Proactive or Procrastination

Hey guys! so the students of GT have to write 3 paragraphs of if there a procrastinator or a proactive person.You have to be completely honest and explain why you think what you think. I don't listen sometimes,which is like twice a day, but I think that I am more on the side of being Proactive. I will be totally honest with you I think that I'm a proactive person. I always follow the rules, I know what I have to do. I usually only talk to collaborate with my team, teacher, or to help my piers in that class and if they're having trouble with something. Overall I think that I am a very proactive person.

My level of productivity is great. Most of the time I am usually working on something that could be improved because I finished my current project or something like that. I really try to get my work done by the due date that was assigned to that project. It bothers me if I turn something late because I know that once I am late on turning my work in I'm behind on that class. I'm almost never distracted most of the time. When I get an assignment I make sure to get things done and that it's my best work so that I am solid for when grades come up.

To make sure I'm always on task I try to prevent myself from getting distracted. It means a lot that I can finish my work on time and get some free time to do something fun or just take a break from working. Also, I must be sure to try and finish the assignment the day I was given it. I always try to go above and beyond, going above what is expected. I try to make as much time as I can fr my school work, but sometimes I can;t and that really hardens

Lessons Learned

In my opinion the most interesting part of the project would have to be all of the editing and seeing how you can improve. When you see your progress and all the improvement that you have made and when you see that it turns out really good and it's perfect because you put all your hard work into the profile or news story, you have this incredible feeling that you know you did your best. I think that when you get ideas from everyone else on your team it helps not only you learn more, but it actually helps the whole team learn more things even if you don't realize it. To make sure you have the best work you keep brainstorming with ideas that just pop up and use them while your teammates help pitch in with their ideas too.

I think the biggest roadblock my team, Lani, Meleana, Ashley, and I dealt with is working together a lot of us had some disagreements, but thankfully we all finally got on the same page and helped each other. I also think that the understatement could've been improved so that the teams that weren't familiar could have been introduced to the project more. Another problem is the time limit we had, I think that it should've been a little more time, but I understand that the crew from Hiki No wanted the videos in by a certain time.

I believe the most valuable part about film making is working together with your team and cooperating to make the best work you can make. I think that working together is the most valuable thing in film making because you learn valuable things from other people not only from yourself. You get these totally new ideas and you get this perfect project that can't possibly get any better but, then you see that it can get better and that it's not perfect you keep adding and adding so that it looks amazing and when you import it into the Mr. Sanderls' folder you get that feeling that you did the best you could do.

Back to School

Hey guys it's Talia, so I just got back to school on the 4th and I am so excited to be meeting new people and learning new things. I'm also kind of nervous because it's a whole new year and I don't really know a lot of things about my new grade. Even though I am kind of nervous and shaky I think that I can get pass this school year exactly how I did last year but better. I'm currently in 7th grade this year, just turned 12, and am very excited I am still in the GT program this year an I'm hoping to do a lot of fun projects this year.

Well, I think that my most exciting class so far is Art, I am in love with art, so far4 we have done a spinning wheel project and soon will add on to that.Also, we have had the chance to write our name on the front page of our sketchbook which is called the, Name page. I am so very excited for the new and fun ideas that my teacher, Mrs. Sandel, will come up with this year.

Profile Project Progress

My team and I decided to choose Kasiah's mom to be our " Elder Words of Wisdom" for this project in GT. She helped the people in a third world country while they were going through some difficult times. She taught them different things like how to grow their own crops. We chose her because we think that she is so inspiring and we wanted other people to see the real Katie Vercelli. We interviewed Mrs. Vercelli at her house which had very good lighting so it made our shots very focused.

When my team recorded the b-roll we had to make sure that there was no camera movement and that the things we shot b-roll on were related to the subject of our interviewee. The camera lens had to be very neat and clean so that we could see the objects well. We also recorded voice overs which was a little difficult because it had to be very fluent and we had to shoot it before lunch so we were kind of starving.

My team and I had some disagreements and difficulties during the process of filming our interview. When we were shooting, two of my teammates were arguing about who was going to say action. I got kind of irritated by them because they were arguing about something retarded. I was so glad Mrs Vercelli stepped in and helped them solve their problem. We can work on communicating with each other and work together better our teamwork needs to improve.

I'm pretty sure that my team and I will improve our story by working together to make some minor and major adjustments. We need to cut out the music from under the transition; our story is a little too long so we have to make the story shorter by like 1 1/2 minutes so that we are not disqualified. We are going to do this by being very focused and concentrating on finishing our work.

Practice Story Reflection

My team and I are currently working on a project in  GT. This project is a video project, it contains us to make an interview on someone in our group and share about a specific topic related to them. This project results us having to take footage of our interviewee which is our teammate Kasiah doing her topic. We had to tape the interview, record b-roll footage of her doing the topic, sequencing, and putting it all in Final Cut Pro to make it look very professional.

On the way to success we ran into a couple of problems. One problem was that the kids that were in the back were just constantly talking and would not be quiet so that was a real downer. Another challenge we had was the lighting, because we were out in the field and the sun was to bright so it was in kasiah's face and she couldn't see where she was going. Our final problem was the b-roll we didn't get enough b-roll for the interview so it looked like a real boring interview.

I think that my team could have worked a little harder on certain areas on the interview project and we could have communicated better with each other better. The team did a pretty good job and I think we can accomplish more things if we just stick our heads to the job.

All About Me

Hi my name is Talia Washington. I am 11 years old and I am currently in 6th grade. I believe that I am BOLD, BEAUTIFUL, and an AWESOME person. I am living my life right now because I have an amazing family that I love and care about.

I am incredibly talented at soccer and practice a lot in Anahola. I practice almost everyday except Wednesdays because that's my day off , but I also have hula on that day so I have a pretty busy schedule. I am so prepared for life that I have my plan set out already. I first want to graduate from USC (University of Southern California). Next, I will raise a family with my loving husband who is going to be a professional football player. Then, I will have 3 children and be very happy with them.

I really like school because it gives me the chance to be educated and I can learn a variety of new things and they will be stuck in my brain. I think it prepares me for life because all the l=things we are currently learning just helps us get really use to all the grown up talk and the skills in life. My favorite subject so far is Math. I like math because there is basically math in every job in the world.

I am living on the BEST place on earth, Kauai, the beautiful island is amazing.I am very grateful that I get to live on this beautiful island because of all the different species of animals. We have very beautiful, amazing, majestic animals like the Hawaii's state bird, the nene goose.

I have 2 dogs one is named Koa and the other is named Hope. Koa is 6 years old and Hope is currently 7 months old. Koa is the kind of dog that just sits around the yard just laying on his chubby belly sleeping. While on the other hand hope is running as fast as she can and jumping everywhere just being her little energetic self.