HDR Photography

HDR photography is a method, where dynamic range is the ratio of light to dark in a photograph. Instead of just taking one photo, HDR photography uses several photos, taken at different exposures. After you have these photos, you combine all of the photos into one photo and it usually makes a photo with a great amount of exposure. It is used to make a photo with exposure that is not too high or too low. I really like using HDR photography because it doesn't put you in the position of having to pic which one of the photos has a better amount exposure because it chooses for you and is usually the perfect amount. I also like being able to edit the photos after combining them to make the photo even better.

To create HDR image, you can take from 3-6 photos from very low exposure to very high exposure. Once you get these photos, you have to upload them to your computer. Next, you open adobe photoshop. When that opens, you click on "file", then "automate", and go to "merge to HDR pro". After that you hit "browse", find the photos in a folder, click "ok" and photoshop will merge the photos into one. Automatic HDR functions are HDR buttons, on certain cameras, and all you have to do is enable it or just turn it on. When you turn it on, the photo you take will automatically have a good amount of exposure and thats all there is too it. If there is an HDR button, it makes it a lot easier and you don't have to work at all to get a perfectly exposed photo.

My thought process when making an HDR photo is to make the coolest, most colorful and bold photo that makes people say "WOW that's a good photo".  I try and make the photo realistic but still edited to make the colors pop out more. I am so focused and deeply eying the photo making sure I do not enhance it too much or make it look too fake or overly edited. I am usually pretty calm because I enjoy doing it and I'm good so I can take my time. For this particular project I actually tried to make these photos very surreal.

Movie Trailer Critique

P1T2 Plane Ride Home from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

 This project was to create an entertaining movie trailer that was appropriate for first graders to watch. We created our project on an app called Final Cut Pro. We used all kinds of cool effects to make it as cool, creative, and as good as we could. My teammates were Sophia Rodriguez, Justice Chatfield, Maceo Cantu and I. Our plan document shows our synopsis, teammates, voice acting script, characters, setting, plot and purpose. This will basically show you everything about our story and how we contributed to the story. I personally contributed as one character in a scene, and I helped with some of the editing and foley.

The project required a 1min and a half to 2 min show, five scenes, voice acting, foley, dialogue, text-lay overs, effects, and a movie poster. This definitely sounds like a lot of work but we got it done good and to our surprise it was exactly one minute and thirty seconds. We did complete all of them however some could have been better if we had more time to work on it. I think the overall trailer came out pretty good. It was humorous and had a plot which our audience loved. In fact, our class voted our video number one to show the first graders.

The majority of the classes critique comments were saying how funny it was. They liked our transitions and most of all our settings. Using our editing skills on Final Cut Pro, we added our own backgrounds in the trailer to match our voice over and plot. I agrees with the critique results because it was a very humorous video and I think we did a great job on the editing part. I learned a lot more editing skills during this project and got more comfortable with Final Cut Pro. I think I could make a pretty good video on my own using the things I learned, if I had a subject.

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!