11/24/14

Blog Post of the Day:

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any traditions? Go in to detail about your plans for the 5 day weekend.

Thanksgiving isn't a big deal for me, but my dad really likes it. I honestly just want to take the break to spend time with my mom, but I'll probably end up "giving thanks" to a dead turkey anyway. My mom lives in Illinois, like most of my family, so my dad is going to drive us down there for Thanksgiving. Really looking forward to spending ten hours with my three year old sister. She cries all the time. No matter how cute little kids are supposed to be, she's mean. And ugly. And she picks her nose. Bleh.

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11/19/14

Blog Post of the Day:

Reflecting on the comments and grade of your stop-motion animation... what you would do differently if you had to do it all over again? Would you manage your time better? Find better lighting for your photos? Come up with a better idea? Explain what you would change about your video.

If I had to do it all over again, I would probably ask to borrow a tripod. It was really, really hard to keep the camera steady, so the angle ended up all funny. I probably would've planned more, too, since the entire video basically just spilled out of my head and ended up really confusing, even though it wasn't supposed to have a story line anyway.

Apparently, it was frightening, too... Yeah. That wasn't my intention, but I guess some people are weird.

I'd have to fix the lighting, too, and make the credits longer, and probably change it so the stop motion video had something to do with jellyfish. I guess that was weird, even though I didn't think so. Whoops.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/projectfailures/the-five-motivators-of-successful-change/12931

11/17/14

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me about your weekend.

I went to a debate tournament. And guess what? I won! Well, not really, because I didn't win all five rounds, but I won three! That means I won more than I lost, which is a really big deal because I always lose. Only I didn't! And there were a lot of really cute boys there who initiated conversation with me, and even though we mostly talked about debate, we still talked. Even though debate makes my stomach hurt, it was really fun! And there's a speaker point system, where one is the best and four is the worst, and in every single round I was either one or two. My debate partner, Mansi, was usually either three or four, but she was the one in a couple of rounds!

That picture is smaller than my file box, which I had to carry around during the debate tournament. Sally (my filebox) is so heavy. I had to lug her around for hours and it was not fun.

http://lit.genius.com/3956161/Louis-lafair-education-genius-student-testimonial/Ideas-that-used-to-sit-forgotten

11/14/14

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me about your experience with taking your stop-motion photos. What problems did you run in to? What did you find difficult about the process? What would you go back and change about HOW you took the photos? Explain yourself.

I was annoyed with my phone, but that isn't really fair since the entire process in general was irritating. It was really hard to keep my phone in one place the entire time, so sometimes my pictures are taken from different angles. And I hated how slowly it happened. The tiny movements were frustratingly slow. I'm an impatient person, so this wasn't fun at all. I think I would change the lighting, since it randomly changes between photos for a reason I'm not totally sure of. Again, I compare this to knitting, only knitting is fun.

http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/category/videos/

11/10/14

Blog Post of the Day:

What is stop motion animation? If you don't know, look it up! Explain.

Stop motion animation is, like, when you take a million pictures of inanimate objects, and then, when you play those pictures back really, really fast, you get a like, thirty second movie. It's way to much work for my taste. After a couple photos, I just go back to knitting. At least knitting has a reward. But I guess stop motion movies must be a lot cheaper to make than normal films. I think a lot of older Christmas movies are stop motion animation. Like, Rudolph, and stuff.

http://www.weeatfilms.com/tv/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer/

Five Frame Story

11/5/14

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me about your idea for your 5 frame story board. What is the plot? How do you plan to make the story creative? Who's the main character? What is the beginning, middle and end? Tell me about your plan of attack.

The story begins with a medium shot of our hero's distraught features. He appears to be staring up with sad, mournful eyes, and our hearts begin to tremble against the resulting onslaught of emotions. Just looking at the one first frame portrays immense feeling. In the second frame, we quickly realize the root of our hero's troubles; his food bowl is empty. Oh, no! Poor, poor hero, so hungry, but yet so strong, even in the face of an empty food bowl.

In the third frame, we're given a side shot of our hero. Yet, he looks annoyed, and almost angry... His morals seem to be deteriorating against the pressure. His expression screams aggression and impatience. Understandable, under our hero's circumstances. However, do not fret. Despite the situation, we see in the fourth frame that our hero has succeeded; food has appeared in his bowl! Amazing!

Our hearts warm under the vintage of our great hero finally receiving his due. He eats the food with a dignity we could never achieve.

And that's the plot! But I plan to make the lighting dimmer and darker with dull colors in the beginning, and as the plot resolves itself, the lights and saturation will grow. In short, it's a funeral with rain, and then a wedding with sunshine.

http://heinekenh.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/living-the-gospel-joyful/

11/4/14

Blog Post of the Day:

Yesterday you edited and uploaded photos to your blog. Tell me more about your photos. How did you edit them? Why did you choose the photos that you did? Explain your assignment.

The program was hard to use and I wanted to like the end result, so it was hard for me. Mostly, my editing was spend enhancing colors and changing the focus to what I wanted to be the most important part of my photo.

http://wallpaperstock.net/yellow-contrast-flower_wallpapers_9224_1280x800_1.html

11/3/14

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me about your weekend - details please!

Over the weekend, my sister's cat and I bonded.

See, Ivan and I never really spoke the same language. He's a cat, and I'm, well, not. I am a human being who communicates through relatively human means. Ivan, however, is a cat, and I've never been good at understanding him.

Maybe it's because I miss my cat, Momo, or maybe Ivan and I just don't click. But all that changed over the weekend. We chatted over our mutual dislike of holidays while eating candy meant for babies dressed as giraffes. It was nice.

But, before any of those life changing events took place, I went to a Halloween bonfire. It was funish, although this random dog kept showing up. That was a little bit strange.

Ooh, oh, I forgot! I also obtained noodles that were shaped like little pumpkins and vampire bats. Everything's more fun to eat when it's shaped like a pumpkin or a vampire bat.

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