My Visual Poem

Hey guys! It's me again recently Mr. Sanderl gave all GT students a project, My Visual Poem. My poem is about the rush I feel when I approach the field and play my favorite sport Soccer and how passionate I am about the exciting sport; just letting my spirit flow free while the air guides me to the goal. How I have worked so hard to accomplish my goal of being the best soccer player I can be.The visuals made an impact by really expressing the feelings of the story and showing the viewers what really happens when I go to soccer, when I get ready to practice and the game.

The special effects I added were pretty good. In my opinion I think that my special effects really brought interest because they were all so cool like the Kens burn effect, the dissolves, etc. All of them added this really awesome extra to the video. It captured the excitement I felt when dribbling the ball towards the goal and shoot the ball as hard as I can into the goal. The audience will probably love the effects I brought into the video and the rush when it dissolves and the Kens Burn effect and a whole bunch of other stuff.

There were some difficulties in making the film like some shots weren't focused enough or the camera was very stable. The hardest thing was putting all the clips together and having someone else shoot something of me that I wanted to shoot, but I couldn't. Another problem is that I had to get a lot of footage but I didn't get to use all of it because some clips were too long and it didn't make sense if I cut off a little bit of some clips and left some other stuff and it was just very frustrating.

The video overall I thought was Great!! I think that I did a really good job  filming and editing and just thinking of the ideas. My poem was on point it sounded great the way I expressed my feelings and how I made the shot feel the rush I have when dribbling down the field. I really liked the shot if me when tying my shoes and walking on/off the field. I really can't choose which shot I liked best because they're all so great, but they do have some problems with them.

Finished News Story

My team and I filmed a story about a middle school teacher who doesn't only teach, she's an artist as well. We decided to go with this story because we see her inspire so much students and staff; she treats her students equally and with great respects, she makes sure that all students are happy and not afraid to do what they believe. The people that contributed in our story are Gabriela Bryan, Michael Amoyo, and the wonderful Mrs. Sanderl. They all were a very big help they were very good listeners and did exactly what the team and I asked them to do. The interviews went really well we had to interview them a little over one time, but at the end it was successful.
The final Cut turned out Spectacular it was way better than I expected I thought it was gonna turn out pretty good but it turned out really great actually better than great it turned out amazing. After I saw the story that my team and I created I couldn't believe it I could not believe that 2 seventh graders and 2 sixth graders had created such an excellent piece of video.I think that we did this because we all worked together and communicated very well. I am very happy with the finished Cut.
I agree with the results my piers put for the story my team and I created the story wasn't perfect but it was pretty decent. I think that the critiques were very helpful for our story about Mrs. Sanderl. All of the critiques let the team know some improvements we could've made.