Words of Wisdom

Our teams project was to get Words of Wisdom from someone that we know and older than and to make a Profile Story out of it. We did Mr. Relacion, a 7th grade Language Arts teacher at Kapa'a Middle School. We had some trouble completing the project we didn't quite finish the project on time and when we went to film some b-roll (visually show whats happening in an interview), a lot of it wasn't focused. We had to re film our voice-overs(the person narrating the story) and we had to film more b-roll. But in the end we (Keegan  and Kuumomi and I) had a great Words of Wisdom project. Mr. Relacion's Words of Wisdom are important because it teaches us not to rush through life.

Five Tips For…

My team mates and I chose "5 tips for dealing with brothers" because we all thought it was a pretty good idea and the best one out of all the things that we came up with because a lot of siblings (sister) kinda have this problem. We had a minor conflict with our main subject, everyone in our team are girls and we were doing it about dealing with brothers so one of us had to dress up like a boy and act as the brother of someone else. Although we had a problem I think our team had the most fun making our video. My team mates were Loren and Arianna.

I think that our 5 tips video is pretty good but what we could've done better was to make some of our shots have the setting more brighter so it would focus on the main person and also we had some camera movements. We could've try being more creative with out camera angles and composition too. I thought having a girl playing a brother was really cool so in a different way we were being creative in out own way.

Practice Profile Story

Before we did our real "Words of Wisdom" project we did a practice video so we knew what to do when we have to do the real thing. My teams practice story was about volleyball with Keegan and Kuumomi. I was the main subject on this practice story because I play on a volleyball team and our story was on volleyball. I think we could've filmed better b-roll because a lot of it was blurry and un focused. I think the overall story of it was pretty good.

Profile Project Progress

Recently now my team and I are working on a Words of Wisdom project where we interview someone older than us that can share some words of wisdom. We are interviewing Mr. Relacion a 7th grade English teacher at Kapaa Middle School. We filmed during school for the interview, b-roll, and voiceovers. We are doing this project because we wanted to show everyone what it takes to be an awesome teacher like Mr. Relacion.

We filmed b-roll for our project to visually show what Mr. Relacion does. B-roll is used to hide the narration or interview cuts and to visually show or explain what the person being interviewed is talking about. Also B-roll is a way of easily showing what their talking about so the audience can relate to the story better. Also for our project we had one person narrate the story so we had to film and record voiceovers. Voice overs introduce the person and tell part of the story in the beginning, middle, and end.

I think our team could of worked better by splitting up the work more evenly and also taking turns doing each job. Keegan Kessler Kuumomi Thompson are my partners for this project and over all I think we work pretty good together. Telling by the critique above I think we should work more on the visuals of the story the most and try make the audio, story, and quality a little better.

Our team can improve from good to great by filming more B-roll and making sure it in focus so its clear. Also we could film better voice overs because the voice overs I did weren't clear enough. In the end I believe our team will have a really great story to share and project.

Composition Techniques

The main four composition techniques are Rule of thirds, Framing, Unusual Angles, and Leading Lines. Rule of thirds is when you have your main subject on One third of your shot to have a more interesting view of your subject. Framing is when you frame your main subject to draw more attention to it and it also blocks off other parts of image with some of the scene. An unusual angle speaks for itself, its basically a shot with a more interesting angle to draw more attention. Leading Lines are when there are lines leading to the main subject. Loren Weiner Arianna White
                                      

  

                                                                             

Three Shot Sequences

In Kapa'a Middle school GT program we learned about sequencing . Sequencing is a visual way of showing an action with three shot types. Each shot type has interesting angles and perspectives. Also each shot type must relate to same thing as the the other two shots so the sequence makes sense.My video shows the action of drinking water, I did this with my partners Loren Weiner Arianna White

All About Me

Hello world I'm Lani, I'm a 6th grade student at Kapa'a Middle School in the GT program. I went to Kamehameha Pre-school, St. Catherines for Kindergarten and 1st grade, and Wilcox elementary for grades 2-5. I love to surf and I play volleyball on Nakoa 14's. Im very energetic and I also Like traveling. Iv'e been to Mexico, Canada, Germany, and Portugal. My favorite food is LAMB CHOPS, my favorite color is blue and purple, my favorite animal are puppy's, and also uhhhhh...... oh ya and my favorite clothing brand are Abercrombie.

My best friends are Kayyyyylene, Asha, Kailee, Dylan, Hershel, Wailana, and Kaya. I like to surf at Pinetrees, Wailua, Kitchens, Rock Quarries, Kealia, and Kalapaki. I like to have fun and Im good at eating food. Some people may say I'm crazy, weird, or insane but in the end I'm ALL OF THEM. Come and tell everyone to check out my blog and follow my adventures!

I would like to become a professional surfer and or professional volleyball player. I would like to either go to Stanford University for college or U.H.  Manoa. When I grow up I would like to live on north shore Kauai but I would like to travel a lot and take a world trip. Ok thanks for reading my all about me!