Dance Video

Today I planned my dance company video, well actually I just worked with experimental lighting.The shadow on the floor made my legs look short and distracted my eye from the dancer.  I did like the sun behind so that part of the dancer is silhouetted, and I also liked the shadow on the wall.

 Here is what I want to accomplish with this video:

I want the mood to be edgy and pull people through, grasping their attention until the last second.
I want to use the seniors on dance company.
I want to have music that is not mainstream, but that people can still relate to (something edgy and...hmmm....sexy? for lack of a more appropriate word).
I want people to finish watching and have a desire to come to the concert.

Plan:

Tonight I will find a song and plan how the people will transition through it.
I will talk to the dancers on Thursday, and learn how to use the camera.
Filming will take place Wednesday and Friday of next week.

I also got the basketball program that has my pictures that I took (using the rebel...) in it. I will add that to my portfolio for sterling scholar to bring in and show the judges during my interview.

White AND Colored, because I am not racist.

This past week I have been working on my Sterling Scholar portfolio, which has not only been a gigantic pain, but also an eye opening experience. I didn't realize that I had so many leadership and service experiences going for me. I am glad I went through and marked out all of the times I have helped/led people, because now it will be easier to write essays for other scholarships.

Now you may ask, "How does multimedia relate to your portfolio?"

Let me tell you.

Firstly, I had to format and type up all of my pages for the portfolio. I used photo shop to create the headers and Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9 to format my pictures, words, and text all together. I was frustrated wishing that I had better quality programs to work with, but I learned that even with crappy programs I can produce good quality work depending on how much effort I put into it.

I spent time collecting photographs, typing up my answers to the questions, crying over loss of food and sleep, and compiling it all together!

Today I worked on a collage of pictures, just for fun. It took me about fifteen minutes. I really like colors against the white background.

Rainbow Child

One Man Band

Asians, raising the bar...always.

Human Color Pallette

(Side note: Anna is my best friend. and we are moving out together and going to UVU in the fall. Can't wait. We are currently working on getting a goldfish and a cactus for our basement apartment.)

Happy Friday!

oh-so-productive

Today I worked on web design. I hand coded two web pages off of a template. Through doing this I was able to refresh my memory on what tags to use for basic functions. This benefited me since I have been working in Dreamweaver and Fireworks lately, and they don't require hand coding.
 I specifically worked on framing a web pages, adding tables, making lists, and adding images.
By refreshing these skills, I am hoping to be able to start coding a web site
for my dad's business, because I will have to have several frames to help the flow of the design, as well as tables to show the pictures of his projects and past sells, and images for the actual design part of the website.

I also was prepping to be talent on a show that didn't end up running because our audio was having issues.

However, it wasn't the only thing having issues.

From these experiences today I learned that no matter how hard you try and how much effort you put into something, there will always be an outside source that will affect the result of your work.

 More often than not this outcome is not a desirable one, but hey, who cares?

Oh yeah, just my parents.

Bye

Weaving Through the Day.

I tend to forget important things such as passwords and emails.
 This MINOR character flaw led me to create a new blog today.
 I copied my first post from my other blog (it's not copyrighted material because I originally created it) and put it on this blog, because I was oh-so-proud I semi-swore. 

My teacher told me I should swear again. I don't know if he was serious or not....but did you know that "dammit I'm mad" spelled backwards is "dammit I'm mad"?

 That was the first thing I learned today. 

Today I worked on editing my interview I did with the photo teacher, and I learned how to add text. 

Baby steps, ya know?

I think that Low-gahn hates me, because he looked at me with a look that said

"You are a dumb person"

when I asked him how to add text.

That look was not left up to interpretation, in fact, it was as clear as Mr. Brown's lectures about

  "passing the state test, but don't worry if you fail, but it is important, but nobody really passes so I grade on a curve..."

anyways. 

It hurt.

I wanted to cry. (because, APPARENTLY, that's what I do...)

Then I moved on and realized that Low-gahn is just stressed because he knows too much...

and he still loves me. 

I also learned that black women hair weaves are made from Indian women hair that they chop off during

 a cleansing ceremony.

(I know that sometimes people get confused and think "Indian" means Native American. In this case, it means the ones from India, who (probably) don't eat cows.)

I wonder if by wearing a weave you can become "multicultural"?

Because, quite frankly, I want to join the multicultural club. 

Welcome to MY senior year

This blog is a record of how little I do in high school.

 Let it be known that this blog is an assignment, meant to increase productivity and influence creativity.

(Yes, it's another one of Mr. Brown's genius idea's to inspire us all to not be lazy half a$$ers...

but I think he is serious about this one.)

So, I will now give a break down of what I have learned today.

1. The Steelwells music video, "Tomorrow", is confusing the first time through.

2. Carli asks me a lot of questions, I ask Loghan a lot of questions, Loghan, in turn, yells at Blake.

3. I lack creativity when it comes to making up appropriate pseudonyms.

4. I  (sort of) designed this blog, but it will be put under revision,

BECAUSE,

today I learned that the first thing you make is always a "pile of crap".