The Experiment

Hey guys! On the 3rd and 4th week of school the GT class has  been working in photoshop creating and making whatever they want. We're labeling this project "The Experiment", because we are experimenting on different things in photoshop seeing what we can do in the program and we are challenging ourselves to try and do the impossible.

Some things I absolutely loved about the photoshop project "The Experiment" was that we got to do what ever we want and just mess around with our artistic side to see what we can and can't do. I liked that we can work with some music on, have fun while doing it, and make artistic creations in photoshop. Some oh so wrong problems were that we didn't have enough time to work on the project, but we still have a couple more days left to create something fun, magical, and creative.

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.

Metamorphosis Animation

Our recent project from G.T. is called Metamorphosis. For this project my team and I, Maddie, Kasiah, and Lani had to work together to accomplish taking different animation types and creating a really interesting, creative, and artistic story. We had to make the story understandable and it had to have a purpose this project required to engage the viewers and create a visual of what our purpose was. The team and I basically used two animation types, stop- motion and claymation.

Our focus statement was "Titans Transform Goddess" we chose this focus statement because our story was about how the very well known goddess, Artemis, gets attacked by the ferocious titans and turns into a little harmless puppy and she goes on this amazing and adventurous journey to the Oracle of Delphi so that Delphi can turn her back into the brave and determined goddess she once was. This proclaims to the viewers that even though tough times come in and out you have to believe in yourself and find a way to do what you think is right.

I think that the whole project overall was pretty good it was an interesting experience for all of the students in G.T. I am really proud of my team because we had some rough times but we worked together and got through with them. this project was really fun it taught us the different animation types we could use through different activities in school or at ghome or wherever as long as you have access to a computer.

Words of Wisdom

Mr. Sanderl, my teacher, gave all GT students an assignment which is called, "Words of Wisdom" which meant that we had to think of a relative that was related to us that could tell us some inspiring words.

To succeed in this project my team and I had to work together and focus on accomplishing the assignment; we had to make an excellent piece that would blow Mr. Sanderl's mind. We brain stormed on who we should be the person that would tell us words of wisdom. We all had a difficult time on who we should do the project on.

Our "Words of Wisdom" is important because it explains on why we should follow our dreams and try to achieve the things we do in life. It tells us to not give up on something you want to do. I think that our words of wisdom is excellent, inspiring, and very helpful to people around the world that have a dream they want to exceed in.

5 Tips For

A little earlier in the year my teacher, Mr. Sanderl, gave all GT students a project where we had to think of 5 tips for a topic, the topic had to be useful. To me the video project was really exciting and I learned a lot of things about Final Cut Pro. The project was a very helpful experience where I can use what I learned in this project in some other project that Mr. Sanderl assigns his GT classes.

My team, Keegan and Lilio, including me chose the topic "5 Tips for Playing Volleyball." We chose this topic because we all thought that this could help some people if they wanted to improve or learn how to play volleyball better than how they played before. All of thought that this would be a pretty decent video if we all worked together and focused on finishing our project.

We faced a lot of difficulties during the project. One difficulty we had was that our video was below the time limit, so my team and I had to slow things down and doing that made our video look really funky. Another difficulty was that we didn't have Lilio because she had a doctors appointment so only Keegan and me worked on the project. Keegan and I panicked a little because we were missing a team member but we just followed through and worked our hardest.

Composition Techniques

There are many different shots of composition techniques. Some composition techniques make the shot a little more intriguing and creative.

The "Main Four" Composition Techniques

Rule of Thirds- The object is slightly moved to the side of the center. If the object is a person make sure the eyes appear at the inner corner.

Framing- When you use different objects to make a frame around something else.

Unusual Angles- Angles that are different and more creative than a simple regular shot of a really boring angle that has no interesting shots.

Leading Lines- Are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or out of the image.

These four composition techniques are important because they give the viewer a better explanation of the video. These techniques make the visual story more interesting by turning the video from good to great. If you have experienced seeing an awesome commercial or t.v show. They use composition techniques to make their advertisements have a little more interest in them. These are once again the MAIN composition techniques, Rule of Thirds, Framing, Unusual Angles, and Leading Lines.

Practice Profile Story

My team and I chose Kasiah Vercelli to be in our practice story project.. We had a purpose for our story and here it is, my team and I wanted to give the audience a really interesting inside look of gymnastics. We wanted the viewers to feel the connection Kasiah had with her hobby.

We chose Kasiah Vercelli because we all knew how passionate and interested in gymnastics so we thought that why not do our project on somebody who really dedicates her time to do the thing that she loves we all decided that we should do hers because it was so interesting.