh, mostly because I like the method and how the text is added to the photo. Here are the links to the other tutorials 1 & 3.

Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait photography is really just a photo of someones face. But more in depth it is a photo of someones face that captures their personality, mood, and expression. Portrait photography can relate to profile view because the focal point in each photo is the persons face. Also a persons feelings can be captured through a profile. It can relate to silhouetting because they both can be shot on only one side of the face.

Double exposures are created in photoshop by first loading all of the photos into a stack. You do this by going to File>Scripts>Load files into stack. When the tab pops up go to browse, then find your photos and press OK. Then use the dodge tool to separate your self from the background. Next, resize the image to 8.5 x 11". After that, its time to get creative. Fist double click each layer and change it to screen mode. Last go to image>new adjustment layer, then explore the different effects until its ends up how you want it.

The two symbols I chose were a wave and a chicken. I chose the wave because I like to go to the beach with my gopro and take photos of waves. I decided to put the chicken because raising chickens is something I enjoy doing. I also chose these photos because I liked how the wave was in my head and the chicken was in my neck. I think they worked really well. Something I could improve is the line right above my ear because of the eraser tool. Another think I could improve on is the cut out with the dodge tool especially by my hair

HDR Photography

HDR Photography or "High Dynamic Range" it is the process of taking multiple images at different exposure levels and blending them together to make the photo look like something your eye would see. You can use HDR to highlight the best parts of an image. In HDR you want to include aYou can also use it to make boring photos less boring and make them pop. I like HDR because it really helps regular old photos more creative and detailed. What I don't like about HDR is that it takes a while to take all the photos then edit them in photoshop

There is 6 easy steps to make HDR photo. Step 1: Change the exposure to the darkest setting then take a photo, then take 6 other photos at brighter exposers. Step 2: Import photos & organize them. Step 3: Open photos in go adobe photoshop. Step 4: File>Automate > Merge to HDR Pro.Step 5: Make the photo More creative using the tools to your right. Step 6: REPEAT! Its as easy as that to get amazing HDR photos. The difference between automatic HDR is that only 3 photos are taken, also the camera does all the work.

In the Landscape photo I was trying to get the fence, pasture, and mountains all in one shot. Also I was attempting to make the horizon line straight  but at the angle I was taking the photo there was no way I would be able to get it perfectly straight. Also I was attempting to get rule of third and it didn't really work out as I would have liked it to. In the Experiment I really wanted my subject (my dad) to hold still  and he did a really good job at that so thats a thumbs up. I also wanted to get him within rule of thirds but it still was a little off. And last but not least I wanted my photo to have good lighting so I faced my back to the sun and made him face the sun, and I think that plan worked out pretty good. 

Movie Trailer Critique

Our latest G.T project was to make a movie trailer, our job was to plan it out, film and edit it to make it look like a real movie trailer. My teammates were Mele, Kyla, and Kacie they were good teammates because they all contributed a fair amount into our project. Our trailer plan document was definitely one of the hardest parts of our project because we had to make all the scenes make sense and fit together well. I contributed to our project by Filming the A-roll, and reading the voice acting script. Personally I feel that this was a good project because it really helped us to learn to work with other people, and it also helped us to practice editing in Final Cut Pro.

The project requirements were tricky to get into our project and to get it to still make sense. The requirements that we needed to include was at least 1.5 minutes to 2.5 minutes, 5 scenes, a voice acting script, dialogue, foley, text layovers, and our teams best movie poster. I feel we successfully included each and every requirement into our project. To make sure they were all of the requirements were included we went through the list of requirements multiple times to make sure they were all included. Also we watched our trailer over and over again.

I Really enjoyed the class critique because it let us vote for what trailer we liked the best. Also in the class critique is showed what the class thought of our trailer. Personally I agree with the results because well I thought ours was pretty cool but yet there was other trailers that were better than ours .I learned that it Can be pretty difficult to work with others. I also learned That animation can be pretty difficult when trying to make a movie trailer.