Personal Manifesto

Hey guys! Welcome back!! Let me tell you some interesting facts about myself. I was born in Vietnam. I moved to the United States and lived in Maryland for about 3 months, then my parents decided to move to Kauai, Hawaii. Rain makes me happy, seriously it can change my mood from sad to happy, I don't know how or why, it just does. I love animals, I think I might become a veterinarian ;). I love pizza, I can eat it anytime, and anywhere :) #pizza is life

My 2015-2016 Manifesto!!

Be HAPPY. DON'T ever base your HAPPINESS on someone, they''ll DROP it. Live your life with no regrets. Be SATISFIED with what you haveIf you're not happy with something, SAY it and CHANGE it. JUDGING people DO NOT define who they are, it DEFINES who YOU are .DON'T ever use someone's PAST to against them. Getting LOST is not a waste of time

My manifesto applies to my readers in many different ways. It was meant to motivate them and think positively. My manifesto could also be somebody's trying to achieve their same goals as same as me. Reading these manifestoes can really help you see things differently (good way).

Music Videos Rock!

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Each of our team members contribute by: Meagan, who came up the ideas what we should in our video, where we should film and helped us with the production plan. Tessa, who is so funny, she will make you laugh in this video, even though this song is kind of sad. She also came up with the idea of filming at her house, for extra scenes in case we need them. I contributed by get the team together on schedule for meetings and get things finish before it is due!

The part that our audience will enjoy the best is how we came up with all the ideas to make it as possible as the original video. The cut in and cut away also will be the part the audience will enjoy, it 's kind of give the audience ''excitement'' and really get their attention. We took A LOT of scenes, and spent time cutting them. We used some effects for ''memories'' in our video. This video is appropriate for any age.

We knew how to cut music parts and put them where they should be. We used effects, kenburn, cut in and cut away, etc. We also made a poster which we learned how to do awhile ago. I have learned a lot this year. I never knew I can make and edit these videos until I signed up for GT. THANK YOU MR.SANDERL !!!

VIDEO COMING SOON!!!

Lyrical Livelihood

My favorite song is ''It's our world" by Jacquie Lee. Whenever I hear it, it makes me feel really happy. Because based on the lyrics, they're mean, there is always tomorrow, keep on doing whatever you want, be yourself, make life worth it, you only live once. It's okay if sometimes you fall down but just don't give up, just take one step at a time and you will reach your goal. It is also about how the world is in our hand. BE the change that will improve our world.

Our music video is going to be ''One last time'' by Ariana Grande. We picked because it is now a very popular song, and we know the lyrics pretty well. Also, we did not know any other songs to choose, if we did, they were chosen by other teams anyway. We were really having a hard time of choosing songs.

The visual story that our music video will tell is about a broken friendship. We was going to do boyfriend and girlfriend because that is exactly what this song is about, but since we did not have a boy in our team so we chose do to about a broken friendship (girls). We will film it in the library, school's field, and in our class. We''ll try to make it looks like we were somewhere else not at school.

Our animation story

Our stories focus statement is ''Cyberbully affects Tu''. We are doing this topic because it has been and still is a major problem through out the world. Cyberbullying causes people to be emotional and physical stress. Everyone's response to being bullied is different. But according to research, most youth (teens) have a higher of risking their life because of depression and anxiety. A lot of time, a simple joke can even put someone from happy to depression. Also, there is this common thing in school when someone says '' No offense BUT....." as soon as you say '' No offense but.." then it sure will be OFFENSIVE. Example : "No offense but you are ugly'', -.- that is already OFFENSIVE. Think before you speak!!

The audience will learn that why is cyberbullying isn't a thing to be joked around with. It is a very serious problem. They will also learn that how a little joke they say might hurt someone, WITHOUT THEM EVEN KNOWING IT. When you are being bullied, the best thing to do is to talk to an adult or a friend. Usually, youth will choose to talk to their friends, because they think that telling their friends will be better because they have the same ages and understand each other better. Just like me (the victim) in the story. But some choose to NOT tell anyone at all, keep it all to themselves, and that is not good, you'll never know what they will do.

My best moment was when we worked and discussed things together, and when all of us actually worked on something not just fooling around. I am very happy that we chose this topic, because this is middle school major problem and it's our age too. My worst moment was when we kind of got loose on doing things and realized it is due in 2 days and when we transfer stuff in the ''Transfer folder" but it wouldn't let us to do it so we had to redo everything again. We did not really know what to do the first 2 days, but after that everything is all set ;). WE ALSO GOT CHOSEN TO BE IN THE CONTEST AT THE FILM FESTIVALS. Our video may not win at the Film Festivals, but what is most important to me is we had fun doing this project and we learned! I love my teammates, they are amazing.

Here are some photos behind the scenes and when we edit stuff.

This picture is kind of too bright, but it was when Leilia working in Stykz

Animation Outtakes

Now, it is 4th quarter in school! We are doing an amazing and interesting project calls '' Animation Project". Our teammates are: Dylan, Leila, Tyler, Tessa and me. I am so happy I got to work with Dylan, he is a 2nd year GT student which is a good thing because he will know what to do exactly and can guide us through. Tessa is a smart girl and always knows how to work things out. Tyler is also a very smart and a very fun person to work with.

Stop motion is a technique used to make any certain kind of object seems as it is moving by itself. A GIF( bouncing ball) is another kind of animation, but looks more realistic as in real life. GIF stands for Graphic Interchange format. These animations are very fun and interesting to work with.

We are telling my story. The title is '' Cyberbully affects Tu". We should care because cyberbully is a major problem in the world. Every single one of us have been bullied before, and we know exactly how it feels. A lot of people in the world ended up committing suicide, especially teens because of bullies. A little ''joke'' you say, you might think it is not a big deal, but it can risk someone's life. Think before you say.

Here is another GIF but made from Photoshop

Typography Images

Typography is the style and appearance of printed matter, also the art or procedure of arranging type or processing data and printing from it. A typography portrait is an image of a person's face covered with words. They are not just words, they basically have to have words that describe the person's character trait. It can be used with images to make a lasting impact by

To create an typography image was very hard for me. My biggest challenge during this project was to make the words to be seen clearly on the person's face, but all the layers in order, and especially to have all the shadows, mid-tones, and highlight to be equally. It was very hard to make those three turn out the way you want to! . It took me a long time. I tried to catch up with my teacher's demonstration but it was still difficult and confusing. Of course lucky me! My friends and my teacher helped me so I got it all set ;)

The first example was an innovator example. We were basically looking for an image of a famous person, and finding words that describe them. The second was the one when we took a close up photo of our teacher's face. And the third one is another typography image of me.

Double Exposed Portraits

Portrait Photography is usually photos of the person's face, but the background and entire body maybe included. It can also displays that person's expressions and mood of a subject. It is as same as when you are taking family portrait for any special events.  A profile is similar to a portrait photography because their pictures are always of a person's face, the only thing about profile is you can't really see the the face, mood or expression, because you can position anyway you want. A silhouetting is different from two other ones because you can take a picture of person, place or thing. The silhouette is only one color that matches the outline of you subject. It appears in a solid shape. The only thing that portraits, profiles and silhouettes are basically the same because the subject is usually a human.

You created double exposures in Photoshop by starting off with File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack that is the 1st step, I had three photos; 2 textures and a profile 2nd: Crop your photo. Make sure it set to 8.5 * 11" 300 px/in and the edges of farm are equal. 3rd: Use the dodge tool to make sure that your background is completely white, you can also use the paintbrush tool. 4th : Blend your photos together by clicking twice on one of your textures and click on Blend Mode >Screen, doing the same thing with the other one. 5th: To make your photos look majestic, go to Layer> New Adjustment layer, and explore!! Remember to SAVE YOUR WORK!!!!


I took a picture of flowers, because I love flowers and their beauty. I also love palm trees because they make me feel peaceful and they make Hawaii becomes more beautiful, especially when there's sunset.  Everyone is like a flower, different and has their own beauty, that is what so unique! I love how I used curves, saturation and gradients to make my final picture ''stand out'' more. I learned it from my practice photo. I think my palm trees could be improved because you can barely see them. At first, I thought this project is complicated but when you get into it more, it gets easier, and you will be in LOVE with it!!

Practice

Final Work!!

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