Our Animation Story

Our focus statement tells our story because it shows what the stories going to be about. It also helps to give you an idea about how its going to be done. It tells our story because our focus statement is "Taylor Defends her self". It makes sense because the whole story is about how Taylor stands up for her self and tries to make her problem better. This also tells our story because it gives the main idea of the story.

Im hoping that my audience will learn that bulling is never a good thing. Everyone gets bullied at least once in their life time. Stand up for your self it does make the bully stop. We are trying to tell the audience that when and if you get bullied then you have to show that you don't like getting bullied and you want them to stop so you have to get up and show you can be the bigger man. The thing is that every kid getting bullied has a hard time with getting through it so we want to show kids that you can stop it, no matter how weak you think you are.

My team and I had some major ups and downs but we got through them. The first bad thing was we couldn't find time in our schedules for filming but the good thing is when we did we got to work. We tried really hard to get stuff done, work on it as much as possible. I think that my team did a really good job over all. I think the biggest problem we went through is the fact that not all of us worked together through out the whole project.

Animation Outtakes

My team mates are Jaesha Mata, Megan Mahikoa, and Taylor Chang. Two interesting things about them that no one else knows is Megan is a farm girl and she is not afraid to get dirty. Taylor like to get stuff done fast and she doesn't watch T.V. Jaesha rides dirk bike and has very little patience. These are thing not many people know about these three girls.

Stop-motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object or person appear to move on its own. The object is moved very little then the photographer takes a picture then on and on. Then when you play the pictures together, it is played as a continuous sequence. Dolls with movable joints or clay figures are usually used for stop motion because they can reposition easily.Not all stop motion requires dolls, some stop motion films are made with humans or with any day household appliances and other things. Stop motion is also referred to as object animation.

My team and I are telling taylor's story. Her story is about her getting bullied in school and cyber bullied. There is a named taylor and she is new to the school, and the popular girl Jaesha wants to bully her because she wanted to feel like the bigger person. You should care because everyone now days get bullied online and in person, being bullied can lead to deep depression and suicidal thoughts. This story shows if you stand up for your self then you can make a difference.

Typography Images

Typography is a photo that has text that relates to the person you chose all over face and around it. Its a normal portrait photo with text over it. The image has a long lasting impact because it looks cool and also the words say in your mind because they are interesting and make the photo looks cool. Also I think another reason these images have a long lasting impact is because they have a nice texture to the image. Its out of the ordinary image, it looks very different but at the same time cool.

I think the biggest problem I have was trying to remember each and every step, trying to get all of them right. It was difficult because if you do one step wrong then you have to go back and redo the step you just did because if you do one part wrong and leave it, then the whole project at the end will not be as its supposed to. The way I got over this problem was I kept watching the tutorial over and over again till I remembered what to do. I guess this wasn't a huge problem but it was a difficult part of this project. I'm glad I ran in to this problem because it taught me how to make sure I do things right and if I don't, do it again the right ways.

My first example is Leonardo Da Vinci, but here the thing we did every single example different. Each different project we did of typography was in a different style or type of way, for the first one we did put the text over the image (dont want to get in to details). On the second example we put a text stamp over the image and put a gradient overlay. For the last example we had shadows, dark shadows, and light shadows and we put them in different colors and put a back ground. I think my favorite example would be the typography of me because it was more difficult then the other two and I worked really hard on it, and it also came out very well.

1st example                   2nd example                       3rd example

Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait photography is a person or group of people that displays the expression and the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face or entire body and the background. To split it up a portrait is a photo of a persons face from the front. Portrait pictures show your mood and you can show expression. But a profile picture is the side view of a persons face, only showing one eye. Silhouetting is also a profile picture but its black and it's hard to see the details on the face. Profile photos and silhouetting are similar to portrait pictures because, you can see who the person is. In a photo like this you can see how long their hair is, and if it's straight or wavy.

Double exposures are created in Photoshop by going to file>scripts>load files into stack. Then you rearrange your three images in to a crop of 8.5x11, make sure the crop is even all around your head. When you've done that you use the dodge tool and go around your image till around your images white. After that then you double click on both of your photo layers one at a time and turn it on screen mode so its like you turned the opacity down. When that's done you go to layer>new layer adjustment and you choose one and change it up until you like the image, then you keep adding more until you think its finished. That's how you make a double exposure and why would you want to make one maybe because they look really cool and their also really pretty. Plus most of the time when you make double exposures you can put two symbols that represent you (those would be the two photo layers).

For my two symbols I chose a waterfall and a heart-shaped flower. Why do these two things symbolize me? You my ask, well the waterfall symbolizes me because I love the water and the waterfall shown. This waterfall is a waterfall me and all my friends go on the weekend or on our free time. The flower stands for my love for nature and how its so beautiful.

HDR Photography

HDR means high dynamic range, so you add more range to your pictures. Dynamic range is a range of light to dark in a photo. Instead of just taking one photo, HDR uses multiple pictures all taken at different exposures. HDR is used to make your photos look better, when you used HDR your photos look more detailed. I like using HDR, personally I think it makes your photos look much better and way more detailed. Sometimes when you used HDR it kind of makes your pictures look fake, like if you saw it in person you still wouldn't see what that picture shows.

Well to start off you need to get your pictures. So first you will need a camera that has more than one exposure button they look like this +/-. Then when you have the camera ready put in somewhere steady so it doesn't move too much, you don't want the camera to move. The you press the - (minus) exposure button till its at the lowest level then you take your first picture. To take your second picture you want to press your exposure button again and go one the next whole number up (If you want a lot of pictures to make it even more detailed then you can go through all the mixed numbers as well) when you have moved your exposure up then take another picture, so on and so forth (Keep going) until you have used all the whole number exposure buttons. Then you go to Photoshop, and click on file> automate> merge to HDR, then photoshop will merge your photos together and you can edit them the way want. When your done editing then you press the ok button then press, file, save, change the name to what you want it to be, and then change the .psd file to a .jpg file and your done you have a fully done HDR photo edited and saved. This is kind of different from automatic HDR because you have to do every thing by yourself.

The way I came up with my idea to do the HDR image I did was to get a shot that would have a lot of detail and not much moving in it. My second HDR image was planed out thinking it would be a good photo. I guess that when I take HDR photos I actually just look for a nice view or a nice landscape and take a picture of. Most of the time when I take any kind of photo I will look and say "that would be a nice shot" and then ill look for the right angle and the right lighting and ill take the picture; that's kind of what I did with the HDR photos. I guess if I had to really detail it then I look for the most beautiful shot and then take the pictures.

Movie Trailer Critique

This project was very fun, I think it was the best this year so far; It was a movie trailer we had to make or reenact. My team and I made a movie trailer and it was about a girl named Violet who sacrifices herself for her friends. My team makes were Nahele Keale, Makena Kahananui, Jaesha Mata, and my self Jasmine Laplante. Our trailer plan document was completed a week late but it was done well. We contributed well we are all friends so it worked out well we got along and got the work done. We might have fought on some parts but we got through it.

The project requirements were pretty simple. I needed at least 5 shot sequences, foley, voice overs, a movie poster at the end, and ect. My team unfortunately didn't complete all of them, we didn't finish all of them because we didn't have enough time to get all of them in. I think the reason we didn't have all the requirements done is because we didn't work efficient and didn't work together enough. I feel like if we had talked about it more and came in class at recess and lunch to edit it we would have done all of them.

The class critique was good I was fairly happy of what we got graded. The critique was easy to choose the grades. I think what the class gave us is what we deserved because we didn't get all of the requirements complete. I learned if you want to get good grades you have to work for them. I think this project really helped improve our editing skills in FCPX, get plans straight ahead of time, and how to work together. 

Proactive or Procrastination?

To be honest I am proactive and I also procrastinate. I guess I just worry to much and over think about way to many things. But I also use my time wisely and use it well. I may procrastinate but that doesn't mean I dont use my time with caution. I like the believe that all my time goes to use because I try to use all my time as much as I can till the last second; I could take a little time to think but when I'm done I go back and work.

When I have work to do I usually do my work then do what ever else I have to. On weekends I would do all the work like things on friday or Saturday morning. So in the afternoon or Sunday I can go out or have friends over. The balance between my productive and free time are pretty well evened out. I think the time I spend is used well according to work and free time.

Theres not much I think I would change about my habits because I spend my days well there full of work and play, mostly an even amount. What I do about my work habits is try to work wisely and try not to think about it to much. If I tried really hard and focused on the work I was doing then I'd finish it on about 20 min. Most of the time I'm working on school work or house chores and I almost always focusing on the important work but try to play to. I think my habits are good, I like how I spend my work time and my free time.