HDR Photography

HDR Photography is taking several pictures from darkest to lightest -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3 without making the slightest movement. After you have the pictures you combined all the photos into one picture, making the colors vibrant and looking like a painting.I like HDR photography because it makes the photos look more pretty and non realistic.But what I don't like about HDR photography is that you can't make any movement and it has to go from darkest to lightest,and if u don't have photoshop on your computer you have to get it,and if you don't have a computer then you have to get one.

Your first step would be to take pictures from low exposure to high exposure. The second step is to make sure that there is no camera movement, or else it wont turn out nice. Third is see if the photos are good and once they are you open up an the app that you will use, for me and my class we use photoshop. Your fourth step is once photoshop is open go to file<automate<merge to HDR pro and click on browse and choose the seven photos that you will use, then click the box at the bottom that says auto align, then press ok. Fifth is to make the changes that you want to make to your photo to make it unique and to your liking. Automatic HDR functions and is different because on your cellular device you can adjust the setting and and you get the picture you want. For example on apple devices, if you take a picture on your phone, then the camera will automatically be set to take an HDR photo.

When I was taking the series of photos, I wanted to make people amaze of the view and images that I've created. For my first photo which was a portrait I wanted to have a great background and have it surreal. For my experiment since I took it on the roof I wanted people to see how great the view was.

Movie Trailer Critique

P3T5 The Lady In White from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

We had a team project about making a movie trailer, it could be any movie or we could make our own as long as it doesn't have violence and blood. There was four people in my group, me, Lucy, Neliza, and Taylor .  My group and I made an original movie based on a legend.  It was a legend my grandparents always told me, so I thought why not make a movie or movie trailer about it. I contributed by helping to plan the days that the team could meet, playing as the main character, and being the voice actor. Neliza contributed by editing the video and helping film the movie,Neliza also contributed by playing a role in the movie. Lucy contributed by showing up to the meeting place, helping film, and playing a role in the movie. Taylor contributed by showing up, playing a role, and filming.  Also my family contributed by bringing me to the place that we had to meet, the family members that contributed was my mom Cathleen Ibanez, my grandmother Visitacion Ibanez, and my aunty Joanna Ibanez.

Some of the requirements for this movie trailer was timing, it had to be between 1 minute and 30 second and 2 minutes 30 seconds, voice acting script, dialogue, foley, 5 scenes, poster image,audience, and text layovers. My team and I got 7 out of 8 completed requirements. The requirements we completed was foley, voice acting script, 5 scenes,dialogue, poster image, audience, and text layovers.We did not complete the requirement of having the movie trailer time between 1 minute and 30 seconds and 2 minutes and 30 seconds, instead our movie trailer was 1 minute and 3 seconds. We did not complete that requirement because we didn't quit get enough b-roll.

I agree with the results of audience because the movie trailer would be great for 3rd graders just as long as they aren't really scared. I definitely agree with the results of creativity because this movie poster is based on stories that I've heard multiple times from my grandparents. The only other movie that I've heard of with a name similar to ours was the "Lady in Black", except our movie trailer isn't as scary. I also agree that our movie trailer was above and beyond creativity due to how realistic we made the trailer seem. For the last class critique which was the requirements,I agree with the results because me and my team met all but 1 requirement for the movie trailer.  

Movie Poster Promo

Our main character is The Lady in White, who is a women from WWII. She roams around causing tragedies, she either has no face or a face covered in blood.  The Lady in White is played by me (Daileen Barton). Taylor Chang  plays a scared little girl who doesn't want to see the lady in white but has heard of her, Tu Nyguyen plays a normal person who has heard about the lady in white, Neliza Diaz-Iannuzzi also plays a normal person who has heard the myths and legends. I think I make the perfect actor for the lady in white because I have heard about her from my grandparents who lived in the Philippines, and to be honest we actually got the idea from those stories. Taylor Chang also makes a great actor of being a scared little girl because when we read the voice script she seemed really scared. 

Our title is The Lady in White, we called it the lady in white because its a lady who wears a white dress and roams around. On the poster there are the actors and who they play in the movie. I'm also including critiques and our movie producers.  

Proactive or Procrastination?

I am kind of a little bit of both, because I will do my homework but then I will also party and hang loose. I'm part proactive because once I find out I have homework I start as soon as I can, but then I'm also procrastination because if I finish the homework I automatically go on my phone. Also if I have a ton of homework I become full proactive. But if I only have a little bit of homework I become like 85% procrastination. Also if I'm listening to music my work will be finished in little time.

When I have tons of homework I try to see how long it would take me to do the homework and then I try to see how much free time I would have left. But when I have little homework I don't really care when I finish it, so I use my free time and then I do my homework later. Also sometimes I just use my free time and forget about the homework. But normally I get the work done the day I get it, if it's the weekday. Usually if I get homework on the weekend I relax the whole weekend then on Sunday I rush and freak out about the homework especially if it's a lot.

The things I would change about my habits is by becoming more proactive and less procrastination. I would do that by starting my homework the minute I get home and blocking out all the noise that my family makes and put my undivided focus on my homework. Also I would shut my door and put myself in my own little world where I get everything done and don't get bothered.To become more proactive, I would put all my distractions away. Maybe I would be 15% procrastination and 85% proactive.

VisualPoem

BartonD VisualPoem from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

My poem is about Cultural Relation and how two different places can be so alike. The impact that my visuals have is showing how two different cultures dress and how beautiful the places are and alike. Another impact that my visuals have is making you feel like you have experienced the culture. The visuals I have for my poem is my old hula group, the thai festival called Loi Katong, some pictures of hula concerts, and tahitian costumes.

The special effects I used was ken burns and different transitions. Some of the kens burn effect show how the thai people wear gold on their heads and hands. So with some images you get a close up. The overall meaning is that its suppose to grab you're attention and show how the cultures are alike, but somewhat different.

I kind of am satisfied with my results because I showed the two cultures that I have experienced and got to share it with everyone. But I could have made it better by trying to get either photos or video of turtles, a dragon statue, Thailand, and Tahiti because I only had pictures of hula, Tahitian, and the thai festival.

Photoshop Experiment

We did the photoshop experiment to get to learn what we can do in that application.Also I think we did that experiment to know that we will be using that app when needed to make different kinds of project. Also we did this photoshop experiment to explore and figure things on our own. The photoshop experiment was good and we learned how to do effect so the next time we try it we have a better knowledge of it. The photoshop experiment was also fun because we just explored without being told what to do.

The thing that was oh so right was that I learned how to make an ombre effect digital. The thing that was oh so wrong was that it was kinda difficult to get used to because I didn't know how to use that application. For this experiment I tried different things like basic stuff trying to figure out were all the things I need to use such as the paint effect, eraser, pencil effect, and many more. After a few tries I figured out how to use the application and do certain effects and many more. Also with the photoshop experiment it was kinda confusing because it had all these different tools and layouts that we were not use to, at least for some of us.

Hiki No Behind the Scenes

Our project idea is about Leilia's uncle. Its kinda difficult because we haven't had time to meet up and whenever we try to meet up we become busy or something important. Also the cameras are all checked out whenever we try to film. The project is not really going so well but we are trying our best. We are trying to get pass the road blocks,but when we pass one we hit another one.

When the camera isn't rolling we are either getting a person ready to be interviewed or we are having a discussion about the project. Also when the camera isn't rolling we are checking our footage of the interview if the lighting is okay,is the sound good, ect.

One thing I can do to help my team is to get footage because we only have footage of our interviews and we need more b-roll. Most of the footage on the camera aren't footage only the interviews are the others are pictures. So that why I can help my team get footage of Kauai.