Movie Poster Promo

When you look at my movie poster  you see an airplane. I did not share the characters, but the plane is representing the main idea/setting. Our title is Plain Ride Home because it was going to be a normal plain ride home until bill realizes that he has to do crazy, exciting tasks to get home in time for christmas. Kerning the process of adjusting the spacing between words. I use this to make my presentation dramatic, easier to read, and better looking for the person looking at it.

The effects that I use make my poster pop out so when you look at it, it should make you say "wow, I want to watch this movie trailer". I used bold colors and outline effects so all of my words are booming off the screen. I used colors that are very easy to see. I put the stroke effect on several of the words to make the words pop out even more. I also but the cutout filter on the airplane so that it looks more animated and interesting.

Proactive or Procrastination?

To be honest, I am sometimes both proactive and a procrastinator. I say this because sometimes I get lazy and restless and procrastinate, but other times I am very anxious to get my work done and complete it with greatness. Usually, if i enjoy the project I will be very proactive, and try hard to get my work done, and turned in on time. However, if I do not like the project, it is more likely that I will procrastinate. Overall, I think I am more proactive rather than a procrastinator.

I think that my level of productivity relates to my amount of free time, because when I get my work done when I am focused, it does not take long where as when I am getting side-tracked and taking a very long time on my work that I could be getting done quickly. When I finish work with authority and I focus, I am provided with more free time to do fun things. When I procrastinate, I can take up to an hour on assignments that should only take me a half an hour, and that gives me a lot less time to enjoy the rest of my day.I would change my work habits by getting my work done quicker but still focus and get it done right. I will do my best on all subjects and assignments and will not procrastinate.

My Visual Poem

  

My poem topic is overeating. I start with explaining how good food makes me very happy. Then, I tell a humorous fiction story about overeating and becoming highly overweight. The B-role that was included is me acting out the story of the little boy that overeats. I think that several audiences would enjoy the visuals because there are some funny actions that I act out.

Although I did not use many special effects, the effect I applied make it more intriguing to the person watching. It makes the watcher want to possibly watch it more than once, and makes it better overall in many ways. I am satisfied with my final results but I do feel that I could have improved it a lot too. I could have done this by adding more effects like music, special fades and other things like that. I am very glad we did this project and would love to do more activities similar to this one.

Finished News Story

My story was about the hurricane season in Hawaii. We had interviewed people that were effected by hurricane Iniki, and hurricane Ewa that occurred in 1982 and 1992. We had the interviewers talk about the effects, aftermath, and how bad hurricanes really are. In our group, it was Seth Kostelecky, Russel Fu, Leleaka Anakalea, Lilio Masi, and me, Noa Harrison. The interviewers were Leleaka's dad Blake, Russels mom Tracy, Lilio's mom Sheleah, and 3 little girls named Mahealani Bryan, Ili Anakalea, and Leilani Weber.

In my opinion, the final video turned out great. I think that we worked to the best of our ability to make it the best Hiki No that we could. I was very happy with the final outcome. I think that it was very good, but not perfect. I feel that it is actually good that is was not perfect, because nobodies stories were perfect and that is a good thing. Its good because we know that we need to spend more time on our projects to improve them in  every way we can. I definitely agreed with the critique comments because they were all good points on how we could have made it better. 

Back to School

My favorite moment about coming back to school is seeing all of my friends again. I also like meeting my new teachers for new classes. For me, since I came late in the first quarter, it was very interesting but also exciting meeting new people and going to school with friends I have not gone to school with before. Once I chose my classes, met my teachers and new friends, I felt like I made a very good decision to come to KMS. The biggest challenge was going into the classes and getting straight to work and having to figure out what to do on my own. Also finding my classes and which period was next was quite a challenge

To be successful, I will work to the best of my abilities to get good grades. I will work on not getting sidetracked, and I'll focus so I can exceed in my classes. Another thing I will do is not get sucked into doing bad things that will get me in trouble. Therefore, I will hang out with kids that won't distract me from keeping my grades up. I will listen, behave, and be the best student to the teachers as I can to overachieve in every subject!

The Experiment

I think that we did this experiment to learn how to work on programs on our own or get out of our comfort zone. Also, I think since it is a very fun project, it was good to start out with it in the beginning of the year to get us students used to one of the computer programs since we are in a tech class. I am glad that I learned to use the photoshop app, because now I can use it on my own to make other designs. Lastly, it is a very fun way of learning because you can make your project very colorful and put cool designs in it.

Real World Report

News Story Link

The "lost and found dog" that is in a video for the Dutch airline KLM does not actually do work for the company. The video was advertising a dog who sniffed misplaced objects, and returned the items to their rightful owners. The world loved the adorable dog, but learned on a Wednesday that the dog in the video is not connected with the airline at all. It was only in the ad for marketing purposes.


I think that the situation is disappointing. I say this because many family's, especially children adore this dog, and thought it was really connected to its airline while doing really important work. But then everyone realized that it was only in it for the sake of attracting people to it so the airline could get more customers. This is bad because everyone then found out that the airline is just using this adorable dog to get customers which give the workers more money. Although this puppy is very cute, it is not in the airport for the most appropriate purpose.


We should care about this dilemma because this dog is attracting people to give more money to one airline which for one it is not fair to other airlines, and two, it is a bad way to use and treat such a wonderful animal. I think that even though everyone loved this animal, it was good that the people found out that it was for marketing purposes. I say this because now people will not get attracted to one airline just because of one cute dog. Also, I feel that maybe the airline should get fined or punished somehow for basically bribing people to use their company and give them money.

Hiki No Behind The Scenes

I really enjoy working on my project with my team Lilio, Seth, Russel, Lele, and I. The subject of our news story really effects a lot of people, on the 2014 hurricane season. I think it is a fun, and good way of learning about things while getting other people feedback about the subject. I think that the project has gone very well because my group and I get along very well and they taught me how to use the equipment so that I could help them with the project. Coming late in the year was definitely a little bit challenging, but now that I know how to do all of the work it is turning out to be really good.


When the camera is not rolling, we are discussing and editing our project to make it better. We are usually editing our interviews, and adding B-role into the Hiki No project. We like the B-role to match what the interviewers or voiceovers are saying. We also do a lot of rehearsing, planning, testing of the audio, trying to find good shots for B-role, setting up the camera tripod for good angles, and work as a group to improve our Hiki No.


What I can do to help my team is incourage them to get more footage, and also give them compliments on the work that they have done. This could build their self-esteem, and let them feel good about their work. I can also help out on editing the interviews and adding B-role to them. I think that we have a really good team because we all get along very well, and if we keep that going by being kind and positive, we will exceed in our project.

Lessons Learned

In my opinion, the most interesting part of the project are the live interviews to see how other people feel, and what they know about the subject. I find this very cool because, with the different people, you get different information, different opinions, and different perspectives on the subject.


The biggest roadblock in our project for me so far was probably just figuring what was going on since I came into the class late in the year. This was hard because I was put in a group and was told to do what they were doing so I had no idea what I was supposed to do to help my group with my project. Now I know what to do to help and it is going very well.


I think that the most valuable part of the filmmaking process is that when you are filming something you want to be focused on what you're filming, and that the camera is not shaking or moving around. Also, it is good to block out other sounds like wind if you are filming someone speak so that it is easier to hear the person. Last, if the person talking has a microphone pack, you really don't want the people watching the video to see the mic because it will remind them that it is a cast and they wont feel as connected to the subject in the video.