Personal Manifesto

Hello world! My name is Denae Sacramed and I have just come back to school from summer break and have moved on to the next grade. In this intro paragraph, I will be explaining five unique or interesting facts about my current self. One fact about myself is that my favorite color is red at the moment. Another fact about me is that I have two dogs. Their names are Chance and Hoku. The third fact about me is that I wear glasses. The fourth fact about me is that I love to wear jeans and I rarely ever wear shorts. The fifth fact about me is that my favorite fruits are strawberries and apples. These are five random facts about me and I guess you could call them interesting.

I am not a creative person at all. But this paragraph is all about my 2015-2016 creative Manifesto. Live each day as if it were your last. Live life to the fullest. Live isn't as long as you think. Don't do what you don't want to do. Be kind to others. You are lucky to live the life you live, so take that to your advantage. If you have a dream then go for it. Don't let one little word bring you down. Stop wasting your time thinking about what others think of you. Be proud of your accomplishments. Make time for friends too. This is my creative manifesto. I might have written down too much but that's okay I guess.

I think my manifesto applies to my readers because I talk a lot about life in general and how special it is. We only live once so we should do what we want to do. We wont always have the same chances we have today so I say we should live life to the fullest. Another thing I said that applies to my readers is to be kind to others. Again we only live once and we only get to meet a certain person once. No one is the same so if your mean to one person you may never see them again. I think no one really realizes how important life is and how the small things can effect your life tremendously.

Music Videos Rock!

P5T7 Never Gonna Give You Up from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

My teammate, Ashley, was probably the person who contributed the most. She is the main character in the music video. She also always tries to come when we meet up after school. The first time we met up, I went to Ashley's house. I was the only one who could go because Eden was very busy that week and Sophia was very busy as well. Ashley was busy with gymnastics and piano. Eden was busy with family and Sophia was busy with other sports. Ashley tries to make time but sometimes she can't. Ashley is a hard worker and I'm glad she is on my team. Even as I'm typing this she is working on our production plan for our music video. She is an amazing teammate. She keeps everything organized in our production plan. She also saved us by coming up with the idea to use teddy bears in our music video at the last minute. Sure, she is busy all the time with other things but she still tries to contribute. She also edits the most and thanks to her, we finished. Sophia tries to contribute but she's just to busy.  Sophia has done one or three lip syncs, me and Ashley have done almost five. Sophia does most of the filming so she does do her fair share of the work. She also helped with posters. Now, Eden. She had a lot going on before the rough cut was due. She doesn't really have time to help out. She has done three lip syncs so far though. She has also acted in the last scene. She is in about three scenes I believe. I try to contribute as much as I can. I'm never busy after school so I'm always there when we have to meet up. I have filmed a few times. I have done a few lip syncs. I do always bring the props (the teddy bears). Well Sophia and Ashley brought their own one time. I have acted in a few scenes. My computer is our editing station. But, overall Ashley has contributed the most! With her busy schedule she still pulls through and tries to hep as much as she can.

When I watch our music video, I laugh at almost every part. I mean, its funny seeing four girls dance around with  teddy bears singing with a deep voice. When filming, there were a lot of mistakes so, of course, there are bloopers at the end. My favorite part was when Ashley threw away a donation box. When we filmed it, we had to try more than six times. It was really funny. I think the audience will enjoy seeing that part. The bloopers will probably be the best part overall. Another one of my favorite parts, that were from the bloopers, was when Ashley threw the box then the paper in it flew away and I had to chase after it. I really  like working with Ashley, I think without her, we would never had finished. But in the actual music video, another part that I liked was when Ashley, Sophia, and I were dancing around with teddy bears lip syncing together. so I think the audience will enjoy that, or the other parts with us dancing with teddy bears. Or the part of me looking like a two year old skipping around with teddy bears. Either way I had a lot of fun doing this music video with my teammates.



Our music video (MV) shows what we have learned because we have included a poster at the end. That poster shows what we have learned how to use Photoshop. We have also included many effects so the MV represents that we have learned how to use iMovie. It also shows we have learned to use the cameras. If it weren't for the cameras, we would have never gotten anything done. We have also learned how to use the green screen because we have included a part where we use the green screen in the MV. Another thing we have learned to do is make animations. We have included an animation at the end. We have learned a lot this year so we tried to show that in our music video. This year has gone by so quickly. We have learned many things. One of the main things were Photoshop and the cameras. We have done so many projects that have to do with Photoshop.

LYRICAL LIVELIHOOD

Our new project is to do a music video. We have to lip sync of course. Im very happy about that because I really can NOT sing. My favorite song... uhh I don't really have one I guess. I guess "Try" by Colbie Caillat is my favorite song. Ashley gave me the idea of "Try" and now it is both her favorite song and mine as well. The lyrics are very meaningful. It tells you to be your self and that you don't have to try so hard for other people to like you. I guess I like it because the lesson in it is very important. It tells us to not care about what others think of us. I probably have other favorite songs as well but I just can't remember them. But I think "Try" is my favorite song because of the amazing meaning behind it.

My teammates are Sophia, Ashley, and Eden. We have chosen the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. I know its going to be really weird to lip sync that song with a group of four girls. I think we can pull it off though. We were going to do "Style" by Taylor Swift but then we decided to do "Cool Kids". That's when we found out that another team it doing that song. Finally that's when we decided to do an old song. So we chose "Never Gonna Give You Up". We thought that doing this song will be fun and it will show how uncool we are. I honestly think it will be so much fun. Even if we have to embarrass our selves in front of the whole class, I dont care. I mean everyone in this class has to do it too and every ones pretty silly in this class. Besides, in this class, everyone has to be themselves in order to get an A. I mean its hard to not be your silly self when doing the projects we get in this class. I think it will be a lot of fun to do this music video.

In the actual music video, there isn't really a story to it so we have to make it up our selves. Its obviously a love song so I guess we would need a boy and a girl. The problem is that all four of us are girls. All four of us know the chorus so we will defiantly include that part. When we do the chorus, all four of us will lip sync at the same time and I guess just dance. I know it sounds weird and it will most defiantly look weird but we are weird. In our music video, we never want to give up stuffed animals because they hold special memories. We chose to do this because it relates to our audience. I mean everyone has at least one toy that they were connected to as a child that they never wanna give up. When it comes to the beginning of the song, we will get Ashley and I to be the main guy with our stuffed animals. Also, in one scene, the four of us look at a bag, or box that says 'donate' on it and we have to donate the toys but we don't want to give them up. Its sounds weird, I know but I think it will be fun. Although in the end we eventually donate the toys. I can already tell there will be many mistakes, smiles, laughs, and fun.

Our Animation Story

P5T2 Julie Overcomes Writers Block from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

Our focus statement is "Julie Overcomes Writers Block" Our animation is Maddie's story but Julie is the main character. Julie plays the girl that has writers block and has an all out battle in her head. A wall, played by Maddie, is the thing that is blocking Julie's idea when she is trying to write an imagination essay. She fights paper soldiers and archers. Finally as she defeats the last soldier, the wall begins to crack and finally, it breaks and her ideas begin to flow out of her mind and on to her paper.

The lesson we are trying to teach our audience is that everyone has writers block and it can be an all out battle in your head. We wanted to share that everyone feels that way sometimes. Its something that not many people think about because its not really a big problem most of the time. But when you do have writers block on an essay, its a real pain. We wanted to show the battle that goes on in our heads sometimes. It is a bit literal though.

In my opinion, I think this project was a lot of fun. I wasn't stressed so much like everyone else. Sometimes, I like a challenge. I think, honestly, we didn't really need the extra time we got, but its always good to had extra time to finish our projects. This was also my first time animating anything so i think it was a lot of fun. I think the best moments were when we didn't show up at lunch to work on the project. I mean
we always did but we always showed up late.

When ever we were late Maddie would get mad and say she would kill us. I like working with Maddie, she makes the project less stressful and even more fun. She always puts a smile on my face. I also like the day when Maddie tried to film but she had the lens cap on. She is the best leader I could ask for. I am very lucky that I got to be on her team twice this year. The best moments are always the moments when someone gets the whole team to laugh, like when Jayse forgets my name. The worst moments are when our whole team starts to stress. Everyone starts to stress and worry and run around. We never really get anything done when we stress.

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Animation Outtakes

The people on my team are Julie, Maddie, and Jayse. Jayse always seems to make the team laugh. Hes very hardworking, funny, and helpful. Julie is fun, and out going. Julie is very funny, and way more brave than me, Jayse, and Maddie. Julie is the main character in our animation. Me, Maddie, and Jayse are pretty quiet and shy in class, but when it comes to Julie, she is our speaker! Julie isn't afraid of presenting in front of the class or embarrassing her self in front the class either. She is friends with almost everyone in the sixth grade. She is also friends with a lot of seventh graders. She is very friendly and kind. Last but not least, Maddie. Maddie is our team leader who always makes me smile. She is very funny and always makes me feel less stressed. She is a hardworking straight A student. She is the best leader I could ask for and I'm very happy and lucky that i got to be on her team twice this year.

A stop motion animation is when you take a picture of an object and then slightly move it and taking another picture in a sequence. The do that over and over and over. Finally when you finish taking pictures of the object replay them in a sequence to make it appear like the object is moving on its own. A GIF is hen you play a short animation or video for a certain amount of time and finally when it ends it replays again. An example is the red ball bouncing up and down continuously.


Our animation is called "Julie Overcomes Writers Block". This is Maddie's story but of course Julie is the brave one so she is the main character of our animation. We chose this topic because everyone has writers block so we wanted to share the all out battle that goes on in your head. Of course, we made it a bit literal. This animation shows that everyone has writers block once in a while. Its not really a big deal to people until they actually face it. Writers block can be a big problem.

Typography Images

Typography is a way to make an image out of words. Its like a style of art made from words. Its also a little like a style of writing. Its just that the arrangement of the words have to be in the form of the image. For example if I used an image of a person's face, the words would form the face. I think, typography images make a lasting impact because the words and color in the image just give you an idea. Typography images make a lasting impact because of the words used in the image.

The biggest challenge when making the typography images was pretty much everything. I mean most things were kind of hard and some things were easy. The hardest so far was the teacher typography image. Right now when I'm writing this we aren't done with the typography image of ourselves, but there will be an image of it. But the teacher image was hard for me because some steps, I didn't understand very well. When I had to add the gradient I got a little confused but luckily I got help from Ashley and Kyla and I finished on time. My biggest challenge when doing the me images was probably trying to get like a white back round. Although I asked for help and I finished.

From the three examples I think I like the teacher image the best. Although it was hard, I had fun making it. The first example shows an innovator. Her name is Marie Curie. We used words we found online. The second example is Mrs. Fujimoto, we used those words in her image because we asked her some questions about her self and those were her answers. The last example, is me. The words in the images of  me describe me. The image was taken by Kyla. So far I have used the words, energetic, science, eleven, and reading. I chose reading because I like to read, I chose science because it is my favorite subject in school. I chose energetic because I am energetic. Im not energetic at school but I am at home. Lastly I chose eleven because I am eleven. The typography image of me was fun to make too. I think is was easier than the teacher image.

Double Exposed Portrait

Portrait photography is pictures of a person or a group of people to show their expression or feeling. But, in a portrait, it shows both sides of the face. In profile pictures, it only shows the right or left side of the face. The picture only shows the persons right or left eye and only one half of their face. Profiles are basically an outline of one side of their face. A silhouette is an image of a person, animal, object, or a scene. Silhouettes represents the shape and its single color. The color is usually black, but the edges matching the outline of the subject.

To create a double exposure in photoshop, there are a few steps. File>Scripts>Load Files in to Stack>Browse>Choose three images>Start. When you pick three photos, one needs to be a profile picture of a person and the other two has to be textures. For mine, I used a book page and tree leaves. Double exposure makes two images combine to symbolize a side of your face.


I used the book page because I like to read. I chose a book that I read last year called "Gathering Blue". When I read this book it reminds me of last year, which was a fun year. I used the tree leaves because I like nature. I love gardening and I have always loved gardening since I was little. I think my quality could improve because it looks a bit weird. My chin looks a bit weird because i used the dodge tool there when I didn't mean too.