Music Video Finale

P1T5 Live While We're Young from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

For our last GT project of the year, or in most of our cases, our last GT project ever, we are creating a music video. My teammates are Kyla, Shaday, and Kyllie. The four of us decided to do the song "Live While We're Young" By One Direction. Honestly not a song I would listen to but we chose this song because of what its about. We want to show people who watch our music video that we should all live while were young and not take everything so seriously. Having fun with you're friends while you still have the spare time is stress relieving. We also thought it would be something fun to do together before we move on to high school. We plan on filming us having fun and we can't do that without actually having fun together. Due to having to film this music video, we got to spend a lot of time together, play games, eat candy, and much more. I think this song was a good pick for our last GT music video. We may as well leave happy.

Our story was pretty easy to figure out. Obviously, the songs about having fun in your youth, so our story is about the exact same thing. We plan on it being about students who are excessively stressing over work and grades only to realize it really doesn't matter that much. Sure, you should focus on your studies but still, you're not in the real world just yet so why not have some fun. If you're going to cause trouble and create huge messes you may as well do it while you're young. Anyway, Shaday and I are meant to be stressing over our work when we decide not to do it. We straight up walk out of the room and go to another classroom to sneak out our two friends, Kyla and Kyllie. We basically skip school. But its okay, its just a music video. Afterwards, we walk to the beach and have fun there and we're no longer tense. Later in the video we have Kyllie stressing out over her homework and Shaday, Kyla, and I sneak her out of the house so we can go have fun. We go to the bowling alley, the mall, and just have fun. Filming this is basically an excuse for us to have fun together. It is our last project in GT for good though so may as well make the most of it.

Overall, I do think this music video showcased my best work and my team's best work. I really did put effort into finishing my music video poster and I think Kyllie did learn something about Photoshop when doing this project. I think Shaday was our main editor really and she showed off with how good she is at editing. She really does pay attention to detail and put 100% of her effort into this project. Kyla also did great filming. Kyla mostly helped with the camera but she also did edit as well. I do think Kyla and Shaday contributed the most in this project. I tried my best to keep every show clear but other than that, I didn't really touch or position the camera. I think Kyllie also contributed, mostly on camera. Overall I can actually say Im proud of this music video. Even if some shots are dark and we only have a couple lip syncs, I really enjoyed filming this and the overall product wasn't too bad either.

Movie Trailer Premier

Our newest project in GT is a movie trailer. I'm working with Sophia, Ella, and Cara. Our movie trailer is intended to be a horror but with our acting skills, it might just turn out to be a comedy, no offense to my amazing teammates. In short, our movie trailer is about two best friends, played by Ella and I, in the woods. The two are playing hide and seeks which obviously never ends well in a horror movie. My character goes missing and Ella searches for hours. Desperate to find me, she accepts a mysterious girl's offer to help. Ella follows the unknown girl deeper into the woods until she finds herself lost. Will Ella ever find her friend (me), or will she be lost in the woods with the mysterious girl forever? Anyway, we are currently finished with our plan, we just need to work on the storyboard. I contributed to our plan by drawing the poster sketch. I'm not so proud of it seen as I kind of rushed it but the rest of my team seems to be okay with it. As for our storyboard, Sophia did most of the work. Ella and Cara worked on it generally, then Sophia revised it, and I just kind of stood there and tried to help Sophia despite her not needing my help.

My team and I have met up once, I'm not sure if we'll meet again but its a maybe. So far, we have been able to film all of our scenes successfully. There may be a couple to re-shoot but its unlikely. So far, I think the only thing we are struggling with is our movie poster. Cara and I both have to create one and hers is doing great, its just that mine isn't. I missed almost a whole week of school so I was'n't able to complete anything. So far, I've just started and the images I'm working aren't the best. Another challenge would be our script. We've already written and recorded it, but our acting skills aren't exactly the best. Keep in mind, we're middle school students so not much was expected anyway. Its just that parts of our script were poorly acted, like we weren't even trying. My only "acting" part would be in the beginning when I push Ella into a tree. I don't have any lines but my facial expressions are just awkward. Overall, our acting was a main challenge of ours. I am, however, proud of being able to film everything in one meeting and half of my team's editing. So far we are doing pretty well.


When our project was finally turned in, we critiqued it. We ended up with pretty good results. They were what I expected anyway. I knew our work wasn't exactly overachieving but I think we met the criteria perfectly fine. From doing this project I learned that acting is key in a movie trailer, but thats pretty obvious. I also learned that having teammates that live near you saves a lot of time. Ella lives the farthest away from us and we happened to film at her house. It took a while to get to her house and we could have used that extra time to get more filming done.

Metamorphosis Animation

P1T9 Metamorphosis from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

In our new GT project, we are creating a metamorphosis animation. This means we are turning one thing into another. For example, we could turn a human into a cat or a lion into a cat. The goal of this project is to make a creative story using various types of animation. It must be original and it must capture the audience’s attention. We also have to use audio sound effects and music correctly. The types of animation we can use are White Board, Stykz, PhotoShop, and Stop-Motion. Using these three animation types, we will create a story that can capture the interest of the audience. In the story, one thing must turn to another through the metamorphosis process. In one of our story ideas, our character changes both physically and mentally. However, in the story we chose to do, Ashley changes only physically.

My teammates are Ashley and Shaday. Our focus statement is 'Ashley Becomes Coordinated'. Ashley is our main character and she starts off as a waitress who losses her job due to her clumsiness. She desperately wants her job back and when she has no hope of doing so, she turns into a cat. Then realizing she can teach herself how to be coordinated. She trains herself and works hard which eventually pays off. When she finally thinks she's ready to talk to her boss again, she poofs back into a human, then rushes off to the restaurant of which she got fired. Her boss gives her one more chance and she proofs she can do her job right. In total we have 6 scenes. In the first scene, like I said before, Ashley is a waitress and she's doing her job normally until she accidentally trips over her foot. She spills the food and to make it worse, on the customers. In the next scene, her boss is furious and fires her in an instant. Ashley loved that job and really wants it back but her boss just wont listen. In the third scene, Ashley goes home and suddenly turns into a cat. She then gets the idea of teaching herself how to be coordinated.

Our finished product was actually not that bad. I liked it and I think our results were pretty accurate. We didn't go above and beyond with it but I do think we met the standards at least. Most people seemed to vote 3 for us but a few voted 4. Hopefully no one voted 2. We worked really hard on it and again, I think we got what we deserved. Even if we did run into a few bumps here and there, like our whole project being deleted twice, we did make it in the end. Our only projects with filming outside of school was the clothes. We didn't want it to look weird like we were wearing the same shirt each day. Other than that, this project was pretty perfect. I'm not surprised that our message was voted the lowest. It was a little confusing in certain parts. I think our story was pretty original. I think our main reason for getting the idea was the opportunity to throw food on people. Although I'm not sure how we got the idea exactly, I did enjoy putting this project together and I'm happy with our final video.