Metamorphosis Animation

The most recent project my G.T. class and have been working on is called Metamorphosis. It is an animation that shows some sort of metamorphosis. My teams story was based on a girl who wanted to be popular and wanted to hang out with a different group of friends. Our main focus was "Kate finds Herself". She first started to wear a lot of makeup. So she turned into a punk rock type of person. She didn't like that friend group so she turned into a sporty type of person. She figured out that she wasn't the sporty type so, she wore makeup (but no too much) and she started to wear jewelry. She became more of a girly girl type of person and noticed that she didn't want to be that type of person. In the end, she realized that being herself was the best thing she could be. Overall, I think my group did pretty good in our whole animation process. We used Stop-Motion animation throughout he whole animation.

    

Learn a Different Language

I think it would be incredible to be able to speak a different language
other than English. I also think it would make traveling easier if you knew the countries language.

 

Northern Lights (Aurora borealis)

I have always thought that the Northern lights were stunning and I thought that it would be an amazing experience to see them in person.


    

New Zealand

I would love to go to New Zealand. I have always wanted to go there because of the beautiful scenery and all the things you could do.

Exotic Food

      Another thing I would like to do is try some type of exotic food.

Blue Lagoon-Geothermal Spa in Iceland

      

Another thing I would like to do is go to the Blue Lagoon. Although man-made, I would still like to go there and experience the skin healing waters.  

Visit New York

    

I have always wanted to travel somewhere other than Kauai. I think one of the most places I've been wanting to go to is New York. I haven't been anywhere else other than Hawaii and Washington so I think visiting New York would be a fun experience.

Words of Wisdom

One of the most recent projects was called "Words of Wisdom". This project is from Hiki No, as said in other posts, is a local broadcast station that airs in Hawai'i. To finish this project we had to first think of someone who would be a good interviewer. We though of one of my friends grandma who is a counselor for Kapa'a High School. We thought that this counselor was a great person to interview because she has experience of students who are struggling with school. We also thought that some viewers are having trouble in school or just need some extra advice to get through High School.

Five Tips For Staying Organized in School

For my G.T. class, we made a video on five tips for staying organized in school. We chose this topic for our five tips because we thought that staying organized in school is one of the most important things to do. Staying organized can help you keep track of any missing or late work that is due for a class. I think that we could have used more interesting angles in our video to make or video a little more interesting.

Practice Profile Story

The purpose of this practice profile story is to help us to know what to do in our actual profile story. It will also help us on how to make our video better the next time we make our profile story. We chose our friend, Deshaynee, because she recently went to Europe for her soccer team. We thought that she had a lot of experience with playing soccer and that's why we thought she would be a great person to interview.

Profile Project Progress

The most recent project that I'm doing in my G.T. class, is an interview for Hiki No. It's called "Elder Words of Wisdom" and we have to interview an elderly, or older person, who has learned things from experience in the past or now.

My team is interviewing a counselor named Robyn Keawe who works with High Schoolers. She is going to tell us how staying focussed in school will later help us with our future career choices. She will also be telling us about her counselor experiences.

We will be doing this interview for Hiki No. Hiki No is a local broadcast station that people around Hawai'i make videos and broadcast it on this station. We will be filming most of this interview at Kapa'a High School. We will be showing some students that Robyn works with. We will also be doing this interview so that we could warn students that staying focussed in High School is important to your future choices.

To improve our video, my team will be re-shooting some of the b-roll. We will be editing it on tuesday and wednesday. We will also be re-shooting the transitions so that they could be better than what they were before.

This is the critique that my classmates made on our video.

Composition Techniques

Composition techniques are a great way to make a photo or video interesting. The main four composition technique are rule of thirds, framing, unusual angles, and leading lines.

You can find the Rule of Thirds in many photographs and in many films. For example, interviews use the rule of thirds to make like the interviewee is talking to the interviewer. The rule of thirds is a helpful guideline that separates a photo of shot into nine equal parts. To use the rule of thirds, you need to align the subject where the two lines intersect. You should put the subjects eyes in the point where the lines intersect. You shouldn't put the subject in the middle, you should put it on the left or right of the guidelines.

Framing can be found in many different photographs and films. To use framing, you need to put the subject in a natural boarder. A boarder can be found in many different things, you could find them by framing with something with trees, buildings, walls, etc.

Unusual Angles are angles that make a photo seem like you are looking at the subject at a different point of view. Unusual angles can make a photo very interesting, for example, if you are trying to make the point of view for a bird, you could take a photo at a high angle.

Finally, there is Leading Lines. Leading lines is a way to make your eyes lead to the subject of the photo or film. Leading lines can be used for both films and photography. They can be found in many different things. For example, you can find leading lines in a field. You could lead the rows in the field to a subject.

Three Shot Sequences

This is an example of three different shot types called sequences. Sequences are shot types that make a story a little more interesting. They are wide, medium, and a close up shots. The shots of the film or photos need to be in order. 

To take sequence shots, you need to first take a wide shot of your subject. In a wide shot, the top of the subject and the bottom should be in the same shot. For example, if you shoot someone walking to the bathroom you need to show how they got up and walked while getting their whole body in the shot. Then, you need to take a medium shot. Medium shots are shots that usually get half of the subject in the film or photo. Take the example of waling to the bathroom, a medium shot could be the student asking the teacher to go the bathroom. Finally, there is the close-up. For close-ups, you get a detailed shot of your subject and only your subject. For example, the close-up for walking to the bathroom, you could show the subjects feet walking towards the bathroom. After that, you could just go back to a wide shot showing the subject walking into the bathroom door. Those are the three shot sequences that make a video interesting other than the same shot type throughout the whole film.

Wide

Medium

Close-Up

All About Me

My name is Kuulei Fulton. I am from the island of Kauai and I go to Kapa'a Middle School. I am 13 years old and I have three brothers (one adopted), two sisters and a cat named Twilight. I don't have any hobbies or talents and I'm overall boring. I like to go to the beach and hang out with my family and friends. My favorite color is light blue and my favorite animal would probably be an owl.

After college, I was planning to go to BYU Provo, which is a college in Utah, and after college I was planning to travel most of the world. The place that I wanted to go to the most would probably be New Zealand. I would also love to go to Italy and/or France and most of Europe.

Practice Story Reflection

Over the week my team and I had to work together to make a practice interview. We worked together and got it turned in on time. I think that the team that I was in was encouraging and got the work done well and fast.  As we tried to work together, we split up the project into what each person should do to help out. I my team there were three people ( including me ) Sariah, Deshaynee and me. We worked hard to try to turn it in before the deadline.

We were one of the few who turned our project in. We tried our best to work together and get the job done. We tried to equally divide the work within each other. I think that the hardest part of the project was getting all the right footage done and edited. Another thing that was hard was probably getting the video edited to the best of our abilities. One of the easiest parts of this project was working together as a team. This project was a good way to learn about how to work together and to divide the work so that we each had a part in this project.

Overall, I think that my team and I did very well on getting our project done and turned in. One of my team mates, Sariah, did the editing and the filming. My other team mate, Deshaynee, was the main focus of the interview so she had to answer some questions and she also helped out with the editing as well. I did the transcript and helped out with the filming. I am very thankful that my team worked together and got the job done.

Polar Panoramas

These are my two Polar Panoramas. To make these is almost exactly the same as making a Spherical Panorama. I took my photos using a 360 degree turn to take a panorama. I edited my photos using Adobe Bridge. Then, I put them in Photoshop and turned them into a panorama. I edited the to almost look perfect. Then I, flipped my photo upside down and used a tool that make my panorama into a polar panorama. Finally I, tried to edited the seams to make it look almost perfect and then I was done.

Spherical Panoramas

These are my two Spherical Panoramas. Making these took a long process. But, the final result came out great. First you would have to take your Panoramas. To take a panorama, you must take photos with a horizon in the middle of your photos. Then I took the photos using a 360 degree turn. When I was done taking the photos, I edited them in Adobe Bridge. After I was done with that I, arranged the photos in photoshop so it looked like a panorama. I edited the panorama so looked as seamless as possible. After that I, turned the panorama into a spherical panorama. I finally edited the seams and that's how I made my spherical panoramas.

Final Photomontages

 This is a photomontage. It is also called a joiner created by David Hockney. To make this I took my photos with a digital camera. I took about 15-20 photos from bottom to top. Next, I edited the photos in photoshop. After I was done editing, I made a boarder around each photo. Then, I rearranged them to look like a joiner. After that, I put a background that was opposite to my boarder.

Magazine Cover

This is my magazine cover that I made in GT. I used Photoshop to create this magazine cover. First, I took my photos that I would use in my magazine cover with a digital camera. Next, I traced a picture I liked the most. I did this by making another layer in Photoshop and putting that layer onto my photo. Then, I traced my photo and colored it as well. After that, I made my text. To make my text, I just took a text box and made each text box a new layer. I edited my text boxes and added a few more little details. Finally, I copied and pasted the photo as another layer. I put that layer in the back and edited it to look like a swirly background.