Comedy Writing

It's an important character because you need the ability to make people laugh and any ways what's the point between a statement and a joke. For a joke your just saying a sentence that has many things about a topic and a joke is your saying thing that are true and you are making it funny by either using hand gestures or props. For me I either tell jokes about my brother or something else and the most likely I tell a lot of jokes about my brother. And another you should know about me is I answer to my nickname which is Julie and I don't like it when people say my full name Julianne. I really like people with senses of humor because it's just makes my day when I'm a feeling down.

Here is five tips about writing a humorous narrative. Tip number 1 when you are humorous narrative you have to put a lot of planing into it. So when you are telling your jokes all your hard work will payoff. Tip 2 this is only if you are a comedian. And most comedians that I watch have props with them and hand gestures and I think if you try to think out side the box and you improvise you can make a more out of it. Tip 3 most times when writhing a humors narrative you always can add sequences like pictures or scenes that your doing. Like me when I was really young I used to draw pictures that had to be in chronological order so the only thing that I remember that is I did this story that talked about my " My new puppy ".  Tip 4 you don't really need that much detail and that is because of your writing a joke you only need so many things to say about. So you only need simple things and that is what I learned. Tip 5 have fun while you writing you narrative.

My joke is about my brothers. I really did not think that I could pull through to get a good grade. And that is because of I didn't get that much done within the time was. Although I was able to pull through. And when it was all over when we exported it there was a huge relief off my shoulders. So when we did the critique I was so surprised that most people wouldn't laugh but a lot of my friends and the other student did. Even though I had the roughest time filming my brother I was happy of the come out.



   

Motivational Poster

Okay so all his expectations are a lot so what you need in your main start is you need the most is 2 text layers are which are filled with your manifesto and the other layer would be filled with your personal quotes. And the other thing is you need 3 symbolic images that represent you need 1 image of you or a portrait of you. Then its time to put the bigger things that will make your document look 10x better. So kerning that is one of the main thing and that its the spacing between each letter that has to be equal to get that point you need for you grade. Then your triadic color scheme its about color so you chose 1  color that dominate then you chose two other colors that are balance equally from the color wheel. Visual balance is, so say your doing a project in photo shop and your adding the finishing touches then  you spot something wrong you don't like the way it looks. So it what I'm trying to say is it needs look appealing to the eye. And the last requirement is your blending option it just this little tweak to make your work better.

Okay for the past two weeks that we had this project we had to collect three pictures and that is what represents me and a profile pic so that makes 4 in total so you need three pictures that represent you and your profile picture. After we needed to gather you personal quotes and a manifesto in your google documents. So after you have gathered that all together then you go photo shop then you make a new document that is named (last name, first letter of you name_ subject). Then after you have don that means you have to make 2 new layers that are labeled Manifesto and Quotes. Then you go back in your google documents and you copy and paste you manifesto in you manifesto layer and your quotes in you quotes layer.

Then when your all done copy and pasting you have this big fat paragraph so what you do is called kerning to make in a big box of text to cover your whole page. After you can drag and drop the pictures that you collected in to the document and the pictures will make its own layer so you would have about 6 layers 2 for manifesto and your quotes and for the four pictures you have. Then when you are done putting in all your layers together then you can finally add in your effects. So what  did was for the effect on my pictures I added was curves, color, and a couple other effects. Then for my text layers I added a bevel and emboss, outer glow, stroke and, a drop shadow. Finally I scene I was in a rush I turned it in right on time but i wasn't happy with my finished product.

Finally the hardest thing about the project,  honestly I would say that the whole thing was challenging because the truth is I am a procrastinator and I like being one. And thats because I work harder when I'm under pressure. Although everything turned out the way I wanted it to in the end. But when we were only half way into this project all the little sixth graders around me, well I think they did good just for their first project. And that is because I got confused in one of the demos on placing the pictures in the document. Next if I was able to have another chance to redo it I would have changed my color scheme instead of a bright pink color. And I could have tooken better pictures that symbolizes me. Also if I had more time I could've worked on my keening and changing my font instead of having similar fonts that are bold. In my opinion I think that you can even tell that which letter are bold that I wanted to stand out and the ones that I wanted to be just a normal skinny font.  

Personal Manifesto

  

 Hey guys I'm Julie 5 interesting fact about me are I like to dance hula and Tahitian because I like the many different styles of dance also if I were to chose any other nationality I would want to be Hawaiian. My second fact about me is even i don't play any sports I really like to help my brothers with there sport for example help them how to throw the ball better or other things. My third fact is I really like to act childish and that is because i'm really happy an active. Fourth fact about me is I have black straight hair, dark brown eyes and Im tall.My last fact is I really like turtles because my schools animal is the turtle or how we say in Kauai the "Honu".                                              

Use your time wisely. Have fun. Smile. Take the risk. Make every thing count. Don't give up even though how hard it is. Have strength in what you take part in. Be thankful. Hula & Tahitian. Speak up. Respect others. Pride. BE positive. Take a look back at the past. Family.

Okay in my manifesto it mostly explains things about me and for the words hula and Tahitian what that means to me is it my hobby or more like my passion. And thats because of its has many types of different cultures of dance like New Zealand the Mouri Culture, Tahiti the Tahitian Culture, And Hawaiian the Hula Culture. "Use your time wisely " that's a quote I had in my head for a long time because ever since I got into middle school I had a lots of work. So I've learned to take my time wisely.  

Music Videos Rock!

How did each member of your team contribute?

Kasiah on the right and Maddie on the left 

What part will your audience enjoy the most & why?
How does your MV show what you learned this year?
Embed Vimeo & Two great behind scenes pic

My two lovely teammates are Maddie and Kasiah. Maddie & Kasiah they both contribute a big amount like for me i'm the youngest in their group so they just put me in charge of the props and all that and helping set up the camera and just technically listen to what they say and all . So Maddie contributes by during all the heavy lifting also including Kasiah. 

Well I think everyone will be very amused and thats because the whole point is we all are friends and so in the whole movie plan what we did was ke and maddie are the peole who are the ones who bully Kasiah and so we tease her but anyways she still keeps on doing her own thing and she shakes all the bad things out of her head and in the plans that we planed was she was the one being bullied but that would have been just really mean. And so wefilmedher just dancing around the halls and its really funny cause she doesnt know that shes that bad of a dancing.
 

Me on the right and Kasiah on the left 

Lyrical Livelihood

Well I have more than one favorite song so its just really had to pick one but all the songs on my playlist that I listen to are either love songs and the other categories are either someone playing contemporary piano, and todays hits. So well all the songs on my playlist they make me feel happy most of the sometimes sad and mostly loved but its just a weird feeling that get when I hear a certain song. But if I would have to chose my favorite song it would be "All I need" by Saiosai. Its a song about love & I listen to 24/7. And if I were to chose my favorite hit from today it would be Sam Smith "Lay me Down".

My teammates and I are choosing "Shake It off" and my teammates chose that song because they might be shy around some people but I worked with both off them and they both are make the biggest and take it over and beyond. Like for Kasiah I worked with her in the beginning of the year and even though our project wasn't chosen to be in the "Hiki No" episode she did the best that she could do to make it better than it was before. And for Maddie she was the one trying so hard to get that 4 she and our group needed and she did we all worked together from recess to lunch to any spare time in school. And so I can tell why they chose the song because their best friends forever and you can never separate them. So what i'm trying to say is they're very fun and spontaneous so they song that we chose is also is like that in a way.

So our song is Taylor Swift " Shake is off " and so our way were doing it is very different from the original version of Taylor Swift. So the way it relates to many people is everybody has something to hide and I think me and my teammates have been bullied at a point in time and I know in my mind that they're very confident in it so they just shake it off.
Okay so our story plan explains that One of us is getting bullied and so that would be Kasaiah and me and Maddie are playing the role as the bullies. So one of the shots were shooting is where me and Maddie start off is were the dancers who have been dancing for a long time  and then Kasiah all of a sudden jumps in and were in this big gigantic dance battle.

Animation Outtakes

My teammates are Maddie Hosel, Denae Sacramid, and Jayse Matsuyama. Two interesting facts about Maddie is she's a hard working leader and she try's to have fun but when the time gets rough going through grading processes there are some tears here and there but she's really up beat and happy. Two interesting facts about Denae is she's really quiet but me and her make a pact in the group, she's really smart, she loves to talk. And two interesting facts about Jayse  he has a lot of focus into the project and he's a really hard worker, he likes to make fun jokes and he likes to have fun. And I really got to know all my teammates by doing this project and it was really fun.

Stop motion animation  is a type of technique that animators use in their movies to make it more interesting like the movie " Para-Normin" its this move with the greatest stop motion that I've ever seen. And for a gif its like a add but and technically you see it on many websites its like this moving picture but actually its little frames and its moving all at once in a repeating. Like the bouncing ball up above in the right top corner of my the the blog.

Our animation story is about over coming writers block. The main character is me and so I'll explain it more on the next blog post. But today in real life when any one including many great authors also have a hard time writing so my and my group wanted to tell is in a nonfiction way so people can understand you can go through many things in your head. Finally after that whole while of thinking you have a whole bunch of ideas and you just start writing this amazing story. You should care about our animation its because you can learn how you can get through a tough time while writing and also it's with a big twist that will amaze you.

Our Animation Story

P5T2 Julie Overcomes Writers Block from Kapaa Middle School MEDIA on Vimeo.

Our focus statement is "Julie Overcomes Writers Block". And it tells my story by, I have a lot of trouble in writing and it happens to many people. So our story is more like a non-fiction way of understanding it, so there's the main character which is me so in the beginning the teacher assigns a imagination essay and its due tomorrow and so Julie she was sitting in her chair thinking, then what we do is close up animation in her head or in her brain. And so herself inside is battling these paper soldiers with pencils as swords protecting the wall and so after awhile fighting the soldiers it has this big impact in real life she has a headache and so that effects the wall and so the wall blows up or collapses and the ideas flow out and she has this 2 page essay that is amazingly written.

The lesson that I think that people will learn from this is when people watch it ,it's more of a real life situation and so people will say "Oh wow I can do this". So I think our video will give them more confidence to free write and all that. And we'll so everyone has or may or may not have gone through it but for me I used to have a whole bunch of trouble writing my stories for my English class and so the whole story relates to me and everyone els in the world that has a problem in writing.

Finally my worst moment in our group was the two scenes teaser on that day we had our group leader she shed some tears but she was starting to grow more and more off of the 2/4 we got from but we boosted our grade to a 4/4 and our team leader was really happy. And the best moment was when we had the grading process and that's when one of my partners raised their hand and so when we got through that moment it was a sign of relief and we got a 4/4.I had so much fun working on the animation project and I got to learn more on the strengths and the weaknesses of my partners. Like Maddie she can focus and concentrate better when she's under pressure and for Jayse since he was the only boy in the group he tried his best to do all he can and he did, and Denae she especial she was a really hard worker and she communicated with us if she needed help.